William Brazelton, I

•Name: WILLIAM BRAZELTON

•Surname: BRAZELTON

•Given Name: WILLIAM

•Sex: M

•Birth: 12 Jan 1734 in , Frederick, MD

•Death: 2 Sept 1827 in New Market, Jefferson, TN

Father: JOHN BRAZELTON The Emigrant b: 1700/1720 in , , , Wales

Mother: MARY "BRIDGETT" MATILDA CRAWFORD b: ABT 1708 in ,,IRE

Marriage 1 SARAH SHEPHERD b: ABT 1735 in , Chester, PA

•Married: 1758 in , York, PA

Children

1. Sarah BRAZELTON b: 15 May 1762 in , Frederick, MD

2. John BRAZELTON b: 8 Jul 1764 in , Frederick, MD

3. WILLIAM BRAZELTON Jr. b: 2 Aug 1766 in , Guilford, NC

4. Isaac BRAZELTON b: 11 Aug 1768 in , Guilford, NC

5. Jacob BRAZELTON b: 23 May 1770 in , Guilford, NC

6. Samuel BRAZELTON b: 9 May 1772 in , Guilford, NC

7. Jane BRAZELTON b: 16 Feb 1774 in Guilford, , NC

8. Hannah BRAZELTON b: 15 Jan 1777 in , Guilford, NC

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EDUCATION: Was apparently schooled in PA (York Co?) where he learned German and became acquainted with Quakers, and the Shepherd family. From Pennsylvania to Guilford North Carolina, 30 Mar 1767 ("Hinshaw Quaker Records of NC").

MARRIAGE: William married Sarah 20 Dec 1758. From "Immigration of Irish Quakers into Penn. 1682-1750" by Albert Cook Myers, p. 359.

MARRIAGE: No MD Brazelton Quaker recs. William (who m. Sarah "Shipard") joined Fairfax Meeting Mar 1758 (Lowden Co VA); applied in Nov 1758 for permission to marry Sarah and in 1765 applied for permission for himself and fam. to move to New Garden Meeting NC at Guilford Co. Had their record there and at Deep River MM. From Letter: PGI to C Whitaker 5.30.28.

RELIGION: No MD Brazelton Quaker recs. William (who m. Sarah "Shipard") joined Fairfax Meeting Mar 1758 (Lowden Co VA); applied in Nov 1758 for permission to marry Sarah and in 1765 applied for permission for himself and fam. to move to New Garden Meeting NC at Guilford Co. Had their record there and at Deep River MM. From Letter: PGI to Charlotte Whitaker 5.30.28.

PROPERTY: For his service at the Battle of King's Mountain, William received a land grant and chose a site in a valley of the Holston River about 75 30mi NE of Knoxville, about 2000 acres known as Friends' Station and later renamed New Market. From "Quakers in Rev. War - DAR magazine" (76-145). Also see "King's Mtn. Men," by K. K. White (Dayton, VA: Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Co., 1924), p. 152.

WILL: Received in his father's will, Five Shillings Sterling.

MILITARY: William fought at Battle of King's Mountain. See "Quakers in Rev. War - DAR magazine" (76-145); and "King's Mtn. Men," by K. K. White (Dayton, VA: Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Co., 1924), p. 152.

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WILLIAM BRAZELTON

William Brazelton was born January 12, 1734 in Baltimore or possibly Prince Georges County, Maryland. He moved to Loudon County, Virginia from Frederick County and became a member of the Quaker Church in March of 1758 at the Fairfax, Loudon County, Monthly Meeting in Virginia. At the same time he transferred to the Warrington Meeting in York, now Adams, County, Pennsylvania.

On October 28, 1758 at the Warrington Meeting House, he married Sarah Shepherd.

Sarah was born about 1735-36 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and was a daughter of Solomon Shepherd and Jane Wilson. Solomon Shepherd came from Killaman, County Tyrone, Ireland and settled in Chester County, Pennsylvania in November of 1730. He was an indentured servant to Jacob Marshall and moved to Menallen Township of Lancaster, now Adams, County in Pennsylvania He was reported as a minister of the Quaker Church at the Warrington Meeting in 1748. He married Jane Wilson on September 15, 1733 at the New Garden Meeting in Chester County. They had four children including Sarah.

William and his brother John bought Black Oak Hill and Level Spring in Frederick County, Maryland from his father and they settled there. In 1762, he moved to the New Garden Quaker community in Guilford County, North Carolina. He fought in the Revolution.

After the Revolution, he moved with his family to Greene County, now Jefferson County, Tennessee. This was about 1790. He remained near New Market, Tennessee until his death on September 2, 1827 at age ninety-seven. Sarah died in New Market in about August 1826 according to one source, and before 1790 according to another source.

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William Brazelton (I) was received by request on 3/25/1758 at Fairfax Monthly Meeting in Virginia. William Brazelton married Sarah Shepherd, daughter of Solomon and Jane Wilson Shepherd, sometime after 10/28/1758 at Warrington Monthly Meeting in Pennsylvania. On that date William was given a certificate from Fairfax Monthly Meeting in Virginia to Warrington Monthly Meeting to marry.

William, Sarah, and children were received on certificate at New Garden Monthly Meeting in Rowan County, North Carolina, on 7/25/1767. Their certificate was dated 4/27/1765 at Fairfax Monthly Meeting in Virginia. Their children are listed at New Garden Monthly Meeting: Sarah (5/15/1762); John (7/8/1764); William (8/2/1766); Isaac (8/11/1768); Jacob (5/23/1770); Samuel (5/9/1772); Jean [Jane] (2/16/1774). The same list is given at Deep River Monthly Meeting with an additional child Hannah, born 1/15/1777.

There is an interesting bit of history about William Brazelton during the Revolutionary War. The State Records of North Carolina, Vol 14, page 790, has a declaration by William Gipson: "Sometime in the summer of 1779, at one William Brazelton's in Guilford County, he and his party were in the house, when suddenly two armed men stood at the door. They, seeing the party within, immediately wheeled, and Colonel Moore knocked down one of the men, who proved to be the notorious Hugh McPherson, a Tory. His party soon took the other one, who proved to be one Campbell and brother to the Campbell taken prisoner and made his escape during the first campaign above related. His party took both of these Tories to Guilford Courthouse, about fifteen miles from the place of capturing them. There, a court-martial was held, composed of the officers of the party, and McPherson was condemned and shot in the presence of this applicant."

Source: rootsweb, mygerman

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U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 about William Brazelton

Name: William Brazelton

Gender: Male

Birth Place: MD

Birth Year: 1734

Spouse Name: Sarah Shepherd

Spouse Birth Place: PA

Spouse Birth Year: 1735

Marriage Year: 1758

Marriage State: PA

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