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Notes on the Ancestry of the
Rev.
Robert Braswell
of Isle of
Wight County, VA
By Mrs.
Eunice H. Young of
Sandy,
Utah
EdmundC
BRACEWELL,
the earliest proved ancestor of the Rev. Robert BRASWELL,
was born about 1510 in England. He owned land in Grantham,
Lincolnshire, held by freehold and by soccage, of the Queen of
England. He died 27 March 1560 at Grantham and his Inquisition Post
Mortem was made 14 May 1583, at which time his eldest son Robert
was aged “30 and upwards.”
As the Grantham Parish Registers do not begin until 1562, the burial was
not found. His widow may have remarried since his children were
young when he died; her death is not recorded at Grantham.
His
children were
1. i.
Gulhaem [William], called Senior filius in his
father's inquisition post mortem, presumably died before 1583
without issue.
+2. ii.Robert,
born by 1550, married Jane
3.
iii.(Daughter), married Mr. DOUBLEDAY.
4.
iv.(Daughter), married Mr. MARSHALL.
5. v. [?]
John, Verger in the Cathedral Church of Lincoln, 20 February
1599/1600.
2. RobertB
BRACEWELL,
born by 1550, married Jane, who was buried 2 August 1591 at Grantham.
He was chosen churchwarden of Grantham,
26 October
1596, 31 October 1597 and 3
November 1598, and co‑Burgess, 1613. He
was buried 23
September
1613 at Grantham
and a probate inventory of his estate was taken. Various records
relating to him are:
In 1576 (18
Eliz., Easter Term), #66, Final concord (land). Plaintiff (owners),
Ric. WOLLAN. John RUSSELL, George
COLE
and Robt.
BRACEWELL; Deforciant, Arthur HAL, esq., and
Mary his wife. Location: Granthan.
1577/8 (19‑20
Eliz. Michaelmas Term), #27, Final concord (land). Plaintiff,
Sybil TODKYN
; Deforciant,
Robt. BRACEWELL
and Joan
his wife. Location: Grantham.
1602/3 (44‑45
Eliz. Michaelmas Term, Pt. 1, #5, Final concord (land). Plaintiff,
Robt. BRACEWELL; Deforciant, Geo. COLE
and Anna
his wife and John NORTON
and Jane
his wife. Location: Grantham.
Muster Rolls of Grantham (fragmentary) for 1493‑1581,
View of Frankpledge for Grantham taken 18 April 13 Eliz. (1571), and
again the next two years, shows Robert BRASWELL
. He was a
juror at the court in 1571 and then was included among the list of
freeholders.
The Lay
Subsidies for Donteven Division of Lincoln
for 33 Hen. VIII. 35, 37, 38 Hen. VIII. 1, 5 Edw. VI, 14, 40
and 42 Eliz. show in 40 Eliz. [1598‑99] Robert
BRACEWELL was
assessed on his goods at Grantham with the Soke for the value of 3.8
pounds. He was also assessed for the same amount two years later.
It is possible he
is the Robert BRACEWELL who married, 1597 in
Nottinghamshire, Catherine PARK
.
His children
were:
6 i. [?]
Edmund, died young.
7+ ii. Richard
A, born ca. 1576 [the article in the
Virginia Genealogist incorrectly printed this date as 1676] at
Grantham, Lincolnshire (the baptisms in the Grantham Parish
register, January 1571/2, 13 November 1573‑February 1579 are lost),
married (1) Jane _, possibly (2) Margaret BEDDAM
.
8 iii.
Nathaniel, born ca. 1578,
buried 23 December 1580 at Grantham.
9 iv.
Mary,
probably born ca. 1580 [incorrectly reported as 1680 in The
Virginia Genealogist], eldest daughter, married,
26 May 1601 at Grantham, Bartholomew CAREW .
10 v. Anne, christened 29 January 1581/2 at
Grantham. Possibly married GROSVENOR (?GRAVENDER ?) as a person of that name witnessed
the will of Richard BRACEWELL in 1640 in London.
11 vi. Robert, christened 1 November 1584 [reported as
1684 in The Virginia Genealogist article] at Grantham, yeoman,
married, 23 July 1616 in London, Grace TOLLER daughter of Edmund TOLLER,
Gent.; of St. Martin in the Fields Parish, London. He was apprenticed
to Andrew RING, 5 September 1604, and after seven
years was made free of the Drapers Company in 1611. In 1641 he was
living at Salisbury Court, London, as a cutter. He was living in London in 1654. No
children have been found.
