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FIRST GENERATION IN AMERICA

JOHN BRAZELTON

CAME TO AMERICA-ABOUT I73O_

MARRIED MATILDA, MARY OR BRIDGET, BRIDGETT OR
BRIGETT (Crawford )-Name confusing-
Apparently, she came from Ireland-
The story goes that she met John Braselton on the boat--<oming to Anrerica.
JOHN DIED I788-FREDERICK COUNTY, MARYLAND
Research ssnlinuss-pid John come on boat with the group that
William Penn brought over to America?
IfJohn not from Wales, where he Pre-
sumably got on the boat, was he from
Germany, France, Ireland, or what country?

BRAZELTON . BRASELTON
NAME DERIVATIONS-
l. Braselton 8. Breassledan 15. Brazeldon
2. Brazelton 9. Braselteen 16. Brazzelton
3. Brazleton 10. Brassilton 17. Brageldon
4. Brazilton I l. Brassilon I8. Braylston
5. Brasleton 12. Brafallon 19. Brazzleton
6. Bragilton 13. Brafelton 20. Barselton
7. Brayleton 14. Brasalton

JOHN BRAZELTON'S CHI LDRET.N

I. William
2. Elizabeth
3. Isaac
4. John
5. Ann
6. Esther
7. JACOB . . . our line
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BRAZLETON - BRAZELTON.
BRASELTON
JOHN
(Emigrated to America about
l73O)
Information
.{ltT .manuscripts and lefters in the fi]es of Benjamin
Kincaid accumurared Jefrerson
over a period
Brasertons. He. went from Georgia 2t ?2
y;;;; He is a crescendanr of rhe
to trtiamili"iio, to rive many years
ago.
(Died 1973)
Research has established the fact
that
is the oNLy one of th. nun.,. *ho.u,r. John Brazleton, who came early ro Marylancl.
been discovrr"d rl:l pr:r:
ro trris country_An_,"rr"u. Noitirg, as yet. has
g:tT"iy rro,
all who bear rhe name BRAZf-efON_gRAZEaiON-_ *r,"n..-r,.'**., bur, of rhis we syg x55r1gd_
from rhis JoHN BRASLEToN. ih" BRASELTON are descendcct
first meniion or'r,i, name, ,olrr-iornd, appears in
the Maryland Historical Magazine,- Volur.
iV,'prg.':Af .

"Mr'
John Bragilton" had the Springs"
-"Levelr0'mir?i surveyed on Hand,s Branch of Litrlc
Pipe creek, February 14, 1746,'7. (Settred
or Frederick
appears on the record of Frcderick "ortin the Debt rown). His namc
Co.unt1,, uorl,io,ri','
1753-"Mr. John Brasirton", Lever Spring-ioo Book_Tax Ljst_
a deed from valertine Myers rot u rrr.t o.r.r_.0_q_o,page 53, June I g, 1754, in
it being a part of Black b'r rllll. in 1759.of lana called "Additi; ,o it. -f.uel Springs...
entine Myers' a part of Black he received a second piece of rand from
oat Hitt. Fronr rr,"r. luno grants, we Iearn of the Var-
honre of our ancestor-JoHN BRAZLEToN. firsr
(I think) Brigett, i?-ltt signature lr},. of t i, onry
y_. lry. Her
",ir.,4-15-1763.
rransfer or runJ
rhe nanre Mary
laken place before 1788, ai tt,e ;s death musr havc
nor menrioned in her husband,s will,
with the clerk of courts i, pr.o.ri"k, which is on file
Fredericr. cornty,
probated August 9, 1788. itifar.n _'2.'lrcob Maryrand, signed January 3 r,
fr::;.rro born 1749; married Hannah
- JOHN BRAZLETON
B_ M. Brigetr D. Between l/31 and 8/9/1788
l.William B 1/12/1734: M. Sarah Shepherd
2. Elizabeth B D. 1830
3. Isaac M. Williams D.--
B D..--
4. John
5. Ann
B
h
Y'Y"v
M. Sarah Baker D._
6. Esther M. Isaac Brown (MD) D._
B
.7. JACOB B 6/27/174e M ,ffiiiil" o*ur* D._-..-
D. 1835
Jackson County, Georgia
The children of John Brazleton,
will' The name has-b.een- spe[eJ-i, as named above, are in the order as named
,r.ious in John's
signed "BRAZLEToN"' we'rrave
\r,ays, b;; i" his wiil, John the immigrant,
-Church
not iouna the Records oi rhe firsi ramity. we
are told that the eldest son, william,
attended school in pennsylvania. He
sion to the Friends' Chuich, ,;;';; asked for admis-
accepred ar Lowden county of virginia (Fairfax
meeting)' His marriage followed.
Friends' Church to thJpr.."r,
M;;y or his branch of the family have adhered to
auy...'-" the

