Mary (Council) Brantley (1713 - aft. 1775)

Born 1713 in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Applewhaite IV — married 1729 in Isle, Virginia Colony

Wife of Phillip Brantley — married 1745 in Virginia Colony

Descendants

Died after 1775 after age 62 in Halifax, North Carolina

Biography

Mary Council was born about 1713 in Isle of Wight, Virginia to parents Hardy Council and Susannah Fulgham. She married first Henry Applewhite IV about 1729 in Isle of Wight, Virginia. Children: Amy, Henry, Thomas, Priscilla, John, Benjamin. After her husband Henry died in 1739 she married second Phillip Brantley about 1745 in Isle of Wight, Virginia. She died after her husband Phillip's death (1775) in Halifax, North Carolina.

Phillip Brantley had three children by his first wife, John, William and Joseph.

"Henry Applewhite m. Mary ___. Had son, Henry, and dau., Amy. He d. young and his widow m. 2nd Phillip Brantley. They had land in Halifax Co. No. Car." (Virginia Gazette)

Sources

• Alabama Surname Files Expanded, Applewhite, published in Virginia Gazette, 14 Apr 1961

• Wills and Administrations of Isle of Wight County Virginia 1647-1800, Will of Hardy Council of Newport Parish, her father lists "daughter Mary" 22 Feb 1748. https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/84196971/person/272091300589/media/513e6778-8afa-4a19-8e8b-5acdb1b3b2c5

• Account of Estate for Henry Applewhite Jr. in Isle of Wight, by Phillip and Mary Brantley

• Account of estate for Henry Applewhaite in Isle of Wight, by Phillip and Mary Brantley

• North Carolina Will Abstracts, Phillip Brantley listing his wife Mary, 1775, Halifax, North Carolina

• North Carolina Wills and Probate Records, Phillip Brantly, giving to his wife Mary, 1775, Halifax, North Carolina

• The Fabulous Applewhite Family by Irene Farwell