Jeremiah Brashears, Sr.

Jeremiah Brashears

• BIRTH 1750 • Prince George's, Maryland, United States
• DEATH 1789 • Christian, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States
• Parents: Basil Brashear (1714–1741) & Ann Belt (1714–1776)
• Spouse: Elizabeth Brashears (1752–1795), daughter of Jesse Brashears & Elizabeth Prather

Children include

1. Thomas Brashear (1770– )
2. John Brashear (1770– )
3. Isaac C Beshears (1775–1835)
4. Jeremiah Bashears (1780–1838)
5. Wilson Beshears (–1831)

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When Jeremiah Brashears Sr. was born on 18 January 1750, in Queen Anne Parish, Prince George's, Maryland, United States, his father, Basil Brashears, was 35 and his mother, Ann Belt, was 35. He married Elizabeth Belt from 1770 to 1772, in North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons. He died in 1835, in Hopkins, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Hopkins, Kentucky, United States.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184414017/jeremiah-brashears

Note ~~ It is not known the exact birth and death dates of Jeremiah (Bazil) Brashears. I'm adding his name to Find A Grave to refute the misinformation that is on the Internet. His father was Bazil b.1714

This Jeremiah was the progenitor of the Beshears families who moved to Christian Co, Kentucky, about the same times as Ithra Brashears Sr (his nephew).

His father Bazil (a boozer; got very careless with his finance), was not very successful at any of these, for he went broke three times, and to courts a multiple times. Caused his family a great deal of embarrassment, and they fled. Quite possible changed the spelling of their surname in the process, possibly to avoid being held responsible for Basil's debts. Hypothetical sons, Basil, Isaac, and Robert, seem to have followed their cousin to middle Tennessee. Between 1780 and 1830 many hopped from one state to another. Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Arkansas, Missouri and Louisiana.

References

• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/4211057/person/149...
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184414017/jeremiah-brashears