James Bragg (1797 - 1866)

Born 23 Apr 1797 in Vassalboro, Kennebec, Maine, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Eaton) Bragg — married 24 Jan 1816 in Saint Johns Church Street Cornwallis Kings Nova Scotia Canada

Descendants

Died 6 Apr 1866 at age 68 in Lakeville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Biography

MIGRATION: James Bragg was from Vasalboro, Maine.

FAMILY: Met his wife while on a visit to Cornwallis. Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867, Volume 1 By Leonard H. Smith, Norma Helen Smith [1]
Bragg, James, son of Shubael b. probably Vassalboruouggh Maine came to Nova Scotia a young man(3:10/602)

Nova Scotia Marriages, 1711-1909 for Sarah Eaton/James Bragg https://familysearch.org/search/recordDetails/show?uri=https://api.familysearch.org/records/pal:/MM9.1.r/MBSM-6LZ/p1 Groom's Name: James Bragg Bride's Name: Sarah Eaton Marriage Date: 24 Jan 1816

Kings County Township records - marriage / parents Brag, James / Eaton, Sarah(Timothy and Huldy) 24/12/1816; Cornwallis

1850 Census [Year: 1851; Census Place: Nova Scotia. Schedule: Roll: M_3139, Page, Line: 18. James Bragg 56 Abigal Bragg 77 (aka Abigail Wing)

The History of Kings County Nova Scotia; page 584 [2] THE BRAGG FAMILY

James Bragg, son of Shubal Bragg, a seafaring man from Vassalboro, Maine, while on a visit to Cornwallis m., Jan. 24, 1816, Sarah S., 4th dau. of Timothy and Haldah (Woodworth) Eaton, b. April 23, 1797. A sister, Sophia Eaton, of Mrs. Bragg, was m., Jan. 23, 1823, to William Henry Getchell, also of Vassalboro, Me. The children of James and Sarah S. Bragg, were: Sarah Alice, m. in 1845, to her first cousin, Gideon Eaton Rockwell, b. in 1820; Shubal, m. Abigail ;James, Jr., b. June 17, 1818, m. in 1841, his first cousin, Sophia Rockwell; William Gideon, b. June 15, 1819, m. Rebecca, dau. of Ephraim Clark (his name was legally changed to Kingsbury); Louisa Sophia, b. Feb. 8, 1822, m. to John Clark; Rosina Wing, b. Feb. 11, 1824; Abigail, m. to Denson Davis. James Bragg, Jr., who is said to have been the first male child born in Kentville, died on Friday, Sept. 11, 1891.

U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s about James Bragg Name: James Bragg Arrival Year: 1598-1867 Arrival Place: Nova Scotia, Canada Source Publication Code: 8750.40 Primary Immigrant: Bragg, James Annotation: Date and port of arrival or date and place of mention in the New World. Place of origin, birth date, occupation, reference to original source, and other genealogical information may also be provided. Source Bibliography: SMITH, LEONARD H., JR., and NORMA H. SMITH. Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992. 546p. Page: 37

Surname Given Names Inscription Cemetery Name Township Cemetery Number
Bragg Sarah Sarah Bragg died 3 June 1831 in her 35th yr., consort of James Bragg. Upper Canard CE 27
Bragg James James Bragg died 6 April 1866, aged 72 yrs. Upper Canard CE
Bragg Rosina Rosina Bragg died 12 July 1827 in her 4th year, third dau. of James & Sarah Bragg. Upper Canard CE 27

Sources

• Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867, Volume 1 By Leonard H. Smith, Norma Helen Smith [3]
• U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s about John Bragg
• Kings County Township records - marriage
• 1850 Census [Year: 1851; Census Place: Nova Scotia. Schedule: Roll: M_3139, Page, Line: 18.
• The History of Kings County Nova Scotia; page 584 [4]
• Nova Scotia Marriages, 1711-1909 for Sarah Eaton/James Bragg [5]