12 vii. [?]
John, born ca 1586,
married, 8 June 1615 [reported as 8 June 1635 in
The Virginia Genealogist article] at Grantham,
Mary BURNHAM
.
His will, dated 20 January 1654 at Grantham and proved 9 February 1655
named his sons Robert and Edward, brothers Robert
and Edward and cousins William DOUBLEDAY and
Mary MARSHALL, made a bequest to the poor of Grantham directed he [be] buried in
the churchyard at Grantham, and gave the residue of his estate to his
wife (Mrs.)"
Mary,
naming her executrix. Children:
i.
Robert, christened 20 November 1617 at Grantham, buried there
13 April 1622,
ii.
Robert, named in his father's will
iii.
Mary, christened 10
March 1621/2 at Grantham, buried there 17 August 1631.
iv.
Richard, christened
24 May 1625 at Grantham.
v.
John,
christened 21 June 1629 at Grantham.
vi.
Edward
13 viii.
Edmond, christened
15 June 1589 at Grantham, married Parnell ____. He proved
the will of his brother Richard in London, 1641. By his own
will, dated 2 Oct. 1669, Rufford, Notts., and
proved 11 May 1674 as will of Edmund BRACEY
he gave 5 pounds to the poor of Grantham and 5 pounds to the poor of
St. Bartholomew the Great, London, named his son Robert sole
executor, and also named grandchild Edmund BRACEY and
his wife and their two children Edmund and Benjamin; Jane
BRACY,
daughter of son Robert; Faith BRACY, Charles
BRACY, Dorothy BRACY, Spencer and Anne
BRACY, Mary BRACY, Mr. John WHITINGE,
Jane BRACEY, and his son Robert's servants. The
will was witnessed by John BLYTON and Robert
WITT (mark). Probate was granted to
Faith BRACEY, daughter
of the executor named, Robert BRACEY, he having died. A
second probate
was granted 1 July 1684 to Thomas CHADWICK als. BRACEY als.
BRACEWELL, executor of Robert BRACEY als.
BRACEWELL,
deceased, the executor named in the will of Edward BRACY
als. BRACEWELL. Children:
i. Robert,
christened 29 Sept. 1616 at St. Bartholomew the Great, London, buried 16 September
1618.
ii. Grace,
christened 22 April 1618 at St. Bartholomew the Great.
iii. Robert,
christened 12 September 1619 at St. Bartholomew the Great.
iv.
Joane,
christened 27 April 1623 at St. Bartholomew the Great, as daughter of
Edward now BRACEWELL. Died as an
infant.
14 ix.
[?] William, born ca. 1590,
married,
30 January 1617, Elizabeth BOAD.
He resided at
High Toynton, Lincoln, where a William BRACEWELL was living in
1603.
7.
RichardA
BRACEWELL, Gent., born ca.
1576, probably at Grantham (records
for the time period are destroyed). He married (1), by 1604, Jane
_, and, possibly, (2), 26 Sept. 1627 at St. Andrew by the Wardrobe,
London, Margaret BEDDAM, who was buried,
as widow “of this Parish,” 13 October 1653 at St. Bartholomew the
Great, London. His nuncupative will was dated
13 November 1640
and probated
13 December 1641 in St. Bartholomew the Great Parish, London. Edward
BRACEWELL and Anne GROSVENOR[read variously
as GRAVENDER, GRAVERIDE; signed GRAPERR
(?)] made oath that Richard BRACEWELL of the Parish of
St. Bartholomew the Great of London, sick and
weak in body about half a year before his death [also read as near a
year], gave his wife a third part of his estate, named his son Robert (stated in the
probate to be absent) as executor, gave to his son‑in‑law
John STILES
20 pounds which STILES ought [owed] him for and because of his
two children, gave the two children of his said son‑in‑law 12[?] pence
apiece, and made his brothers Robert and Edward
overseers of the will. The will was proved by Robert BRACEWELL brother of the
defunct, and by Robert BRACEWELL, son and heir,
residuary legatee. His estate amounted to 328./14.10 pounds
Their children
were:
15 i.
Jone, christened 4 December 1605 at St. Bride, Fleet St.,
London. She married 21 May 1624 at St. Andrew by the
Wardrobe, London, John STYLES .
