5. Nathaniel Bradford (William Nathaniel ) - Lower Delmarva Bradfords

5. Nathaniel 3 Bradford (William 2 Nathaniel 1 ) 

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Contents 

1. (5) Nathaniel 3 Bradford (Wm 2 Nath 1 ) 3 

2. (27) William 4 Bradford (Nath 3 ) 15 

3. (103) Sabra 5 (Bradford) Polk (Wm 4 Nath 3 ) 18 

4. (224) Sarah 6 (Polk) Lurton Townsend Sturgis (Sabra 5 Wm 4 Nath 3 ) 19 

5. (28) Nathaniel 4 Bradford (Nath 3 ) 20 

6. (104) Comfort 5 Bradford (Nath 4 Nath 3 ) 21 

7. (105) Sarah 5 Bradford (Nath 4 Nath 3 ) 22 

8. (106) Nathaniel 5 Bradford (Nath 4 Nath 3 ) 23 

9. (29) Noah 4 Bradford (Nath 3 ) 24 

10. (31) Jemimah 4 Bradford (Nath 3 ) 25 

11. (32) Naomi 4 Bradford (Nath 3 ) 26 

12. (114) Jemima 5 Bradford (Naomi 4 Nath 3 ) 33 

13. (115) Thomas 5 Bayly Bradford (Naomi 4 Nath 3 ) 34 

14. Citations 36 


5. Nathaniel 3 Bradford (William 2 Nathaniel 1 ) 

Nathaniel 3 Bradford (William 2 Nathaniel 1 ) was born probably around or before 1690 in Accomack County, VA, 1 the eldest 

son of William 2 Bradford (Nathaniel 1 ) and Bridget (Fisher) Bradford of Accomack. He married by 3 October 1711 Elizabeth 

Parker, the daughter of George Parker Sr. of Metomkin. 2 Nathaniel died before 28 February 1744, when administration on 

his estate was granted to his widow. 3 His children were listed in the distribution of his estate: William, Nathaniel, Noah, 

Keziah, Jemimah, and Naomi. 4 

Nathaniel was granted 500 acres in Matchapungo Neck by his father in a deed dated 3 April 1711. 5 This tract was in the 

middle of the neck, separated from the land of Arthur Upshur to the south by 1000 acres that William 2 would grant five years 

later to his sons William 3 and Thomas 3 . 6 Nathaniel 3 may have been married to Elizabeth Parker by this date, since it was 

customary for parents to grant land to their children at the time they were starting a family. They were certainly married by 3 

October of that year, when they appeared in court to initiate a suit against the widow of Elizabeth’s father over his estate. 7 

This turned out to be complicated and drawn-out legal wrangle that would last into the 1720s. George Parker’s widow Mary 

had petitioned for administration of her husband’s estate, presumably due to his intestate death. However, Nathaniel and 

Elizabeth Bradford informed the court that Mary was concealing a will and asked for administration to be suspended until 

they could demonstrate its existence. By February 1712, Nathaniel and Elizabeth had caused the will to be produced, and 

Mary’s administration was suspended. 8 Later in the year, Mary (now remarried to Arthur Donus) refused to answer questions 

under oath about the will and was forced to pay the Bradfords 40 shillings. 9 A year later, in June 1713, Nathaniel petitioned 

that the clerk had still not recorded George Parker’s will, and the clerk informed the court that the will was “Soe Imperfect 

and toren” that he could not truly record it. 10 George’s brother John Parker was called in to assist the clerk, since he was 

“Conversent wth ye Sd Georges wrighting.” In July the copy created with John Parker’s help was recorded for probate. The 

abstract from Nottingham’s Wills and Administrations of Accomack is presented here: 11 

PARKER, GEORGE, Sr. – 1708 – 7 July 1713 – To son George Parker ½ of the land on the West side of the branch 

where I live & the other ½ at his mother’s death, cont 400 A also my ½ of Ship Rack Island, should he die without 

issue to my daus Abygall Parker alias Lafbury & Elizabeth Parker. Grandaus Ruth Lafbury Alias Parker & Mary 

Lafbury [sic]. Dau Abygall Laufbary 400 A called Mr. [sic] Hope near the head of St. Martin’s’ Branch, also 30 A 

of Marsh in Romly Marsh, being 1/3 of 90 A called Wocitt, the other 60 A to my dau Amy Hutson & my dau Mary 

