Mary (Edwards) Bragg (abt. 1674 - abt. 1736)

Born about 1674 in Isle of Wight, Virginia

Ancestors

Descendants

Died about 1736 at about age 62 in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia

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Biography

Mary (Edwards) Bragg was a Virginia colonist.

Mary Edwards Parents Robert Edwards Mary Hunt^[1]

Estimated Birth Isle of Wright about 1674 ^[2][3]

Marriage

• Mary married James BRAGG about 1694, (p.5)^[4] (presumed son of James and Elizabeth p.9 Will of James Recorded Apr 29 1670^[5]

James Bragg - one third of the land by this marriage,

James Bragg later buys the other two thirds from the two sisters, as shown by deeds. ^[6] The Sisters are referred to several times as "Ye daughters and co-heiresses of Robert Edwards deceased"

Death

1736 - Recorded May 24 1736 Will of Mary Bragg^[7]

Children

Wife and Children Named in will of James Bragg; son-in-laws and grandchildren named in Will of Mary Bragg

• daughter Elizabeth (m. Thomas Story);
• daughter Sarah Driver (m. Edward Driver);
• daughter Mary Norsworthy (m. Joseph Norswirthey)

Will

Will of Mary Bragg dated July 31 1735 named legatees: granddaughter Sarah Driver; granddaughter Hester Driver; grandson Charles, the son of Edward Driver; grandson Joseph Norsworthy; granddaughter Martha Norsworthey; granddaughter Mary Norsworthey; grandson Charles Norsworthey; son-in-law Edward Driver and son-in-law Joseph Norswirthey; granddaughter Mary Driver. Executors: son-in-law Edward Driver, friend Thomas Whitfield, Jr. Witnesses: Henry Applewhaite & William Frizzell. Recorded May 24 1736.

Account of the estate of Mary Bragg was returned by Thomas Whitfield and Edward Driver 22 Aug 1737. [Will Book IV p. 177] ^[8]

The will of James Bragg of Newport Parish dated Apr 29 1727 named legatees: Thomas Story, who married my daughter Elizabeth; daughter Sarah Driver; daughter Mary Norsworthy. Executrix: wife Mary Bragg. Witnesses James Giles & Hugh Giles. Recorded Apr 22 1728. (p.100)^[5]

Sources

^{[2] [4] [5] [9]}

1. ↑ 1 of 3 children identified in Probate Records
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Robert m. Mary Hunt 1672 Isle of Wright Marriages - Children Birth Estimates from 1672 to 1681
3. ↑ Marriage & Probate (vs 1661 in England, Lonoke, Arkansas, United States - Arkansas not established until 1835)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Marriages of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 1628-1800
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Wills and Administrations of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 1647-1800; Blanche Adams Chapman; Genealogical Publishing Com, 1938 - Reference - 370 pages
6. ↑ DB 1, PG 131 and Vol 2 pg 645 (Margaret Apr 6 1699 - Judith (Spinster Sept 6 1701)
7. ↑ World Connect (Sourced)
8. ↑ Chapman, Blanche Adams. Wills and Administrations of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 1647-1800. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003. p. 129 Accessed at Ancestry ($)
9. ↑ Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia: A History of the County of Isle of Wight, Virginia, During the Seventeenth Century, Including Abstracts of the County Records; John Bennett Boddie; Genealogical Publishing Com, 1973 - Travel - 756 pages (348, 637, 635)