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 EARRY D. RADCI.IF]r
lEcratrEt or rlr,tr
,BEDEBIGtr OOI'N.II
trtEDEttctr, uD.

rN THE NAME oF GOD AITIEN: r John Brazleton of Frederlck county

state of Marylanci, yeoman heing weake 1n Body; but of perfect
mlnd
and memory, Thanks be glven unto God, calllng
unto mlnrj the tliortarlty
of my Body do make and ordaln thls my Last lt,ll1 anri Testar,rent,
ln
na.nner fo110v;1ng: r recornrnend my soul into
the Hancrs of Almlghty
Goi thi,t gave it, anri rny Boc;i r recornmeni to the Ea.th
to be burled
1n deeenL chrlsLian Burlal at the ciscretion oi rcy
Exeeutors; and
as touching such worlcly Estate v;herev. lth lt hais pleaseri
00i to
Bless me thls ,1fe- r g1ve, devise and dlspose of the same rn
''o
the follon1ng manner and form:_
FrFrsr: r give and bequeath unto my son ?r11111;,m
the srrm of Flve
Sh11llngs Sterllng- ;,so I give ancl becueath to
rny dar_rghter
Ellzabeth Vri1]la.ms, the sum of Flve Shl11ings Sterllng;
Also T
glve ani bequeath to my beloved son rsaac one h*ndred
and ten acres
of land to be ta.ken of the Northeast siie of my plantz^tion
at the
place uhere he nov'llves; to h1m his heirs and
assigns for ever.
Also I glve anti bequeath to my son Johnrs Heirs the
sum of Five
shillings sterlrng; Also r give anrr bequeath to my
Beroved daughter
;'nn Brown aL1 the remai-ning part of ny Lantis where
r now 11ve u;oon
boger'her wtt'h a1r ny Housholc goods and Movable
Estate, during her
Llfe or ltlldovrhooc anci after her Death or irarrlege the *"ame
is to be
solo anci the noney to be dlviceci into tuo equal shares betyreen
her
heirs anri my son rsaac or hls heirs; rlso r give an<i bequeath
unto
my Beroved Daughter Esther uldcalf the sum of
FI,e shill1ngs ster_
llng- Also r glve and begueath to my youngest son Jacob the
sum of
Five shl'llngs sterrrng; Al.so rf any money shor:r-ti remain
after my
Just debts are pai<i, elther tn cash, Bonris, Notes or Book Accomptsl
r glve lt' to be dlvided equal-1y betrveen my son rsaa,c ana
my daughter
Anna 'Brolrn; And for the exeeutlng of this ny
tast will and Testanrent
r do constitute make and ordaln my Trrrsty F,rlend Abraham
crumbaeker
t'he sole Exeeutor of this my Last vil1r antr restamentl
And r c1o herehy
utterry disallou and revoke arr former Test.aments, I!.111s, tegacles,
continued
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and Executors', rat.lfylng thls and no other to be my last T9lrl_ and
Testament. rN v"rrNESg uhereof t have hereunto set my lland and seal
thls thlrty-flrst day of January seventeen hundred and Etghty Eleht.
Slgned, Sea.led, publlshed, pronounced and
JOHN BRAZL}rTON (Sr.AL)
declared by the sald John Brazleton as hls
Last T,'1Li and Testament ln l,he oresenee of
us
JOHi.THI HYDE

JACOB APLEB

J0HN CliUMts/:CKER

9th tZ88
FREITI,FICI( COtruIy, ;UGLIST
Then carue Abraham crumbacker and solemnly afflrmed and decrared
the aforegolng Instrument of writlng to be the true ani v,hoIe
vi111 and Testament of John Brazleton late of Frederiek Countl,
that hath come to hls hands and possesslon anri that he doth irot
know of any other.

GEO. iJURLOCK RIIGR.

