John
Bracewell
aka Braswell
Born about in Isle of Wight County, Virginia
Ancestors 
Brother of
Ann (Braswell) Strickland, Richard Bracewell Jr., Martha (Braswell) Murfrey, William Braswell, Jacob Bracewell, Robert Braswell, Jane (Braswell) Williams and Valentine Bracewell
Husband of
Alice (Cobb) Bracewell
— married
about 1706 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
John Bracewell Jr., Benjamin Bracewell, Mary Bracewell, William Bracewell, Sampson Bracewell, Benjamin Brassell and William Soloman Braswell Sr.
Died about
at about age 57
in Bertie, North Carolina
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Biography
WHY do we have 2 Benjamins and 2 Williams? I have seen tons of mistakes on the Braswells here at wikitree. I am overwhelmed and do not know how fix this. THERE IS NO PROOF ALICE IS A COBB. Not a record anywhere.
John Bracewell was a Virginia colonist.
John Bracewell or Braswell married about 1706 to Alice Cobb.
John was mentioned in his mother's last Will of 1735. [1]
Sources
- Braswell Genealogy
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Source number: 54.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CGC
- ↑ Virginia, Isle of Wight County Records 1634-1951 Wills and administrations book#2 1719-1760 p65 image#85 & p74; Will Abstract of Sarah Braswell, dated: 20 Mar 1733/1734; recorded: 26 May 1735.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~0.78%
Wayne (Mason) Mattox
:
23andMe, GEDmatch A119670 [compare]
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Bertha (Robinson) Bellflower :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A512387 [compare]
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Karen Brubaker
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Braswell-1501 and Bracewell-113 appear to represent the same person because: Clear duplicate
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N Gauthier
Braswell-1169 and Bracewell-113 appear to represent the same person because: dups with same parents and same siblings
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by N Gauthier
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