Jemmy Brandon (abt. 1688 - abt. 1739)

Born about 1688 in Surry, Virginia

Descendants

Died about 1739 at about age 51 in Surry, Virginia

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Biography

Name: Jemmy Brandon. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Born 1688 Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Died 1739 Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Jemmy Brandon was listed as a negro in the household of Nathaniel Harrison, Esquire at the Brandon Plantation in Surry County, Virginia on July 15, 1728. The children listed below were mulattoes and probably the children Jemmy Brandon and a white servant of Godfrey and Elizabeth Ragsdale of St. Bristol Parish. (Some of the children were born in the Ragsdale household and bound to them and Jemmy was listed with the "men" and not with the children on the Harrison estate inventory, so it would make him the right age to be the father of the Ragsdale Plantation Brandon mulattoes.) From Free African Americans in Virginia and the Carolinas. Y-DNA studies on the male descendants of William Branham, Sr. (son of Jemmy Brandon) proves this family had African male ancestry and probably originally came from Angola. It is not known whether it was Jemmy himself who was born in Africa or his father (his father is unknown.)

For those wondering about the variations in the last names of Brandon vs. Branham: There was no standard spelling at the time so some descendants of this family went by Brandon, Brannon, Branum, Branham, and Branner. All the same family just a bunch of different spellings. When spellings became standardized different families adopted different spellings and became Brandon, Branham, etc. so some descendants are entered differently depending on what variation of the name the family went by. It is not a typo nor are the family members incorrectly linked it is just a matter of spelling variation but all the same family. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Source: #S80 "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 25 May 2019, 22:10), entry for Jemmy Brandon(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LR5N-BS5); contributed by various users. PersonID LR5N-BS5 Jemmy Brandon Link: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LR5N-BS5
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Source: #S80 Mixed deeds, wills, court orders, and poll lists, 1653-1859 Link: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9PX-F4VF
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Source: #S80 Mixed deeds, wills, court orders, and poll lists, 1653-1859 Link: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9PX-F4VM
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Source: #S80 Wills and deeds (Surry County, Virginia), 1652-1907; ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9PX-29FW-T Link: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9PX-29FW-T

• Source: S80 FamilySearch.org FamilySearch Family Tree
• Link to page referencing Jemmy in Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware: http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Beverly_Brogdon.htm