Edward was born in 1761.
Slaves of William Bradshaw, Kentucky
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I'm basing this on the fact that so far I see 7 DNA matches in Ancestry to Benjamin's family, descendants. The matches are at the 6th cousin level, which makes him a 5th great grandfather. The Shared Matches to the DNA matches show my great grandfather's Bradshaw line. I'm still researching the Bradshaw DNA matches and will update you with a final count of DNA matches.
Benjamin's descendants moved to Mercer County, Kentucky, which is where my great grandfather's family lived. I found my third great grandfather in the house hold of Albert Bradshaw in the 1850 Slave Schedule.
Back in those days it was common for an enslaver to have two families in the same household, one with his "Negro Woman" or "Negro Wench", as listed in his will, and one with his European wife.
Laura