Margaret (Clemmons) Bradshaw (1725 - abt. 1825)

Born 1725 in Prince George County, Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died about 1825 at about age 100 in Prince Edward County, Virginia, USA

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Biography

Margaret Clemmons is the daughter of Mary Clemmons. The name of Margaret's father is unknown.^[1] Margaret was buried on the family plantation.^[2]

Margaret's siblings were:

• Martha Clem(m)ons, sister who married Rueben Johnston
• Elizabeth Smith, sister
• William Clemons, brother
• Thomas Appling, half brother. Son of Thomas Appling and her mother.
• Mary (Appling) Blanks, half sister. Daughter of Thomas Appling and her mother.
• John Puryear, half brother. Son of Puryear marriage to her mother.
• Robert Puryear, half brother. Son of Puryear marriage to her mother.
• William Puryear, half brother. Son of Puryear marriage to her mother.
• Sarah Puryear, half sister who married W. Royster. Daughter of Puryear marriage to her mother.

Margaret was married to John Bradshaw in Virginia.^[3] Their children were:

• John Bradshaw, Jr.
• William Bradshaw
• Benjamin Bradshaw
• Thomas Bradshaw
• Clemmons Bradshaw
• Jeremiah Bradshaw
• Richard Bradshaw
• Elizabeth Bradshaw
• Martha Bradshaw
• Mary Bradshaw
• Salley Bradshaw^[4]

Margaret Bradshaw is named in the probate of her brother Thomas Appling. Thomas Appling died intestate in 1816 without leaving either a widow or children surviving him. Administration^[5] of his estate was filed in Granville County, North Carolina. Petitions^[5] were filed for division of his real estate which presumably fully identified his family living at the time.

This biography is not complete. Research is currently ongoing.

Research Notes

• Find a Grave record references a Memorandum of Agreement dated 14 Nov 1827 between Samuel A. Burton and Williamson Wingo, Amelia County, Virginia Deed Book 28, pg. 318. ^[6]
• DAR Ancestor, Descendants of John qualified in DAR under Ancestor # A013579. Children were:
  • Benjamin married Mary Rowlett
  • John married Winifred Brooks
  • Thomas married Mary Polly Borum
  • Mary Polly married Anthony Brooks
• Two applications made under their son, Benjamin, show the date of birth for Margaret as 28 Mar 1787. This would have to be an error since John died in 1788. See applications under National # 750126 and 7681949. ^[7]
• Father is unknown. Mother has been identified. The following wills were reviewed and she was not mentioned:
  • William Clements, Sr. whose will was made 28 Feb 1760 in Amelia County. Wife was Ann.
  • William Clements who will was made 17 Jun 1764 in Amelia County. Wife was Ann.
• Siblings have been identified.
• Notice appeared in The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, North Carolina) 10 Sep 1819: State of North Carolina, Cranville County. Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, August Term, 1819. Richard Blanks, John Puryear, Robert Puryear, William Puryear and Sally his wife, heirs and representatives, against James Blanks, Thomas Blanks, Elizabeth Smith, Peggy Bradshaw, Reuben Johnson, and Martha his wife, Joel Tucker and Dolly his wife, Robert Tucker and Elizabeth his wife, and Amey Clement the other heirs and representatives of Thomas Appling, Dec'd-Petition to divide the land of Thomas Appling, dec'd. It appearing ot the satisfaction of the Court that the defendants aforesaid, are not inhabitants of this state; ordered that publication be made for six weeks in the Raleigh Star and advertisement posted up at the Court House door in Oxford, notifying them to come forward at the next term of this Court to be held for said county at the Court House in Oxford, in the first monday of November next and shew cause, (if any they have) why the said land shall not be divided according to the prayer of said petition , and in case o- failure the said petition will be taken pro confesso, heard ex parte and a decree entered up accordingly. Witness, Stephen K. Sneed, Clk., 34-7w. Price of adv -$4. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Granville County, North Carolina, Estate Records; Author: North Carolina. Probate Court (Granville County); Probate Place: Granville, North Carolina, Ancestry.com. North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/139672630/margaret-bradshaw : accessed 24 July 2021), memorial page for Margaret Clemmons Bradshaw (1725–1825), Find a Grave Memorial ID 139672630, ; Maintained by Sue McDuffe:) (contributor 47122067) Non-Cemetery Burial, who reports a Buried on family plantation.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014.
4. ↑ Prince Edward County, Will Book 2 (1785-1797), pp. 65-67, Bradshaw Genealogy, John Bradshaw & Elizabeth ---- of Henrico County, Virginia, http://www.arslanmb.org/bradshaw/bradshaw.html. [Note: Full text of John Bradshaw's Will along with other sources are available at this site.]
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} County Court, Granville County, North Carolina, Granville County, North Carolina, estate records, Estate records 1746-1919 Anderson, Lewis - Barnett, Elija; database with images, FamilySearch (images 259-302).
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/139672630/margaret-bradshaw : accessed 24 July 2021), memorial page for Margaret Clemmons Bradshaw (1725–1825), Find a Grave Memorial ID 139672630, ; Maintained by Sue McDuffe:) (contributor 47122067) Non-Cemetery Burial, who reports a Buried on family plantation..
7. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, “Ancestor Database.” database online, Genealogical Research System (http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/ : accessed 24 Jul 2021), John Bradshaw, A013579
8. ↑ Notice, The North-Carolina Star, Raleigh, North Carolina, Friday, September 10, 1819, Newspapers.com, https://www.newspapers.com/image/58275478/?terms=%22thomas%20appling%22&match=1, accessed 29 Jul 2021

See also:

• Margaret Clemmons Bradshaw (1725-1825) on Find A Grave: Memorial #139672630 retrieved 26 July 2018