Warrington. Cousin Scarburgh Parker (under 18) dau of my bro William Parker, the land our father William Parker 

gave to me at the head of the Sound in Maryland. To dau Elizabeth 375 A called Kickotanck. To Henners Sachell 

150 A which I sold him on the South side of Indian Town Branch & to Thomas Copes 100 A on the North side. Son 

in law John Laufbury. Godson John Danell. Goddau Jane Shipard. To John Calvirt [sic] Wife & 5 children resid 

legatees. Wife Exec. Kinsman Maj. George Parker, Capt. Richard Drummond & Henere Bagwell & Godson George 

Hope to assist my Exec. Witt: William Willett, John Read, Henry Read – p.602 - Presented by John Parker 

The Bradfords’ suit against the Donuses did not end with the recording of George Parker’s will. Five years later, in October 

1717, an inventory of George Parker’s estate had yet to be made. 12 Appraisers were appointed, but there was still no 

inventory by April 1718. 13 Nathaniel and Elizabeth petitioned that George Parker had specified in his will that, if his wife 

should marry, her part of his estate was to be divided between Elizabeth and her brother George. 14 The court appointed 

auditors to inspect the account, but there was a delay when one of them refused to serve. 15 The Donuses and the Bradfords 

chose new auditors, but after Nathaniel and Elizabeth failed to meet them at the appointed time and place, the suit was 

dismissed in October 1720. 16 The matter did not quite end there, since Nathaniel and Elizabeth again petitioned against Mary 

Donus on 5 November 1724, this time joined by Elizabeth’s brother George. 17 If the matter was continued after that, it is not 

indexed in the court orders under the name Bradford, and I did not attempt to pursue it. It may be that by this date Mary 

Donus was living in Somerset County, Maryland, since she dated her will there 2 December 1725. 18 It is unclear whether 

Mary was Elizabeth (Parker) Bradford’s natural mother. In her will, Mary named daughters Abigail and Amy and son 

George, but did not name Elizabeth. Her daughter Abigail (married to John Leatherbury) evidently settled in Somerset by 

1723, since her husband is found on the Somerset tax list for that year. 19 

Sidebar: Parker Brothers 

Elizabeth (Parker) Bradford was the granddaughter of John Parker of Mattapany, one of three Parker 

brothers (the others were George and Robert) who appear on the Eastern shore beginning in the early 

1650s. 20 They appear to be the sons of George Parker of Southampton, England, who left a will there dated 

1638, naming sons George, Robert and John, among others, and also naming a certain Margery Barlow. 21 

This accords with records from Virginia centering on the family of Ralph Barlowe, merchant of Elizabeth 

City County. In his will, recorded in Northampton Co, VA in 1652, Ralph Barlow gave a legacy to his 

mother Joan Ellsey; she in turn gave a power of attorney to her grandson, Robert Parker, to receive the 

legacy in Virginia. 22 From this it is surmised that Abigail, wife of George Parker of Southampton, was 


Abigail Barlow, daughter of Edward and Joan Barlow of Southampton, England, who were also parents of 

Ralph Barlow; 23 All three Parker brothers appear in several records in the 1650s in Northampton County, 

VA, having to do with the estate of Ralph Barlow and the annual payment of tobacco due to Joan Elsey 

from his estate. 

Elizabeth (Parker) Bradford’s grandfather John Parker was claimed as a headright by his brother George in 

1653, which is his first appearance in the records of Virginia. 24 He was roughly the same status as his 

contemporary, Nathaniel 1 Bradford, with whom he served as a constable in 1660, and with whom he served 

as a “representative” of the county in 1669, probably for the purpose of making by-laws for the court. 25 In 

1665, John Parker served as an undersherrif to his brother Capt. George Parker, who had been appointed 

high sheriff of the county that year. 26 He settled at Mattapany and was commonly referred to in the records 

as John Parker of Mattapany, Mr. John Parker, or John Parker Gentleman, to distinguish him from his own 

son and the son of his brother George, as well as from a seemingly unrelated John Parker, tanner. John 

Parker of Mattapany was married to Amy Anderson, the daughter of Garret and Amy Anderson. 27 

John and George’s brother Robert appears to have returned to England. 28 Like John, George remained in 

Virginia. He became a justice and major of militia for Accomack County, though he still held property in 

England which he bequeathed in his will. 29 George’s status was inherited by his son George, who also 

became a justice and major of militia in Accomack. He was a contemporary of his older first cousin George 

