Mary (White) Bradford (1731 - 1785)

Born 30 Sep 1731 in Granville Co., Colonial North Carolina

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Died 22 Mar 1785 at age 53 in Granville, North Carolina

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Mary White was born to Jonathan White and Faithey Hicks on Sept 30, 1731 in Granville,North Carolina^[1]

Spouse: Thomas Bradford. Mary White and Thomas Bradford were married in 1751 in Granville County, North Carolina.

Their children are:

1. Elizabeth Bradford,
2. Mary Bradford,
3. Philemon Bradford,
4. David Bradford,
5. Thomas William Bradford,
6. Benjamin Bradford,
7. Ephraim Bradford,
8. Sarah Bradford,
9. Sealy Celia Bradford,
10. William B. Bradford.

Thomas Bradford was born in 1731 in Westover, Charles City County, Virginia, United States. He died in May 1786 at the age of 55 in Granville County, North Carolina. Date of death has also been found as 1785. Parents: Philemon Bradford and Mary Byrd.

3 Elizabeth Bradford was born in 1752 in Granville County, North Carolina, United States. She died in 1789 at the age of 37 in Granville County, North Carolina, United States. Parents: Thomas Bradford and Mary White.

5 Philemon Bradford was born on 17 April 1757 in Granville County, North Carolina, United States. He died on 17 June 1824 at the age of 67 in Granville County, North Carolina, United States. Parents: Thomas Bradford and Mary White. Spouse: Susana Clopton. Susana Clopton and Philemon Bradford were married on 25 March 1779 in Franklin County, North Carolina, United States. Their date of marriage has also been found as 25 Apr 1779. They lived in Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, United States in 1800. They lived in Greenville County, South Carolina, United States in 1810. Susana and Philemon lived in Greenville County, South Carolina, United States in 1820. Children were: Benjamin Bradford, Jonathan Bradford, Henry Bradford, Mary Bradford, Thomas C. Bradford, William D. Bradford, Elizabeth Bradford, Archibald Archer Bradford, Ann Bradford, Benjamin Bradford, Philemon Bradford, Susan Bradford, Lemuel J. Bradford.

7 Thomas William Bradford was born in 1761 in Granville County, North Carolina, United States. He died on 1 December 1851 at the age of 90 in White County, Tennessee, United States. Parents: Thomas Bradford and Mary White. Spouse: Eva Kearney. Eva Kearney and Thomas William Bradford were married on 2 April 1782 in Granville County, North Carolina, United States. They lived in Granville County, North Carolina, United States in 1784. Children were: Kearney Bradford, Elizabeth Bradford, Barbara Bradford, Mariah Bradford.

Spouse: Mary Polly Hargraves. Mary Polly Hargraves and Thomas William Bradford were married. They lived in Franklin County, North Carolina, United States in 1790. Children were: Alice Bradford, Timothy Bradford, Brazil Ransom Bradford, Thomas Madison Bradford, Margaret Bradford, Mary Bradford, Nathaniel Thomas Bradford, Nancy Bradford, Betsey Bradford.

Generation No. 4 THOMAS4 BRADFORD (PHILEMON3, RICHARD2, RICHARD1, BRADFORD) was born 1731, in Westover, Charles City County, VA, and died March 22, 1785, in Granville County, NC. He married MARY WHITE HOLMES. Children of THOMAS BRADFORD and MARY WHITE HOLMES are: ELIZABETH BRADFORD, b. 1752, Granville County, NC; d. 1789, Granville County, NC. MARY BRADFORD, b. 1754, Granville, County, NC; d. unknown; m. JONES FULLER, b. 1735, Granville County, NC. Note: No, she married Richard? Lovett. Sarah married Jones Fuller PHILEMON BRADFORD, b. April 17, 1757, Granville County, NC; d. June 17, 1824, Granville County, NC; m. SUZANNA CLOPTON, b. June 22, 1761, in Franklin County, NC. DAVID BRADFORD, b. 1758, Granville County, NC; d. 1800, Granville County, NC; m. MARY KEARNY, b. ABT 1764. THOMAS BRADFORD, b. 1761, Granville County, NC; d. 1849, White County, TN; m. POLLY HARGRAVES (1782), MARTHA GARRISON (1804). BENJAMIN5BRADFORD, b. 1763, Granville County, NC; d. 1826, Granville County, NC; m. POLLY SMITH. EPHRAIM BRADFORD, b. 1765, Granville County, NC; d. unknown. SARAH BRADFORD, b. 1767, Granville County, NC; d. 1800. SEALY BRADFORD, b. 1769, Granville County, NC; d. unknown.

Granville County North Carolina Tax List of 1753 Whites 1 Blacks 1 Total 2 Thomas Bradford negro Hanner^[2]

Col. William Eaton's Militia Regiment Granville Co., NC - roll taken 8 Oct 1754 William Eaton, Colonel William Person, Lieut. Colonel James Paine, Major Capt. John SALLIS' Company (90 men) George MORRIS, Lieut. James MITCHEL, Ensign 11. Thomas BRADFORD Cit. This muster roll [found in Vol. 22 of the North Carolina State Records] is generally considered to be the first true accounting of all able-bodied men in Granville County. Those men in this regiment are believed to range in ages from young (teens) to much older (perhaps even some grandfathers!)

