Lucy (Bradley) Christian (abt. 1705 - aft. 1749)

Born about 1705 in Charles City County, Virginia [uncertain]

Descendants

Died after May 1749 after about age 44 in Albemarle, Virginia [uncertain]

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Biography

Lucy Bradley was born about 1705, possibly in Charles City County, Virginia. She died after May 1749, when her husband's will was proved in Albemarle County, Virginia. Her brother, William Bradley, was named in her husband's will.

Research Notes

There is no basis for the estimated birth date other than inferring she was close in age to her husband and still within childbearing years. A younger birth date supports the theory that she was not the mother of Robert's elder children. Some researchers give 1749 - the year his will was recorded - as her death date.

William Bradley has been proposed as her brother mentioned in her husband Robert's will. This William Bradley owned land on the other side of the James River (now Appomattox County) from where Robert Christian owned land along the north bank of the River (now Amherst County).

Will of Robert Christian
Written: 25 March 1748
Probated: May Court 1749
Albermarle, Virginia
Wife Lucy Christian and unborn child.
Sons, John, Robert and Drury Christian to have tract of land where I now live.
Daughters, Elizabeth Christian and Lucy Christian to have £50 currency each.
Executors: wife and friend William Bradley ( bro. of wife).
Witnesses: Walter Leak, William Leak and Charles Christian ^[1]

It has also been suggested that Lucy was the second wife of Thomas Oglesby, Sr. and was the wife "Lucy" mentioned in his will. However, it's thought that they had no children together. If this is the same Lucy, then she lived at least until 1788 because she owned the 378 acres in Buckingham County left to her by Thomas Oglesby until that year. In 1789 it's noted that she sold the land to John Miller.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Virginia, Albemarle County, Wills, 1748-1919, Virginia. County Court (Albemarle County), Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 1949 (WB1:2) film 30211 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89PH-Z9WR?i=9&cat=279536 (Will of Robert Christian, written 25 March 1748, filed in court May 1749)
2. ↑ Land tax lists, 1782-1863, 1930-1931, Commissioner of the Revenue (Buckingham County), Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 1954.
   1788: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS46-YYX4?i=67&cat=408775
   1789: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS46-YYXD?i=74&cat=408775

• Genealogy column of the Boston Transcript 1906-1941. (The greatest single source of material for gen. data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800; completely indexed): 23 May 1935, 390.
• Greenwood Genealogies; Genforum

Acknowledgments

• Andy Christian