(son of John and father of Elizabeth (Parker) Bradford), and the two are distinguished from each other in 

the records by referring to George’s son by his military title or as George Parker of Onancock, and to 

John’s son variously as George Parker Sr., George Parker Seaside, or George Parker of Metomkin. George 

Parker Sr. mentioned Major George in his will and Major George became guardian of George Sr’s son. 30 

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In addition to the land Nathaniel 3 Bradford held in Matchipungo Neck, he and Elizabeth also owned 375 acres called 

“Hobsons Choice or Kikotank Island” (present-day Assawoman Island), which Elizabeth inherited from her father. It is 

doubtful that they ever lived on this tract, which consists almost entirely of beach and marshland. 31 In 1724 they sold it to 

William Burton and in 1740 they joined with Burton’s heir in a sale of the 375 acres to Ralph Justice. 32 The property is 

described as bounded “on the North end of a Sandy Beech which lyes on the South Side of Assawoman Inlet on the Sea 

board Side and bounded Northward by the sd. Inlet Southward by Golgotha Inlet Eastward by the Main Sea and Westward by 

Salt water and Sunken Marshes” 

“Kinkotank Island,” present-day Assawoman Island 


By 1731, if not before, Nathaniel and Elizabeth were living in Matchipungo Neck, since Nathaniel was listed near the other 

residents of Matchapungo on the processioners return for that year, the first that survives. 33 

Nathaniel Bradford on processioners return from 1731 

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Missing Tobacco 

In May 1719 Nathaniel was accused by Francis Wharton of having “fellonusly stolen out of his Tobacco house at his 

plantation . . . at Least ye sum of six hundred pds of Good tobacco.” 34 A search warrant was issued to the constable, who 

reported that he searched Nathaniel’s house and found the tobacco claimed by Wharton. The court examined witnesses on 

both sides and decided the evidence was not sufficient to convict. Although Nathaniel was acquitted, he was nevertheless 

ordered to pay court charges. The proceeding may have angered Nathaniel, since Francis Wharton complained on the same 

day that he was “afraid that Nathll. Bradford and Thomas Bradford [Nathaniel’s brother] would kill him, harm him or 

damage his estate.” The court ordered Nathaniel and Thomas to post a bond to keep the peace, and to pay court charges. 35 

Wharton then moved to arrest the previous tobacco judgment, saying that he had other evidence to offer that proved his 

charges against Nathaniel. 36 In July, the case was heard again, and the “prisoner named Nathaniel Bradford” was judged to 

have committed petty larceny. 37 He was ordered to remain in the county jail for a month and to be tied to the whipping post 

and given 20 lashes on the bare back; following the whipping, he was to be returned to jail till he paid court charges and 

posted a bond of 100 pounds money of Virginia for his good behavior for a year. After the verdict, Nathaniel petitioned that 

he could produce more witnesses whose testimony would prove he was not guilty. 38 In August, Nathaniel produced his 

witnesses and the previous judgment was overturned. 39 This acquittal turned out to be final. The matter was finally closed in 

June 1720, when Nathaniel petitioned successfully to be released from his bond for good behavior. 40 

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Nathaniel’s Jury Service 

Nathaniel 3 was a juryman on several occasions in Accomack County: 3 February 1720, 4 October 1720, 4 November 1724, 6 

June 1733, 7 August 1733, 9 August 1733, 2 April 1734, and 28 July 1741. 41 Due to the terseness of the court orders of the 

mid-1700s, no details about the cases are known. They were mostly debts suits. Nathaniel 3 also served on the grand juries 

called for Accomack for the years 1722 and 1740. 42 


Nathaniel’s Slaves 

On 1 October 1734, Nathaniel brought his slave girl Patience to court to have her age judged (she was deemed to be 8 years 

old). 43 He did the same in October 1742 with his slave London, who was judged to be 10 years old. 44 London was found in 

the inventory of Nathaniel’s estate, as were a “Negro Woman named Zilla”, a “Negro girl named Binah”, and a “Mulatto Girl 

named Elvira.” The girl Patience, who would have been about 18 at Nathaniel’s death, was not present in the inventory, 

indicating that she might have been sold or died. 45 

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In 1742, Nathaniel was listed on the roll of voters in the election for Accomack’s representative to the Virginia House of 

Burgesses. 46 

Poll list for Accomack, 1742. Nathaniel at bottom right. 

