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Descendants of Edmund Bracewell

Generation No. 8

13. BLAKE WILLIAM⁸ BRASWELL (HENRY⁷, VALENTINE⁶ BRACEWELL, RICHARD⁵, ROBERT⁴, RICHARD³, ROBERT², EDMUND¹) was born Abt. 1780 in Chatham County, N.C., and died Aft. 1835. He married (1) NANCY BROWN. He married (2) MARY ANN PEEPLES Abt. 1804 in North Carolina, daughter of HUBBARD PEEPLES.

Notes for BLAKE WILLIAM BRASWELL:
According to Website at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~westxan/np55.htm#iin4360

1820 & 1840 census list him in Rockingham county, North Carolina.
He served in the North Carolina State Legislature in the 1830's.
1850 lists him in Choctaw county, Mississippi.
Lt. Gen. Arnold Braswell, (ret.) located an article in a 1978 issue of the Journal of the Rockingham County Genealogical Society which stated that Blake Braswell had come from Chatham County and, in 1804, married Mary Peeples, daughter of Hubbard Peeples.
Blake W. Braswell, Nancy C. Braswell, Lewis Peeples, John Whitsitt, Precilla Edwards, Isabella Simpsom, Rebecca Martin, Precilla Peeples, all listed January 1, 1835, as members of Cross Roads Church (from Guilford Gen 1989 Vol 16 #3, page 162).
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From Gayle B Ellison: Marriage to Nancy: Pleasant Ja. Campbell was the bondsman.
Pleasant J. Campbell was also the bondsman in the Ridley Brazil Will dated 16 November 1829 and probated February 1830, along with James W. Doak and Robert H. Dalton.

More About MARY ANN PEEPLES:
Fact 1: Nickname of "Polly"

More About BLAKE BRASWELL and MARY PEEPLES:
Marriage: Abt. 1804, North Carolina

Child of BLAKE BRASWELL and MARY PEEPLES is:

15.

EDWARD REED⁹ BRASWELL, b. October 28, 1806, Rockingham County, N.C.; d. April 15, 1872, Simsboro, Lincoln, Louisiana.

14. JESSE⁸ BRASWELL (MISSING⁷, JACOB⁶ BRACEWELL, RICHARD⁵, ROBERT⁴, RICHARD³, ROBERT², EDMUND¹) was born Bef. 1754 in Virginia, and died 1827 in Brunswick County, Va.. He married LUCY Abt. 1772. She was born Bef. 1757.

Notes for JESSE BRASWELL:
Note for: Jesse Braswell, BEF. 1754 - 1827 Index
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Abstract will of Jesse Braswell recorded in Will book 10 p. 456, Brunswick county, Virginia, in Dec 1827. His will was dated 29 Oct 1827 and probated 24 Dec 1827.
Kizzy must have died before her father's will was written as he leaves a portion of his estate to her children. Lewis B. Taylor is an executor.
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As per mail sent to me by Regina Roper (descendant of Jesse's daughter, Kezziah):
"Jesse Braswell is an enigma. He may be the son of John or Jacob Braswell...the 2 in question being children of Richard Braswell of Isle of Wight Co VA...John married Alice Cobb, Jacob married Elizabeth
Ruffin, but documents to support Jesse as either of their sons not found yet.
[my note: due to age difference, I believe there to be an extra generation in between here to Jesse]
The following comes from the Website at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~westxan/np62.htm#iin5259

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Abstract will of Jesse Braswell recorded in Will book 10 p. 456, Brunswick county, Virginia, in Dec 1827. His will was dated 29 Oct 1827 and probated 24 Dec 1827.
Kizzy must have died before her father's will was written as he leaves a portion of his estate to her children. Lewis B. Taylor is an executor.
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As per mail sent to me by Regina Roper (descendant of Jesse's daughter, Kezziah):
"Jesse Braswell is an enigma. He may be the son of John or Jacob Braswell...the 2 in question being children of Richard Braswell of Isle of Wight Co VA...John married Alice Cobb, Jacob married Elizabeth
Ruffin, but documents to support Jesse as either of their sons not found yet.
[my note: due to age difference, I believe there to be an extra generation in between here to Jesse]