FFEDI:FICK COI]NTY LUG. 9th 1?88

Then eane Jonathan Hycie and Jaeob Apler two of the srrbscrlblng
wltnesses to the aforegolng last T111 an<i Testaqrent of John
Brazreton late of Frederick county deceased and severarly marie
oath on the lioly Evangels of Almighty Go<i that they dii see ttre
Testator trrerein naned sign and seal ttrls l;i1l, that they heard
h1m publlsh, pronounce and declare the same to be h.is, last 1t:11]
and Testament that at the time of hls so doing he was to the best
of their apprehensions of a sound and disposlng mind memory and
unrierstandlng that they respectively suhscrlbeci thelr names as
I/tltnesses to thls 11 111" in the presence and at the request of the
Testator anri that they dld see John Crumbacker the other srrbscrlb-
1ng wltness sign hls name as a Il'1 tness thereto ln the presence
and at the request of the Testator and all ln the presence of
Each Other.
GEO.:.'UR['OCK RECR.

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u
2nd Generation

' JACOB BRAZELTON SR.-Born: June 27,l74g

Died: October 28,1835 (or 9/22/1835)
Married: Hannah Green about 1772
Born: April 8, 1757
Died: October ll, 1832
Settled in Georgia about 1790-
. Became citizen in l8l2-
(Ref.: Lucien L. Knight's Georgia Roster of Rev. p. 319)
Jacob spelled the name with a '2", until just before he moved to
Georgia-so the story goes-
Joined Walnut Church by letter 3/27/lBl3
Jackson County, Georgia
Grave nrarked by DAR's
(See Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Ceorgia
April 12, 1925)
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Taken from "FAMILY TREES" by Marie L. Del-ay-The Jackson Herald
1974
"There is a beautiful old hymn which starts like this:
'As I strolled about one day among the tombs,
In the still and silent city of the dead,
Thinking of the loved and lost of long ago
And the memory'-
These lines came back as we slrolled about among the hundreds of sacred
tombs at Walnut Fork Baptist Church, founded in 1802, and the thought
occurred 'what if these loved and lost of long ago could rise up and speak
to each other, and to us?'
The oldest Iegible headstone I found was:
, JACOB BRASELTON SR.
REV. WAR
Since there were no dates, I Iooked in the DAR Patriot Index and found-
JACOB BRASELTON
Born: June 27, L749
Died: September 22, 1835
Married: Hannah Greene
PVT PS MD
(PS-means rendered patriotic service
MD tells that he was from Maryland)"
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 Notes about our ancestor-by ts' J' Kincaid
(8. J. Kincaid died 1973)
JACOB BRASELTON-Married HANNAH GREEN
"State Records of North Carolina" by
JACOB BRASELTON (Page l?l' Vol' 22'
Granville county' North Caro-
walter clark ) took the oath of allegiance in Dutch District,
"The State Records of North Carolina" by
lina, May 30, 1778. On page 576 of Vol.27-
WalterClark,showsinlTg0U.S.CensusJacobBraseltonlivingin-GuilfordCounty
three sons undir 16 years of age' and
North Carolina, wirh one son over 16 ;;;;. of age, *page
1277 of Yol' 27"'Tax Papers in
three daughters, which nright include lis wife. On
JACbg.BRAYLETON had 225 acres and
Granville Counry, North [arotina, 17t8, shoo's "Georgia
s Roster of the Revolution"' by
-inOi l9'
one White Poll in Reed's District; on pugt
Lucian Lamar Kri;;i, itat" Historian Director o1 the Departnrent of Archives and
County Lottery List' Major
History, 1920, und!, ii,r" of "Land r-oii"iy Glanp".Jackson
Bowen's Battalion C;p,"i, Deaton's District =245,
is shown JACOB BRAZELTON' SR'
his nanle' apparently indicating himself
Revolutionary Soldier with the figure "2" follou'ing
and his wife, becau." Uf if,u, tim? his children
weie all grown, if living' and probably mar-
ried and living elsewhere.

BRAZLETON . BRAZELTON - BRAZILTON

DC
From: Genealogy and History-printed in Washington'

this country in 1730' built the first

John Brazleton, Sr.-Welch shipbuilder-carne to
attended Gernran school (legend)'
barn in Baltimore, Maryland. His eldest son, William,
County' and his will was probated there
Land was surveyed i"i f,i* in 174't in Frederick
in 1788.

He was married to Bridget in America'

has a son named lohn'
Evidence is that every son of John Brazelton, Sr.

LandRecordsofGuilfordCounty,NorthCarolinaburnedl8l2'

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