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Tending Seconds of Tobacco 

Nathaniel’s final appearance in the records came in the winter of 1742/1743, when he was informed against and brought to 

court for “tending seconds or Slips of tobacco.” 47 “Tending seconds” was the practice of growing and harvesting a second 

crop of leaves from a stalk after the original crop had been tended. It was forbidden by the Virginia Assembly, apparently in 

order to limit the production of tobacco to control prices and to better ensure the quality of the crop. This legal proceeding 

may have been cut short by Nathaniel’s death. 

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Nathaniel’s Death 

Nathaniel passed away sometime before 28 February 1744, when his widow Elizabeth appeared in court to request 

administration on his estate, with George Parker (probably her brother) and Robert Carruthers as securities. 48 At the 29 May 

1744 court, she submitted the inventory of the estate, which was estimated to be worth almost £179. 49 Notable in the 

inventory are the four slaves London, Zilla, Binah, and Elvira, as well as numerous articles of clothing, kitchenware, and 

tools, 9 beds, and livestock including 24 cows or calves, 23 sheep, 16 geese, and 10 turkeys. 





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Nathaniel Bradford Estate Distribution 

Since Nathaniel died without leaving a will, his appraisers - William Bagge, Robert Coleburn and Abel Upshur – were 

ordered to audit his estate for distribution among his children. The audit and settlement were returned to court on 29 May 

1744. 50 Nathaniel’s children are named therein, presumably in birth order. Each received between £18 and £19, a roughly 

equal division of the cash left after the settlement of debts. Also paid out of Nathaniel’s estate were his brother Fisher 3 

Bradford and another Nathaniel Bradford (possibly an additional payment to Nathaniel 3 ’s son for some service provided), as 

well as Dorman Darby, Mary Bayly, William Bagge, Cornelius Watkison, Bartholomew Twiford (probably husband of 

Nathaniel’s sister Bridget 3 ), John Mikkel, and William Taylor. Most were likely creditors to Nathaniel’s estate and needed to 

be paid before the legacies to Nathaniel’s children could be distributed. 

Nathaniel’s 500 acres in Matchapungo Neck passed entirely to his eldest son William 4 according to the entail provision in the 

original deed of gift from Nathaniel’s father, in which the land was granted to Nathaniel “& ye heires of his body Lawfully 

begotten.” 51 


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Elizabeth (Parker) Bradford, widow 

After Nathaniel’s death, his widow Elizabeth (Parker) Bradford continued to appear in Accomack records up until her own 

death in 1763. In 1744, she and William Bradford (probably her son) were witnesses for her son Noah 4 Bradford’s debt suit 

against Samuel Benson, and she was granted administration on Noath’s estate in 1748. 52 She witnessed her brother George 

Parker’s will on 18 July 1748 and proved it on 29 November of the same year. 53 In February 1749, she appeared with other 

residents familiar with Matchipungo Neck (including John Lingo Jr, Samuel Benson, John Taylor Jr, Whittington Addison, 

and Charles Haizlup) as a witness in an action of trespass filed by her husband’s brother Fisher 3 Bradford against their 

brother-in-law Jeodiah Bell (husband of Sarah 3 Bradford). 54 On 30 August 1758, Fisher’s wife Mary had to post a bond of 

£10 for her good behavior for one month, since she stood guilty of “ensealing & detaining the horses of Elizabeth 

Bradford.” 55 


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Will of Elizabeth (Parker) Bradford 

Elizabeth (Parker) Bradford left a will in Accomack County, granting legacies to her daughters and granddaughters. 56 

I Eliza. Bradford being in my Senses Give unto Violetta Addison 

all my Estate which is in her Father’s and Mother’s Custody 

I Give unto my Son Nath ll . Bradford’s three Children Each ten pd s . 

