Mary Abigail (Braun) Goldman (1705 - 1755)

Born 1705 in Westmoreland, Virginia

Wife of Jacob Goldman — married 1724 in Spotsylvania, Virginia

Descendants

Died 1755 at about age 50 in Augusta, Virginia

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Biography

Leonhard Schnell was a Moravian Minister in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. In Nov. 1749 he visited the New River Settlements (Back Creek, Orange County, Virginia) and wrote in his diary "On the 21st staid quietly at Jake Herman's. 22nd. Cold. 23rd. J.H. went with me to Jacob Goldman's, whose wife is sister to my father-in-law." (see http://incolor.inetnebr.com/gwbrownx/Moravian.shtml ) It is known that Schnell's wife was Elizabeth BROWN, so Jacob GOLDMAN's wife was Mary Abigail BROWN (she is called both Mary and Abigail at various times in other records). Augusta County Court Records, Order Book No. III, p.315, August 20, 1752:"Mary Goldman, widow of Jacob refuses to administer (his estate). John Bingman, Ro. Norris, James Cohoon, and James Miller appd. (appointed) appraisers of Goldman." An old map of the Back Creek area (Augusta Co., VA) may be seen at http://brscnmj.net/Sandy/page7.html("The Goldman Papers of Virginia"), showing a "survey for James Patton of 1,096 acres of land in Augusta County on Crab (Back) Creek." The French and Indian War began in 1753 and waged for more than 10 years along the frontier of Virginia. On 31 July 1755 Col. James Patton was killed by Indians at Draper's Meadows, and according to the terms of his will "I leave to my son-in-law William Thompson all that tract of land called Springfield joining to where the WIDOW GOLDMAN now lives, and on which Henry Patton lives containing about three thousand acres." (Augusta County, VA will book 2: 131). The Indian attacks during this time period caused most of the frontier to be depopulated. Benjamin Franklin wrote in May 1754 in the Pennsylvania Gazette that "We hear that the Back Settlers in Virginia are so terrified by the murdering and scalping of the Family last Winter and the taking of this Fort, that they begin already to abandon their Plantation, and remove to places of more safety". Back Creek Fort, also known as Fort Thompson, was built on Col. Patton's estate "Springfield", and sheltered a number of local residents against Indian attacks. It isn't known whether Jacob Goldman's widow remained in Virginia or moved to North Carolina with her sons.

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