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Richard Bradley (1707 - 1785)

Richard Bradley
Born in Great Choptank P., Dorchester, Marylandmap [uncertain]
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Died at age 78 in Orange, Virginia, United Statesmap
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Note: As of 12/18/2016 this biography is under construction, scheduled to be complete by 12/28/2021

Richard Bradley

Profile Managers note: The information in the below biography was provided to me by Mr. Lloyd D. Bockstruck of Dallas Texas. He is a noted author and genealogical researcher and a descendant of Richard through his son Laurence.

Richard was born in Dorchester County, Maryland in [say] 1705 and died in Orange County. Virginia inter 3 October and 22 December 1785.

Richard Bradley returned to the northern part of Virginia. The earliest appearance of Richard Bradley as a resident of Spotsylvania County, Virginia was in 1733. After serving five days as evidence for Thomas Sanders in the latter's suit against Larkin Chew. the Spotsylvania County court ordered the plaintiff to reimburse Richard Bradley on 3 October, 1733 .[1]

He resided in that part of Spotsylvania County which became Orange County where he appeared on the 1734 tithable list in the precinct of George Smith. He had one tithe.[2] Henry Willis. Esq.. sued Richard Bradley for £2.15 .1 for accounts dated 4 September and 2 October 1733, and the Orange County court issued a summons 16 June 1736 which Gideon Marr executed 6 July 1 736. The case was dismissed.[3]Richard Bradley was one of the witnesses to deeds of lease and release in Orange County from William Phillips to Thomas Downer on 16 and 1 8 August 1 736.[4]Richard Bradley, Larkin Chew, and George Smith witnessed a deed from William Hawkins of St. Thomas Parish, Orange County, planter, and his wife Mary to Abraham Estes of St. Stephen Parish, King and Queen County for 110 acres in Spotsylvania County. Virginia on 1 November 1742.[5]

The Orange County court named Richard Bradley overseer of the Pamunkey Road in place of Stephen Smith whom they discharged on 23 May 1746. He was to cause posts of directions to be set up where necessary.[6]Richard Bradley, Stephen I.K. Smith, George Smith, and Joseph Reynolds were ordered to view the way from the Pine Stake Church into the road that led to Stark's Bridge in Orange County on 26 September 1746. In 1749 Richard Bradley was responsible for two tithes in Orange County.[7]

Charles Smith of Louisa County. Virginia sold Richard Bradley of Saint Thomas Parish, Orange County 73 acres adjoining Thomas Morris, Merry. and James Stevens for £ 18 on 22 November 1750.[8]On 29 November 1751 the Orange County court awarded a contract to Richard Bradley to build a bridge over Terry's Run for which he was to post a bond. On 24 January 1750/1 the Orange County court appointed Charles Cu1iis. gentleman, surveyor of the highway from Spotsylvania County line to the Main Road below the Middle Church in place of Richard Bradley.[9] The Orange County levy of 29 November 1751 included 795 pounds of tobacco for Richard Bradley for building a bridge over Terry's Run. He was not to receive payment until he gave bond to perform the same.[10] On 23 October 1755 John Mallory and Richard Bradley were the securities for Thomas Burgess for the latter's maintaining an ordinary at his home. The road gang of Richard Woolfolk. overseer of the road. included the tithables of John Henderson. Joseph Henderson, William Long, Malachi Chiles, John Shears, Reubin Daniel, Richard Bradley, Thomas Merry, William Bolling. Abraham Mayfield, Samuel Brockman, James Atkins, John Wright, and Abram Cook.[11] On 12 November 1758 Richard Bradley received payment from the estate of Thomas Merry.

According to the Orange County tithable lists, Richard Bradley had tithes for the years as follows: 1753 2 tithes 1754 2 tithes 1755 tithes 1757 2 tithes 1758 4 tithes 1759 4 tithes 1760 5 tithes 1763 4 tithes 1764 2 tithes 1765 3 tithes 1766 3 tithes 1767 3 tithes 1768 2 tithes[12]

On 22 September 1762 Richard Bradley asked the court that his list of tithes being one be added to the list of Richard Thomas, gentleman.[13]The county levy of 27 November 1766 included 1,180 pounds of tobacco to be paid to Richard Bradley for building a bridge over the river.[14]