I Give his Daughter Sarah a bed and furniture and a Piece of White 

Linnen and my best Sute of Cloaths I give my Daughter Naomi my 

Riding horse and Saddle and I give my wearing Cloaths to be Divided 

Among my Three Daughters I give all my household goods to be Equally 

Divided Between my Daughter Jemima and my Two grand Children 

Jemima and Violetta I give unto William Bagge forty Pounds Cash & 

The rest of my Estate to be Divided Between my Daughters Jemima 

And Naomi & I Appoint William Bagge Executor to this my Last 

Will and I Give my Daughter Keziah a bed Witness my hand & Seal 

This 2 d . May 1763 

Test Joh Thomson Eliz a . [E] Bradford 

Elizabeth [her mark] Jones 

At a Court held for Accomack County 

May 31 st 1763 the within Last Will 

And Testament of Elizabeth Bradford Deceased was Presented and Proved 

by the Oaths of John Thomson and Elizabeth Jones the Witnesses 

thereto And Admitted to Record. And in the Motion of William Bagge 

the Executor therein named taking the Oath and Giving George Holden 

for his Security Who entered into and Acknowledged a Bond for that purpose 

Certificate is Granted him for Obtaining a Probate thereof in due form 

Truly recorded - - Geo. Holden Cl Cur 

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Inventory of Elizabeth (Parker) Bradford 

Elizabeth (Parker) Bradford’s estate was appraised by Perry Leatherbury, Charles Hannaford and John Wise, and returned to 

court by her executor, William Bagge, on 26 July 1763. 57 The inventory contained a great deal of cloth and clothing, 

including a petticoat, several gowns, a coat, an apron, several handkerchiefs; as well as kitchenware, including pots, bowls, a 

colander, and a saucepan. Her estate was worth about £101. 



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Nathaniel 3 Bradford (Wm 2 Nath 1 ) and Elizabeth Parker were married before 3 October 1711 and were parents of the 

following children: 

+ 27*. i. WILLIAM 4 BRADFORD 

+ 28*. ii. NATHANIEL 4 BRADFORD 

29*. iii. NOAH 4 BRADFORD 

30. iv. KEZIAH 4 BRADFORD. Listed in the distribution of her father’s estate in 1746 and in her mother’s will in 

1763 as “my Daughter Keziah”. 

+ 31*. v. JEMIMAH 4 BRADFORD 

+ 32*. vi. NAOMI 4 BRADFORD 


27. William 4 Bradford (Nath 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 ) 

William 4 Bradford (Nath 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 ) was born probably between 1711 and 1722 in Accomack County, Virginia, the eldest 

son of Nathaniel 3 and Elizabeth (Parker) Bradford. 58 Since his father’s property was entailed, as eldest son William 4 inherited 

the entirety of Nathaniel 3 ’s 500-acre tract in the middle portion of Matchapungo Neck. He appears to have subsequently 

leased out some portion of it to a John Shuly or Shurdy, who was the defendant in an ejectment suit filed by William’s uncle 

Fisher 3 Bradford in 1745 and who was named in the suit as a lessee of William, who thereby took over as defendant. 59 It 

seems that the land which Shuly/Shurdy was leasing overlapped with land held by Fisher 3 Bradford, who sued Shuly/Shurdy 

for erecting a fence on Fisher’s side of their common boundary. The court ordered the sheriff to visit the property with the 

surveyor and to lay out boundaries. The suit reached trial on 28 January 1746, and several relevant items were submitted to 

the court, including the original 3000 acre patent of William 2 Bradford (father of Fisher and grandfather of William), as well 

as the last will of William 2 Bradford, and his deeds of gift to Nathaniel 2 , Bayly 3 and Fisher 3 . At trial it was made known that 

the land in dispute was that given to Bayly 3 , whose 400-acre tract bordered on the north of William 4 Bradford’s land. No 

deeds from Bayly to Fisher are known of by this early date, so it is unclear why the plaintiff would be Fisher rather than 

Bayly, since Bayly’s land was entailed. According to Ralph Whitelaw, at a certain point a survey was made of the lands of 

Nathaniel 3 , Thomas 3 , and William 3 , in which an excess of 106 acres was found between Bayly 3 and Nathaniel 3 . 60 Fisher may 

have successfully claimed this land owing to the clause in William 2 ’s will which gave Fisher “all my Lands that are not 

already given of all Sorts & kind.” 61 The jury ultimately found for Fisher; William 4 had to pay token damages of 1 shilling. 

Incidentally, this suit is the earliest record I have seen that refers to the Bradford portion of Matchipungo Neck as 

“Bradford’s Neck”. 