The Will of Thomas Bradford
Granville County, NC
March 22, 1785
NOTES: Words and phrases identified like this? in my transcription below signify the best guess.
Thomas Bradford's will, page 1

In the Name of God Amen I Thomas Bradford of Granvil County of the State of North Carolina being weak in Body but of perfect mind & Memory do make appoint & Ordain this my last will & Testament that is to say first & principally I give & Recommend my Soul into the hand of Almighty God who at first gave it me & my body to the Earth to be buried at the Discretion of my Executor here after named & as for such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life my just debt & funeral charges being first paid I Give & Dispose of in manner & form following - Item I Lend to my Daughter Elisabeth Prewit an Negro Girl named Betty During her Natural life & after her Death She & her Increase to be Equally Divided amongst all her Children Also one cow & calf to them & their heirs forever Item I give to my Daughter Mary Lovet fifty pounds  ? ? to her & her heirs forever Item I give to my Son Phillemon Bradford one Negro Man Named Bass likewise two parts out? of sale? of a Negro woman named Han one part being given me & the other bought of Phillemon While which he is to have after the Death of Sarah Pruett? Also half my Mill & the other half to my Son David Bradford to be halved? Between them to him & his heirs forever Item I Lend to my Beloved & Lawfull Wife Mary Bradford one hundred & Seventy Eight Acres of Land be the Same? more Or less Being the Land that formerly belonged to James & Charles Heflen? During her Natural life Also one Negro Girl Named Jenny three Cows & Calves one featherbed & furniture one Iron pot Six plates & my Chest & my black Mare Two Dishes & one bason & two Sows & Thirteen Shotes that  ? ? on Quicksand Item I give to my Son Thomas Bradford one Negro boy Named Demps? & one hundred & Seventy Eight Acres of Land that I lent to my Wife after her Death to him & his heirs forever Thomas Bradford's will, page 2 Page 2 Item I give to my Son David Bradford one Negro Girl named Jenny after the Death of his Mother likewise four hundred Fifty acres of Land Including the plantation Where in I now ? ? To the East Side for Compliment Adjoining David Bradford & John Bradford & joining his Brother Phillemon Bradford's home to Include his Compliment Two Cows & Calves Two Sows & pigs five head of Sheep one featherbed & furniture one Iron pot to him & his heirs forever. Item I give to my son Ephraim Bradford four hundred & Eighteen acres of Land Joining My Son Phillemon Bradford & my Brother Richard Bradford ? ? for Compliment Likewise four hundred acres of Land I purchased of Edward More on the South Side of the Adkin & Lying on Rials? Creek three head of Cattle five head of sheep one featherbed & furniture one Iron pot Two Sows & piggs & one Negro Woman named Aggy & her Increase to him & his heirs forever Item I give to my Son Benjamin four hundred & fifty acres of Land being the place where he formerly Lived including the Chappal adjoining Lewis? Taylors line & Jeremiah Blalocks & Joining Quicksand Creek for Compliment one Negro Boy Named Peter to him & his heirs forever Item I give to my Daughter Sealey? Bradford one featherbed & furniture one Iron pot one Negro Girl Named Milley five Cattle & one bay horse I lately purchased of Edward More & my Chest after the death of her Mother to her & heirs forever Item I Give to my Daughter Sarah Bradford one Negro Girl named Anne one featherbed & furniture five head of Cattle four head of Sheep one Desk one Iron pot After the Death of her mother Likewise one Sorrel ? ? to her & her heirs forever my Will & Desire is that the Remainder of my Estate not given Be Sold & Equally Divided amongst all my Children my will & Desire is that if Any of my Children should die with it? Lawfull Issue their part of my Estate to be Equally Divided amongst my surviving children I appoint my Beloved & Lawfull Wife Mary Bradford & my Son Phillimon Bradford whole Executor & Executrix of this my Last Will & Testament hereby Revoking & Disanulling all other Will, heretofore made appoint this only to be ? ? my last will Inwitness hereunto I have Set my hand & Seal this Twenty Second? Day of March one thousand seven hundred & Eighty Five Test Simon Clement? ? ?
Thos Bradford seal
Jurat Mary ? ? ? ?M Clement? Benjamin Morgan Jurat^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/search/famil-trees/resultscount=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3Amary~%20%2Bsurname%3Awhite~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A17301732~%20%2Bspouse_givenname%3Athomas~%20%2Bspouse_surname%3Abradford~
2. ↑ Granville County, North Carolina, Tax Lists, CR044.701, State of North Carolina Library and Archives, Raleigh, NC
3. ↑ [1] Transcription Courtesy of Genealogy Depository for the Larson / Morgan Conglomeration

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 30 January 2020, 22:01), entry for Mary White Holmes(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LTZG-2M4); contributed by various users.