He came to Virginia and on 17 November 1642
patented 200 acres in Isle of Wight County adjoining HenryHEARDES.
His undated will, proved 26 Oct. 1652, named his [second] wife Elizabeth
the remainder of his servants and cattle, to son
John, to whom he gave his
plantation of 200 acres and
cattle, godson John MURRY
(one calf), goddaughter Elizabeth JOHNSON
(one calf), goddaughter Joane MADDEN
(one calf), named friend Humphrey CLARK overseer, and was ed by Thomas JOHNSON
witness and James PYLAND .
That son John died
without heirs is shown by the escheat patent to John GUDEREG
(GUDERIDGE), 15 September 1670, of 200 acres formerly granted
to John STILE ,
deceased.
Children:
i. Jane,
christened 12 December 1624 at St. Bartholomew the Great, London;
nothing further known.
ii.
Elizabeth, christened 13 February 1625/6 at St. Martin in the
Fields, Westminster, London; nothing further known.
16 ii.
Thomas
christened 8 July 1610 at St. Andrew, Holborn, London, XE
"England:London"
possibly died by 1640 as he is not mentioned in his father's will.
+17
iii. (Rev.) Robert,1
christened
13 October 1611 at St. Andrew, Holborn, married ____.
17. Rev.
Robert1
BRACEWELL, christened 13 October 1611
at St. Andrew Holborn, London, matriculated at Hart Hall, Oxford
University, 22 February 1627/8, and received his B.A. degree 3 November 1631.
He came to
Virginia before 1651
and in 1653 was chosen a Burgess from Isle of Wight
County but, as a clergyman, was suspended because he “is not in a
capacitie of serving as a Burgesse, since it is unpresidentiall and
may produce bad consequence.”
His will, dated 15 February 1667/8 and proved 1 May 1668 in Isle of Wight
Co., Virginia, named daughters Jane STOIKES
and her children, daughter Rebecca WEST ,
son Robert, son Richard, servant Elizabeth
HALL ,
and daughter Ann BAGNALL ,
and named Richard IZARD and George GUILLEN to be guardians to his children.
The name
of his wife is unknown, but it is possible he is the Robert BRACEWELL who married
Faith ALLEN , 1
April 1642 at Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire.
His children
were:
18 i.
Jane2,
born ca. 1643, married (1), by 15 February 1667, Robert
STOKES ,
(2) RobertELEY"
,
(3) John ROBERTS.
Her will was probated
24 August 1713 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia.
19 ii.
Rebecca2,
born ca. 1645, married (1), by
15 February 1667,
(1) William WEST and (2) _ BRINKLEY. She died ca. 1700 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia
20 iii.
Ann2,
born ca. 1647, married, by
15 February 1667, James BAGNALL.
Will 1734/5 Isle of Wight Co., Virginia? (BAGNALLs in St.
Andrew, Holborn.)
21 iv.
Richard2,
born ca. 1649, married, 1672, (Mrs.)"
Sarah
___. He left a will dated 28 January
1724/5 [his will was dated
28 July 1725] in Isle of Wight
County, Virginia.
22 v.
Robert2,
born ca. 1651, married Susannah BURGESS. He left Virginia in 1696.
Although the
parentage of EdmundC
BRACEWELL has not been
determined, the records of Lincolnshire
reveal others of the name who were resident there in the sixteenth
century and are undoubtedly related. A John de BRACEWELL is mentioned in
Lincolnshire as early as 1273. Others of the name are mentioned in the
records of Yorkshire, where
the parish of Bracewell is located in the West Riding, nine miles west
of Skipton.
more to come.....
Correspondence with and research conducted by the late James G. W.
MacLamroc of Greensboro, N.C., and William C. Fields of
Fayetteville, N.C., is acknowledged. A version of this article was
published in the The Virginia Genealogist in Volume 43, Number 2,
April – June 1999.
Archdeaconry Court of London, Register 8, 352; Act. Book 7, p. 90,
original wills.
Joseph
Foster, Alumni Oxonienses, 1500‑1714, 1 (Oxford and London,
1891), p. 165.
William
Waller Hening, The Statutes at Large... of Virginia, I (New
York, 1823), p. 378.
Isle of
Wight Co., Va., Wills & Deeds 2, p.
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