Phillip Brantley Sr. (abt. 1655 - 1731)

Born about 1655 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia

Husband of Joyce (Lewis) Brantley — married about 1678 in Isle Of Wight County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 22 Mar 1731 at about age 76 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia

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Biography

Phillip Brantley Sr. was a Virginia colonist.

Phillip Brantley was born about 1655 in Isle of Wight, British Colony of Virginia, the son of Edward Brantley and an unknown mother.

Philip Brantley married Joyce Lewis about 1660 in Isle of Wight County. This is confirmed by the 1692 will of John Lewis who names Phillip and his five children as legatees along with his sister Joyce Brantley. ^[1]

Philip is named in his father's will written 30 March 1688 and proved 9 January 1688/89 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Bequests in the will:

• son Edward and his son James 165 A. of land;
• son Phillip and his son Edward;
• son John and his son John;
• daughter Mary;
• to my sons eldest sons.
• Daughter Mary Extx.^{[2] [3]}

He died 22 March 1731in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia.

Sources

1. ↑ Wills and Administrations of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 1647-1800, Books 1-3 – Blanche Adams Chapman page 34 Will Book page 320
2. ↑ Boddie, John Bennett, 1880-. Virginia Historical Genealogies. Redwood City, Calif.: Pacific Coast Publishers, 1954. Page 338
3. ↑ Virginia, U.S., Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2004. Isle of Wight County Will Book 2-289. Ancestry Record 7832 #12818

Bibliography

• Wills and Administrations of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 1647-1800, Books 1-3 – Blanche Adams Chapman page 34 Will Book page 320
• Boddie, John Bennett, 1880-. Virginia Historical Genealogies. Redwood City, Calif.: Pacific Coast Publishers, 1954. Page 338
• Brantley, J. K. (2013). "The Brantley Family / preachers, planters and pioneers of the South". J.K. Brantley.

See also:

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:M43S-4TP : accessed 2016-07-04), entry for Phillip BRANTLEY.
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3HKT-MGQ : accessed 2016-07-04), entry for PHILIP /BRANTLEY/.
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3W2B-ZGV : accessed 2016-07-05), entry for Phillip /Brantley/, submitted by jkbrantley3817398.