Phebe (Holloway) Bradley (abt. 1720 - aft. 1783)

Born about 1720 in Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of John Bradley — married about 1740 in Caroline County, Virginia [uncertain]

Descendants

Died after 25 Aug 1783 after about age 63 in Cumberland County, Virginia

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Biography

Phebe, or Phoebe, Holloway was born about 1720. She was the daughter of John Holloway and Hannah Spiers. Phebe's place of birth is difficult to determine. Her parents may have been living on Occupacia Creek in Essex Co. c1720. But they may also have moved about the same time to the Massaponax Creek area of Spotsylvania Co. (formed 1721).

Phebe married John Bradley, probably around 1740 in Caroline County, Virginia. They moved to Cumberland Co., probably around 1745, when her father and siblings made the same move. They lived in the area of Soak Arse Creek (now Bonbrook Creek) SW of today's community of Ashby, VA.

The last record known for Phebe involved her husband's estate in 1783, in Cumberland Co.

Sources

• Cumberland County, Virginia Will Book 1, p. 153-154 (FHL Film 7675920, Image 96); 13 December 1757, probated 24 July 1758; Will of John Holloway Sr.; will mentions: "...Item I give to my daughter Phebe Bradley one negro woman named Kate & one negro girl named Dinah together with their increase to her and her heirs forever...".

• Cumberland County Virginia Deed Book 6, page 80, Family History Library film 30747, Deed written 25 Sep 1780, John Bradley and wife Phoebe sell to John Bradley Junior "for love and affection which they have towards their son John Bradley Junior also for the consideration of 5 shillings", 208 acres on the eastern branches of Soke Arse Creek. John and Phoebe both sign their names.

• Will of John Bradley, Cumberland County Virginia Will Book 2, p 322-325 FHL film 30738, written 10 Sep 1782, probated 25 Aug 1783, Inventory and appraisal recorded 26 Jan 1784, p 335-336. Names wife Phoebe, sons William, John, Hezekiah, Jonas, and David, daughters Joanna White, Mary Dunklan, Nancy Brown, Sarah Holland, and Jenny Anderson.