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Abraham Bledsoe, Sr

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Wicomico Parish, Northumberland, Virginia, Colonial America
Death: May 29, 1753 (79)
Oxford, Granville, North Carolina, British Colonial America
Place of Burial: Granville District, North Carolina, British Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Son of George Bledsoe and Anne Bledsoe
Husband of Catherine Bledsoe; Katherine Bledsoe and Sarah Bledsoe
Father of Thomas Ball Bledsoe; Abraham Bledsoe, Jr.; Catherine Thorton; George Jennings Bledsoe; William Bledsoe, Sr. and 11 others
Brother of George Bledsoe, Jr.; Captain William Bledsoe; John Bledsoe; Thomas Bledsoe; Hannah Bledsoe and 1 other
Half brother of Elizabeth Nelms; Sarah Dameron and Anne Lattimore

Managed by: Lydia Wagner
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About Abraham Bledsoe, Sr

From Notable Southern Families, Volume 2

George Bledsoe was the first of the Bledsoe line traced in America. He lived in Northumberland County, Virginia. His will was probated there July 23, 1704.

The only child on record was Abraham Bledsoe, who after marrying settled in that part of Orange County which was later embraced in Culpepper County.

Among his children was Anthony Bledsoe, born in (then) Orange County, Virginia, 1733, married about 1760 to Mary Ramsey, of Augusta. County, who was born in 1734.

Col. Bledsoe was killed by the Indians at Bledsoe's Creek, Sumner County, Tenn., on July 20. 1788. His widow died in Sumner County in 1808.

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Religious Affiliation • Christ Church, Lancaster, Virginia, British Colonial America Member Christ Church Parish


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Abraham Bledsoe, Sr's Timeline

1673
September 1673
Wicomico Parish, Northumberland, Virginia, Colonial America
1706
1706
Lancaster, Lancaster County, Virginia, Colonial America
1706
Wicomico, Northumberland, Virginia, British Colonial America
1708
1708
Northumberland, Virginia, United States
1710
1710
Northumberland County, Province of Virginia
1713
1713
Lancaster, Virginia, British Colonial America
1715
1715
Lancaster, Essex, Colony of Virginia