Andersons of Colonial N. Carolina

(a sidenote… being a bastard is not a matter of pride with me, to the contrary, it is a matter of curiosity that circumstances were as they were in the past… but as I had nothing to do with those circumstances, I take the attitude that I will accept and correct, and laugh in the face of Fate, or try at least to improve the circumstances that true love is involved with the birth of every child born in the future… therefore I support the institution of marriage between a man and woman who at least “try” to stay together. And if I may be frank… did not God Himself re-birth himself as a bastard? So I toast all my bastard cousins! And perhaps we are in good company…)

This would include me of course, Marc Anderson aka Brantley… it seems my DNA leads directly to Edward Brantley d. 1688 of Isle of Wight.

It seems I can now add James Braswell, son of Susanna (Burgess) Braswell, the occasional wife of Robert Braswell Jr., son of the Rev Robert Bracewell of Isle of Wight.

My friend David Boyett, administrator of the Boyett DNA Group,(and others) has noticed that James Braswell does not match with his half brother Richard… both sons of Susanna.

David asked if I might know ‘about’ where Susanna Braswell might have been living at the time that James Braswell is estimated to have been born about 1676.

An article written by Carey Bracewell in 2007 gives this account:

Susannah Burgess Braswell’s 100 acres

It appears Susanna got the 100 acres she left in her will to her sons Richard and William – from her Mother who had inherited it from her sister Joyce England Cripps who had inherited it from her husband Francis England.

http://braswellgenealogy.blogspot.com/2007/10/susannah-braswells-100-acres.html

Further… the deeds were researched a bit more…

Susannah Burgess Braswell’s 100 acres, more

A few more records have surfaced from the Isle of Wight deed books which seem to confirm the identity of Susannah’s 100 acres she bequeathed unto sons Richard & William in her 1714 will which was witnesed by RICHARD JONES & RICHARD JORDAN.

(p. 275, IOW Deed Book 4) 28 Mar 1733….SAMUEL GAINER and wife, ANN GAINER, of Albemarle County in North Carolina to JOHN MILLER of Isle of Wight County…..100 acres in the upper parish adjoining RICHARD JONES, PHILIP BRANTLEY, FRANCIS ENGLAND, Maj. WILLIAM BRIDGER and FRANCIS WRENN. Wit: JOHN HODGES, JAMES EVEARD, RICHARD JORDAN and EDWARD MILLER. Rec: 27 Aug 1733 SAMUEL (X) GAINER, ANN (X) GAINER. NOTE: ANN GAINER appoints GEORGE BELL, Sr. of the upper parish as her attorney. Wit: JOHN NAIRNE, WILLIAM BELL and JOHN (X) BELL.

(p. 209, IOW Deed Book 8) 8 Mar 1748….JOHN MILLER and wife ANN MILLER to SETH HUNTER…….100 acres in Newport Parish (being land bought by said MILLER from SAMUEL GAINER on 27 Aug 1733) adjoining the Cart Path from RICHARD JONES to PHILLIP BRANTLEY, FRANCIS ENGLAND and Major WILLIAM BRIDGER. Rec: 9 Mar 1748 JOHN MILLER, ANN MILLER

http://braswellgenealogy.blogspot.com/2007/10/more-about-susannah-braswells-100-acres.html

Note the above clues mention Philip Brantley. I have fairly accurately (in my mind) mapped the Brantley land in Isle of Wight which Philip Brantley inherited a piece from his father Edward Brantley.

I discuss it at great length here:

early_iow_2_dec16

And per the name references noted… it seems Susanna Braswell lived near the Brantley property. Which is counter to my first thought that she probably lived somewhere near the old church where the preacher preached.

So perhaps that answered David Boyett’s question.

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A bit more intrigue…

The bastard sons of Bridgett (Lewis) Browne… a good friend of Susanna Braswell…

Anthony Lewis…that orphant boy

Morgan Lewis… Come on Down!

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Is it just me or does anyone else notice this whiplashishly circuitous route that seems to backtrack to my Brantleys? There seems to have been a huge meeting of cousins near Anthony’s Delight plantation in Southampton county, VA, around about 1702.