Robert Brashear
b. 1646 Nansemond County, VA (under age in 1666)
d. between 4 Aug1710 & 17 May 1712 will probated
? 1m. unknown at this time
(may have been related to Thomas Paget, will 1677)[Brashear
77]
?2m. Mrs. Alice (?Spriggs)
Jackson c. 1679 *
b. ? d.
her father: ?Thomas Spriggs mother: ?
Child of unknown mother (based on mar. date to Mrs Jackson) | |||
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Benjamin Brashear SR.(III) | b. 1666 MD | d. 1742 | m. Mary Jones (dau. of William Jones and Dorothy Cager) |
because of the seven year gap here, C. Brashears
believes there must have been more children |
b.(seven years) |
d . | |
Samuel Brashear | b. 1673 MD (51 in 1724)* | d. Aug 1740 | m. Ann Jones (dau. of William Jones and Dorothy Cager) |
Robert Brashears | b. 1675-76 MD (73 in 1749 deposition) | d . | m. Mary |
?Basil Brashear Jr. (speculated son by C. Brashears) |
b. | d . | involved in land transfers in 1719 |
There may be other children according to birth dates and research
of Charles Brashear - perhaps sons Basil Brashear and John
Brashas/Brashers. His second wife probably did not have had any
children since they appear to be born after the Alice, widow of
Thomas Jackson, renounces her right to administer Thomas's estate
in 1679. This is in conflict with Back's research but birth dates
of Robert Jr. reinforce the former position. It has also been the
position of many researchers that Alice Jackson may have been the
daughter of Thomas Sprigg. Charles Brashear doubts that this is
true since there is no listing of an Alice in the Sprigg geneology
records we have to date. We are looking for documentation that
does prove beyond doubt who her parents were.
There is some conflict also in the death date of his mother in
the records that were recorded by Troy Back from that of Charles
Brashear. His mother makes a will in April of 1663 shortly
after Benois Brashear makes her a widow. The court records
guardianship for Robert put him with Benois' brother Robert
Brashear. Unfortunately Robert "The Elder" dies 5 Dec 1665,
and the guardianship for Robert (still a minor) goes to Sampson
Waring, a lawyer and family friend.
1663, Aug 2- His mother remarries, as the wife of Thomas Sterling in Calvert Co., MD. "Thanks to his mother good management, foresight and concern for her children, Robert began adult life with a reasonable quality of those things that were so necessary for success in his day. In her will she coveyed to him two hundred acres of land, an servant, two cows (named Button and Cherry), and several items of household goods. Adding forth to his favorable situation was the location of his farm which was bounded on the east by Chesapeake Bay, a water still famous for its great variety of edible fish, and for its succulent oysters, crabs and clams. " [Back, Troy L. & Brashear, Leon. Brashear Story: A Family History, 1963, p. 18]
1667- His mother, Mary Brashear-Sterling dies. Robert by this
date is twenty-one years old and the father of one child at this
time. He is suspected of taking over the care of seven younger
brothers and sisters. His step father had opted out of
responsibility and did not make any allowances in his will for his
step children, I suspect partially due to the pre-nuptial
agreement before Mary married Thomas Sterling. It is theorized
that he was a poor manager but he also was toiling on some poor
quality land and had to support his father's remaining seven
younger children. [Brashears p78]
1668- His mother's will enters probate, meaning that she
had died before this date and also before "The 10,000 pounds of
tobacco was the purchase price of the 320 acres" for Robert
Brashear "The Elder" could be paid due to his death in 1666.
about 1677- Robert's first wife dies. Although several
women have been forwarded by various researchers. Some have
thought it was daughter of Thomas Paget Sr. whose will Robert was
a witness but no record can confirm this. Some have also
supposed that the first wife could have been a daughter of Sampson
Waring but no researchers have been able to prove this even from
the Waring side. Another possible research line has proposed
that she could be a Billingsley, which is associated with the
Paget family. Several Brasseur daughters married into the
Billingsley line so they have proved to close.
1679- "Robert Brashear marries Alice, widow of Thomas Jackson,
about 1679, when she renounced her right to administer the estate
of her deceased husband, Thomas Jackson. Some reserchers
have thought she was possibly the daugther of Thomas Sprigg, but
the Sprigg genealogy does not document an Alice at this time. ...
Back reports: "There seems to be adequate
reason to assume that Allice was Robert's second wife, and that
she very probably was not the mother of all his children.
Since it is almost certain that she renounced her administration
of her late husband's estate not long after Thomas Jackson died [
and that she had remarried] , it seems she could not have been the
mother of two of Robert's sons, Benjamin and Samuel, who by their
own statement of, were born in 1666 and 1673, respectively. ..."
[Brashears p78]
1710 - Robert Brashier makes his will, probated May 17,
1712.
Robert, Jr. land boundary commission testimony puts his birthdate at 1675-76.
Signed, sealed, published, and declared
in the presence of us: Clems. Hill, Robt. Brashier
Edwd. Holmes, Wm. Holmes.
The undated inventory of Robert's meager personal estate follows:
A true and just inventory of the goods & chattells of Robt.
Brasshear, Senr., late of Prince Georges county, deceased, taken
and appraised by us whose names are under written:
To 1 feather bed & boulster ____ 14 shillings[MdHR, PGCo Inventories and Accounts, Book 33, p. 80.]
To 1 2-gall. pott and hooks ____ 5 "
To 1 small iron pestle ____ 2 sh / 6 pence
To 1 pr. of old iron pott racks and ladle ____ 4 sh / 6 pence
To 1 old branding iron ____ 1 shilling
To one old chest lock & key ____ 6 shillings
To a parcel of lumber ____ 1 sh / 6 pence
total 1 lb / 14 sh / 6 pence
Benj. Brasseur
Edwd. Holmes (seale)
Rupert Buller (seale)
The cost of the coffin and sheet was one pound and the funeral sermon by Rev. Robert Owens was one British pound. So it actually cost more to bury him than was in the estate.
1748- The questions about the ages and births of Samuel and his
brother Robert were documented in a boundary commission report.
The
commission actually took the affidavits in 1730 but revisited the issue
on Nov 18, 1748. Back tracking on the dates and ages mentioned it
makes Robert (IV) born about 1675-76 and Samuel (Robert's brother) born
about 1675 or more probably 1673. To quote from Charles Brashear:
All of the sons had large families and spread out into Maryland and West Virginia.
Source:
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