On 12 February 1770 Richard Bradley and Ann his wife sold 75 acres in Orange County adjoining Thomas Merry, Edward Stevens. and John Stevens to John Long for £50. On 22 February 1770 John Long and his wife Isabell sold Richard Bradley 194 acres in Orange County. Virginia adjoining John Deer, William Moore. and Stephen Smith for £70.[15] On 26 November 1772 the Orange County court excused Richard Bradley. a poor man, from paying the county levy.[16] The Orange County court approved the laying out of a new road from the Tomb Stone along a ridge leaving the Pamunkey Mountain on the left hand Adam Lindsay and Thomas Garnett and on the right Joseph Chandler and Richard Bradley.[17]

Richard Bradley served on the jury to value the land on which Adam Lindsay wanted to build a grist mill in the Riga Run bounded on the opposite side by the land of William Boutwell, deceased. The jury valued the one acre at one shilling and three pence on 17 March 1774. 36 On 19 April 1774 Richard Bradley and his wife Ann sold William Bradley 50 acres adjoining Captain William Moore in Orange County for £5. The witnesses were James Smith, Joseph Wisdom. and Thomas Merry.[18]

During the Revolutionary War Richard Bradley furnished 225 pounds of beef for the Revolutionary forces. He was allowed his public service claim in Orange County on 2 November 1781.[19] According to the 1782 census of Orange County, Virginia. Richard Bradley had a household of three Whites and no blacks. His son William Bradley had a household of nine whites.[20]

Richard Bradley made his will in Orange County. Virginia on 3 October 1785 naming his sons William Bradley, James Bradley, John Bradley, and Lawrence Bradley, daughter Elizabeth Dear, and daughter Ann Shurley [sicJ. He also devised land to Thomas Dear. He appointed William Bradley and James Smith executors. The witnesses were Jeremiah Chandler. Henry Mallory. and Lucy Mallory. The will was admitted to probate on 22 December 1785.[21] Since he did not provide for his wife, she had apparently predeceased him.

The children of Richard and Ann (-------) Bradley were:
i. James Bradley. m. (1 ) Druscilla Wisdom and (2) Anna Shackelford. He removed to Georgia. He settled in Kentucky by 1795.[22] He made his will in Hardin Co.. Ky. 20 Dec. 1800, and it was proved there 16 Aug. 1805.[23] Issue:

a. John Bradley. m. Mary Roberts 27 Nov. 1792 in Madison County, Ky.[24]
b. Thomas Bradley. m. Rachel Roberts 27 Nov. 1792 Madison County, Ky[25]
c. Susanna Bradley.
d. Mary Bradley. m. William Logsdon 2 Apr. 1796 in Madison County, Ky.[26]
e. Eleanor Bradley. m. Jacob Greenwalt 18 Dec. 1797 in Hardin County., [27]
f. Elijah Bradley. m. Mary Logsdon 27 Jan. 1797 in Madison Co.. Ky.[28]
g. William Bradley. m. Elizabeth Parish Crowder, daughter of Philip Crowder. 25 Sep. 1809 in Hardin County, Ky.[29]
h. Catherine Bradley. m. Henry Logsdon 15 May 1807 (bond) i n Hardin County, Ky.[30]
i. Sarah Bradley, b. 1781 Ga.. d. 18 Aug. 1852, m. David Greenwalt 12 Dec. 1799 Hardin County. Ky.[31]
j. Clovis Bradley.
k. Lucy Bradley, m. (1) Mark Marshall 14 Sep. 1812 (bond) in Hardin County, Ky.[32] and (2) John King 4 Oct. 1826.
l. Rebecca Bradley. m. John Brown. m. Rachel Bradley, m. Martin Wilhelm 21 Sep. 1816 in Hardin Co.. Ky.[33]

ii. John 5 Bradley. m. Rachel Wisdom. He was in Wilkes County, N.C. on the 1787 census.

iii. Lawrence 5 Bradley. m. Winiford Wisdom.

iv. William' Bradley. m. Mary -------. He sold 80 acres of land he inherited from his father on 20 Oct. 1786 to John Dear for £60. It adjoined William Lindsay. Thomas Dear. Henry Woods and John Begors. He sold 120 acres to John Bickers on the same date. It was a part of the tract whereon he lived adjoining Henry Wood. William Moore, William Lindsay and John Dear.

v. Elizabeth 5 Bradley. m. Charles Dear 1 Apr. 1782. They moved to Rockingham County, N.C. and later Guilford County, N.C. He d. inter 30 Apr. and Aug. 1811 with a will naming his three children and four grandsons.[34] Issue:

a. Bradley Dear. b. 29 Jan. 1783 Orange Co., Va.. d. post 1860 Wilcox County, Ala.. m. Catherine Patrick 27 Feb. 1807 Rockingham Co.. N.C.
I. Charles Dear, b. 12 Dec. 1809.
2. Hugh P. Dear, b. 1 1 Apr. 1812.
3. Margaret Davis Dear. b. 29 Jan. 1815, Jones Co.. Ga.
4. Washington Dear, b. 5 Jan. 1818.
5. Elizabeth Dear. b. 19 Oct. 1820.
6. Bradley W. Dear. b. 14 Oct. 1825. d. 20 Feb. 1843.
7. Lucy Hix Dear. b. 3 Jun. 1828. d. 5 Jun. 1828.
b. Reuben Dear.
c. Frances Dear. m. John Norman.
1. Joseph Norman.
2. Hiram Norman.
3. Charles Norman.

vi. Ann 5 Bradley, m. James Shirley ante 26 Sep. 1765.