William was involved in other suits with his relatives over land issues. He brought a suit against his cousin Edmund 4 

Bradford (Thos 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 ) for trespass; the suit came to trial in October 1764, at which time a jury found for William and it 

was “Ordered to be entered upon record that the said Trespass was Willful & Malicious.” 62 Edmund was ordered to pay 10 

shillings damages and all William’s court costs. By November 1767, Edmund still had not paid William, who had to request 

an execution against Edmund’s estate (meaning the sheriff was to take the costs from him if necessary). 63 In 1765, Edmund’s 

father Thomas 3 (Wm 2 Nath 1 ) filed an ejectment suit against William 4 to settle the boundary between their properties. 64 

In August 1744, William was paid for attending as a witness for his brother Noah 4 Bradford’s suit against Samuel Benson. 65 

William was appointed a surveyor of the highways for his district in 24 Nov 1753 to replace Abel Upshur, and was replaced 

by Upshur in that position on 31 May 1758. 66 On 7 Nov 1763, William registered his cattle mark with the Accomack Court: 

“Crop the left & Slit the right.” 67 He seems to have voted in every Virginia Assembly election that took place in Accomack 

from 1746 until 1768. 68 He was listed on the processioners return in Bradford’s Neck from 1747 until 1783. 69 From his 

father’s death until the death of his uncle William 3 in 1765, William 4 was referred to in many records, particularly 

processioners returns and election returns (in which they appear simultaneously), as William Jr. to distinguish him from his 

uncle. William 4 (Nath 3 ) thus may have been the William Bradford Jr. to whom Henry Armitrader was bound on 28 January 

1753 to learn the trade of a bricklayer. 70 

William 4 and his wife Sarah witnessed his uncle Bayly 3 Bradford’s deed for 75 acres to Timothy Kelly on 28 Feb 1755. 71 

William 4 , along with his daughter and son-in-law Sabra and William Polk, witnessed the 1768 deed of his cousin Edmund 4 

Bradford (Thos 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 ) to Henry Heath. 72 In 1763, William 4 was security for his sister Naomi 4 ’s administration of the 

estate of her husband Charles Bradford. 73 

There are numerous other records from Accomack that mention a William Bradford, but those listed above are the only ones 

that may be definitely, or with a high degree of confidence, attributed to William 4 Bradford (Nath 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 ). William’s 

uncle William 3 Bradford (Wm 2 Nath 1 ) and cousin William 4 Bradford (Wm 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 ) were both alive through the 1760s and 

a William Hyslop Bradford [possibly the son of Thomas 3 Bradford (Wm 2 Nath 1 )] also appears in several records from the 

1760s through the 1780s, and it is sometimes impossible to tell which William appears in any given record. 

William left a will in Accomack, dated 31 January 1784 and proved 28 June 1785. 74 In it he named as executors Abel 

Upshur and Nathaniel Bradford [probably his cousin Nathaniel 4 Bradford (Fisher 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 )]. His wife Sarah survived him 

by ten years, leaving a will dated 3 October 1794 and proved 26 January 1795. 75 Transcripts of both wills follow: 


Last Will of William 4 Bradford (Nath 3 Wm 2 Nath1) 

In the name of God, Amen, I William Bradford of Accomack County being in perfect health and of sound memory 

do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament as follows, to wit 

First I leave unto my son in law William Polk and my daughter Sabra Polk all my lands and plantation except my 

wife’s dower therein after my decease untill my grandson Nathaniel Polk arrives to the age of twenty one years at 

which period I give and bequeath that part of my land and plantation whereon I now live to my Grandson Nathaniel 

Polk to him and his heirs forever according as it is now marked and bounded containing by estimation two hundred 

and seventy five acres be the same more or less and the remainder part of my land meaning that part whereon my 

son in law William Polk and daughter Sabra now lives I lend unto them during their natural lives and the survivors 

of them they making no imbezzlement Nor waste thereon and at their deaths I give and bequeath the said land being 

all the remainder of my lands and plantation to my grandson James Polk to him and his heirs forever subject to this 

restriction that the aforesaid Nathaniel to whom I have given the other part of my land may always have A 

priviledge of A Landing on the possession of the said James at the Common landing place the said Nathaniel making 

a reasonable use of the same and that not only the said James may be restrained and bound to the performance and 

observation of the said priviledge given to his brother Nathaniel but also to his posterity descendants and heirs of the 

said Nathaniel may be bound by the same and under the penalty of one hundred pounds sterling to be paid by the 

said James or any of his heirs to the said Nathaniel or any of his heirs who shall use the same to be recovered in any 

Court of record, and it is further my Will and desire that if the Aforementioned Nathaniel Polk should die before he 

arrives to lawful age and without lawful Issue, then I give and bequeath the said land and plantation given to him, to 

my grandson Robert Polk, and his heirs forever 

Item I lend to my beloved wife Sarah Bradford my negro man Brister during her natural life, and also my negroe 

woman Esther during her life, after death I give the said negroe man named Brister to my Grand daughter Bridget 

