Robert Brane (abt. 1690 - abt. 1784)

Born about 1690 in Colony of Virginia [uncertain]

Died about 1784 at about age 94 in Hanover, Virginia, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015011026666&view=1up&seq=5 also if you look at the Records of John Muirfield Mr. John White Robert Brane St. Paul's Parish

April 26, 2018 What Became of the Land for "John White's Orphans, Robert Brane in Possession Thereof"? The first extant St. Paul's Parish procession record after Mr. John White's 1744 death is for the year 1751, followed by a procession order in 1755 and a return in 1756. Below is a comparison chart showing the names of the land owners in the Yellow Community between the processions of 1744 and 1756. Fortunately, there appears to have been a pattern of recording the names within the precinct beginning each time with John Howard and followed similarly. Changes in ownership can be determined by analyzing the names going across the table. For example, in 1744, John Muirfield owned a tract of land within the Yellow Community. But in 1751, Anthony Winston and John White took possession of Muirfield's land. They held this tract of land through 1756.

the 1751 procession record that Robert Brane ended up owning Mr. John White's land in the Yellow Community. However, the 1755 procession record provides more detail on Robert Brane. He didn't actually own the land. Rather, Mr. John White's orphans owned the land and Robert Brane was just in "possession thereof" as he had married the orphans widowed mother, Katherine. Most likely, this was the property where Mr. John White had been living at his death in 1744 and where his widow and orphans continued to live.

Sources

• Louisa County, Virginia Deed Book C,pp.72 3,July 6, 1758-records where the children of John White allowed their mother Katherine Baine to reside in the homestead.