Orange Co. Va. Wills, Book 3 1778-1814
Will Dated 3 Oct 1785
Proved 22 Dec 1785

In the name of God A man

I Richard Bradley of the County of Orange and the Parish of Saint Thomas as Being in years and Infirm in body do make and Ordain this Last Will and Testament

First of all I desire to be buried in a christian Like manor According as my Executors directs

Secondly I all my debts should be paid by my Executor here in after Named

Thirdly I give and bequeath to my son William Bradley All my land Bounded by Harvey Woods line Wm. Moore, Wm. Lindday and the new road. To him and his heirs forever one great pot and hooks and all that belongs to it one cow and calf To him and his heirs forever and after my wife decease one Feather Bed and Furniture to him and his heirs forever: after my wife decease

I give unto my son Thomas Bradley one Shilling Sterling to him and his heirs forever

I give and Bequeath To my son John and Lawrence Bradley one Shilling Sterling To Each of them an their

I give and Bequeath to my daughter Eliz h Dear one Feather Bed and Furniture To her and her heirs forever

and after mt wife decease my will and desire is the remainder part of my Estate Shall be Equally devided Between William Bradley and Ann Shurday To them and their heirs forever

Also I give and Bequeath To Thomasd Dear All the Land above the said road Excepting the spring and ten yards wide from the Road to the Spring for a path to the said springs to him and his heirs forever

lastly I and appoint William Bradley and James Smith Executors of this my last Will and Testament Revoking all other Wills here before made by me.

I have set my hand seal this Third Day of October one Thousand Seven hundred and Eighty Five
Signed sealed and Delivered
In the Presence of
Jarmiah Chandler
Henry Mallory

