Elinor Braswell

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bryant-9299

Elinor is believed to have been born about 1672. She was the first wife of Richard Bracewell 2nd. She was the only legal wife of Richard Bracewell 2nd. They had Richard Bracewell 3rd and other children.

One of the last times there is a record of Elinor is her signing off on a sale of property deed dated 1727. Richard Senr. sold property in 1728 and Elinor did not sign off. Elinor also was a witness to Thomas Wimberly's will in Feb. 1732.

Eleanor was possibly the sister or daughter of Thomas Wimberly.

http://braswellgenealogy.blogspot.com/2008/06/richard-braswell-ii-e...

Richard Braswell II was the son of Richard Bracewell I and the grandson of the Reverend Robert Bracewell of London, England. Richard Braswell II was born about 1678 in Isle of Wight Co., Virginia; moved to Chowan Co., North Carolina about 1712 (called later Bertie Co.). Richard II moved to Edgecombe Co. North Carolina about 1730 and on to Bladen Co. (later Cumberland Co.) about 1750 where he died in 1758. It appears he was married to Elinor --, the mother of Richard III and possibly other children, while living with his paramour Ann Carver. Several Braswell's appeared in Edgecombe Co. that could have been offspring of Richard II and brothers to Richard III. The name Jacob that appears in Wimberly’s will along with "young Rich" who we believe is Richard III is a strong possibility. There is no way of being sure there were others or how many.

References

• https://sites.google.com/site/braswellgenealogy/0000-reverend-rober...