I am more of the opinion that the Jacob that married Elizabeth Ruffin would be the correct line. Jacob was long used name in 3 out of the next 4 generations down the line. I do not have a Jacob for the generation of Marcus, but I only have found 3 children of that generation so far. There certainly are more., and possibly a Jacob.
Also, Jesse's daughter, Nancy, that married John Williams, had a son named Ruffin Williams. This seems to indicate a Ruffin surname connection. At this time, I only have children for 2 of Jesse's 8 children and cannot determine if there may be more clues in how they were named.
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There are several Braswell and Ruffin marriages listed in Edgecombe co, N C in the 1800's.
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Also at a later date of Sept 9, 1848, James Ruffin Seward married an Elizabeth C Wesson in Brunswick county, Virginia. This indicates a Ruffin conection to the Seward line and ties in with the Jacob Braswell and Elizabeth Seward marriage in Brunswick co, Va in Jan 1817.
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Also I have seen some Ruffin and Moore connections. Moore being a family that traveled west with the Braswells and Sewards.
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1787 Brunswick county Va Tax List B only shows one Braswell. Lewis Braswell taxed on personal property of 2 horses/mules.
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From Ray Sasser: "The 1787 Brunswick tax list that includes Lewis Braswell also includes Jesse
(Sr.), but under the frequently used variant spelling of "Brassell." Many 18th documents use this spelling, and I see it in Brunswick right up to the Civil War and at least once after the Civil War. It reflects the actual pronunciation of the name prior to the mid 1800's. Even when it was spelled
"Bracewell" in the seventeenth century, it was pronounced as "Brassell."
Ray speculates that the parents of Jesse may be John Braswell/Brassell and Jane Cooper Lewis.

Notes for LUCY:
This is from Website at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~westxan/np63.htm#iin5301

According to some researchers, Jesse's wife's maiden name is unproven but thought to be Coman or Conan.
As per mail sent to me by Regina Roper (descendant of Jesse's daughter, Kezziah):
The thought that Lucy may have been a Coman (or other variations) comes from the family bible of their daughter Sally who married John Foster... and for about 3 generations there was a child Lucy with the name Lucy Conan Foster etc...Conan ALWAYS following Lucy."
I believe that 'Coman' is the correct spelling in any case.
Although I respect the opinion of people that have researched the Braswell line for many years, I doubt that is her name.
However, according to LDS records, and other researchers, the mother of John Foster was Elizabeth Coman, which, to me, would explain the heavy usage of the name (Coman). Also in the Foster line the name of Ransome is very common, yet there are none in this Braswell line.
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I noticed an unusual thing in that almost every child of Jesse and Lucy was married around Christmas or a little later in January.

More About LUCY:
Fact 1: Perhaps Last Name of "Coman" or "Conan"

More About JESSE BRASWELL and LUCY:
Marriage: Abt. 1772

Children of JESSE BRASWELL and LUCY are:

16.	i.	PETERSON⁹ BRASWELL, b. Abt. 1793; d. May 26, 1858, Powellton District, Virginia.
17.	ii.	KEZZIAH BRASWELL, b. Abt. 1773, Brunswick County, Va.; d. Aft. 1850, Maury County, Tennessee.
18.	iii.	SALLY BRASWELL, b. February 24, 1774; d. December 23, 1851, Brunswick County, Va..
19.	iv.	ELIZABETH BRASWELL, b. Abt. 1775, Brunswick County, Va..
20.	v.	JOHN BRASWELL, b. Abt. 1778, Brunswick County, Va.; d. Aft. 1847, Tennessee.
21.	vi.	NANCY BRASWELL, b. Abt. 1787, Brunswick County, Va..
22.	vii.	JACOB BRASWELL, b. Abt. 1790, Brunswick County, Va.; d. Bef. 1856, Tennessee.
23.	viii.	JESSE BRASWELL, b. Abt. 1793, Brunswick County, Va.; d. Aft. 1850, Brunswick County, Va..

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