Sources

  1. ↑ Ruth Sparacio, Order Book Abstracts of Spotsylvania County, Virginia 1734-1735 (McLean, Va, The Antient Pres , 1991 p. 96.
  2. ↑ Barbara Vines Little, Orange Co Virginia Tithables 1734-1782 (Orange, Va.: Dominion Market Research Corporation, 1988) , p.9.
  3. ↑ John Frederick Dorman, Orange County, Deed Books 3 and 4 1738-1741 Judgments 1736 (Washington, D.C. : n. pub. , 1966, p .87; Barbara Vines Little, Orange County, Virginia a Order Book One 1734- 1739 Part One 1734-1736) , p. 98 .
  4. ↑ John Frederick Dorman, Orange County, Deed Books 1 and 2 1735-1738 Judgments 173 (Washington, D.C.: n. pub. , 1966, p .87
  5. ↑ William Armstrong Crozier, Virginia County Records (Baltimore, Md . : Genealogical Publishing Co . ,Inc. 1971) , I , 161.
  6. ↑ Orange County, Virginia Order Book IV 1743-1746, p. 476.
  7. ↑ Barbara Vines Little, Orange County, Virginia Tithables 1734-1782, p. 25.
  8. ↑ Ruth L. Sparacio, Deed Abstracts of Orange County Virginia (1743-1759) (n.p.: n. pub., 1985), p. 115.
  9. ↑ Ann Brush Miller, Orange County Road Orders 1750-1800 (Charlottesville, Va.:Virginia Transportation Research Council, 1989), p.10.
  10. ↑ ibid. p. 16.
  11. ↑ ibid. p. 40.
  12. ↑ Barbara Vines Little, Orange County Virginia Tithables, pp. 31, 32, 35, 49 , 54 , 57, 6 l , 69 , 72, 80 , 86, 89 & 94.
  13. ↑ ibid. p. 192.
  14. ↑ Miller, op. cit. p. 103
  15. ↑ Ruth Sparacio, Deed Abstracts of Orange County, Virginia (1759-1778) (n.p.: n. pub., 1986), p. 111.
  16. ↑ Miller, op. cit.
  17. ↑ Sparacio, op. cit. p. 166.
  18. ↑ ibid. p. 1858
  19. ↑ William H. A. Thomas, Patriots of the Upcountry, Orange County, Virginia in the Revolution (Orange, Va.: Green Publishers, Inc., 1976), p.94.
  20. ↑ First Census of the United States 1790, Records of the State Enumerations : 1782 to 1785 ( Baltimore , Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co . , Inc . , 1976) , p. 40
  21. ↑ Ruth L. Sparacio, Will Abstracts of 0rance County, Virginia (1778-1821), n. p .: n. pub . ,1985, p.16 .
  22. ↑ The 1795 Census of Kentucky, p. 19
  23. ↑ Frances Terry Ingmire , Hardin County, Kentucky Will Book "A " 1793-1809 ( St. Louis , Mo.: n. pub., 1981), pp. l 55-56 .
  24. ↑ Bill Vockery, Madison County, Marriage Records, 1786-1822, p. 10.
  25. ↑ ibid. p. 10
  26. ↑ ibid. p. 50
  27. ↑ Mary H. Stancliff, Marriage Records of Hardin County, Kentucky 1792-1812, p. 27.
  28. ↑ Vockery, op. cit p.10.
  29. ↑ Stancliff, op.cit. p.9.
  30. ↑ ibid. p. 43.
  31. ↑ ibid. p. 27.
  32. ↑ ibid. p. 4
  33. ↑ Mary H. Stancliff, Marriage Records of Hardin County, Kentucky 1813-1822, p. 27.
  34. ↑ Irene B . Webster, Guilford County. North Carolina Will Abstracts 1771-1841, 1979, p. 18.
  • "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 17 June 2017, 19:05), entry for Richard Bradley Jr(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LC5Y-5DR); contributed by various users.
  • Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890 about Richard Bradley: Name: Richard Bradley, State: VA, County: Orange County, Township: 03 00, Year: 1782, Record Type: Continental Census, Page: 40, Database: VA Early Census Index, Source Information: Ancestry.com. Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Virginia Census, 1607-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.
  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SBQX-PZY : accessed 2016-03-04), entry for RICHARD Jr. /BRADLEY/.
  • Source: S-2111779185 Repository: #R-2144939563 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=5981775&pid=1038
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S. Waters
I was under the impression that both Richard Bradley and his older brother, Lawrence 1689, were both born in Broseley, Shropshire, England, the sons of Lawrence (b. abt 1661-d. 1712 and Eleanor Bradley. There are baptism records in the Broseley Parish Registers. There 7 children listed for Lawrence and Eleanor in the Broseley Parish Registers. Richard b. 1706-1707 was the youngest. They immigrated to Virginia.

I descend from Lawrence Jr. who has records in Essex, Caroline, etc. where he died in 1788 in Culpeper County, VA. Shirley Edillon

posted by S. Waters
N Gauthier
Bradley-6047 and Bradley-4220 appear to represent the same person because: dups with same wife and same son Lawrence
posted by N Gauthier
Leger-741 Loretta (Leger) Corbin
James and Lawrence are Listed as a children of Richard Bradley on

DAR # A097792 BRADLEY, RICHARDAncestor #: A097792 Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE Birth: CIRCA 1715 Death: ANTE 12-22-1785 ST THOMAS PAR ORANGE CO VIRGINIA Service Source: ABERCROMBIE & SLATTEN, VA REV PUB CLAIMS, VOL 2, P 735 Service Description: 1) GAVE BEEF

posted by Loretta (Leger) Corbin
Leger-741 Loretta (Leger) Corbin
DAR # A097792

BRADLEY, RICHARDAncestor #: A097792 Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE Birth: CIRCA 1715 Death: ANTE 12-22-1785 ST THOMAS PAR ORANGE CO VIRGINIA Service Source: ABERCROMBIE & SLATTEN, VA REV PUB CLAIMS, VOL 2, P 735 Service Description: 1) GAVE BEEF

posted by Loretta (Leger) Corbin
Leger-741 Loretta (Leger) Corbin
Bradley-6047 and Bradley-4220 are not ready to be merged because: Several mergers need to take place first:

1st Short-3587 into Short-3153 2nd Short-3152 into Short-3024 3rd Bradley-6047 into Bradley-4220 4th Unknown-313578 into Wisdom-104 5th Bradley-8950 into Bradley-4602

posted by Loretta (Leger) Corbin
Wilson-16488 David Wilson
Bradley-6047 and Bradley-4220 appear to represent the same person because: Same father, phonetic mother, POB, POD, DOD
posted by David Wilson
John Floyd
Bradley-4220 and Bradley-5762 appear to represent the same person because: Based on marriage
posted by John Floyd

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