Polk, also I give and bequeath my negroe woman named Esther to my Granddaughter Martha Polk after my wife’s 

death, also I give to my wife my negroe boy Stephen during the time he is to stay with me 

Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Sabra Polk my negroe man named Lennon and my negroe woman 

named pleasant at my death to her and her heirs Item I give and bequeath unto my Grand daughter Margaret Polk 

my mare named Jane and one bed and furniture, one middle sized iron pott to her and her heirs 

Item I give unto great grandson William Polk Lurton one cow and calf to him and his heirs, 

Item I give unto my God daughter Leah Savage two, two year old heifers to her and her heirs 

Item I give and bequeath unto my loving wife Sarah Bradford two cows and calves, and one cow andyearling, and 

also five head of hogs, and eight head of sheep, and one yoke of oxen, and two plows and two harrows, and my 

riding horses, and further after my Just debts are paid my Will and desire is that my wife shall possess one third of 

the remainder of my estate that is left and the other two thirds I give to my son in law William Polk and his heirs 

forever 

Lastly I Appoint Abel Upshur and Nathaniel Bradford Executors of this my last 

Will and Testament, As Witness my hand seal this 31 st day of January one 

thousand seven hundred and eighty four 

Sealed & Acknowledged in the presence of } 

Samuel Long, Henry Townsend } William [W] Bradford 

Jacob Lurton } 

At a Court held in Accomack County June 28 th 1785 

This Will was proved by the oath of Samuel Long, Jacob Lurton, and Henry Townsend 

witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded, Nathaniel Polk heir at law to the Testator 

being present and having nothing to Object, And on the motion of William Polk and 

Sarah Bradford taking oath and giving Francis Savage and Henry Heath for their 

security, who entered into and Acknowledged A bond for that purpose, certificate is 

granted them for obtaining A probate thereof in due form 

Litt: Savage 

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Last Will of Sarah (_____) Bradford, widow of William 4 Bradford (Nath 3 Wm 2 Nath1) 

In the name of God amen I Sarah Bradford of Accomack County being 

Sick and in pore State of Health but in Sound sense and Memory thanks be to God 

for the same I do make this my last Will & Testament and leave my Worldy Est 

Tate in manner and form as followeth Item I give to Grand Daughter Milly Polk 

my Calico Riding Gown also my Side Saddle Item I give unto Betsey Lur 


ton one Small Blue chest with Bracket feet also one Cow and calf 

Item I give unto Scharbrough Polk Townsing one Cow & Calf Item 

I give unto Peggy Townsing one Cow and calf Item my Will & 

Desire is that all my whole Estate not before Given is to Equally 

Divided between my Grand Daughters Sally townsing Ginney 

Polk Patty Polk and Milley Polk my Will & Desire is that 

Pattey Polks Estate to remain in the hands of Henry Townsing 

until she comes of age to receive it in case she dies before she comes 

of that age the said Estate to my Grand Daughter Sally Town 

sing Item my will and Desire is that Milley polks Estate shall 

Remain in the Hands of Grand Daughter Jenney Polk until she 

comes of that age to receive it in case she dies before she comes of that age 

I give the said Estate unto my Grand Daughter Ginney Polk 

Item I give to my Grand Daughter Milley Polk three gown pat 

trons one chince one white cotton one striped Linen which is to be the 

three patterns that is before given. Lastly I do leave Henry Town 

sing and Levin White; my whole & sole Executors of this my 

last Will & Testament dated this third day of October one thou 

sand seven hundred and Ninety four 

Signed Sealed in } 

presence of us } Sarah [X] Bradford 

James Bradford 

Zerobabel Harman 

At a Court held in Accomack County Jany 26 1795 

This Will of Sarah Bradford decd. Was proved by the oath of Zorobabe 

Harman a Witness thereto and ordered to be Recorded and on the Motion of 

Wm Polk taking oath and Giving John Spiers & Charles Richardson for 

Security who entered into & acknowledged a Bond for that purpose certi 

ficate is granted him for obtaining a probate thereof in Due form 

William’s wife Sarah may have been the daughter of Thomas Addison Sr. of Northampton County, Virginia, who left a will 

naming wife Sabrah and daughter Sarah Bradford: 76 

ADDISON, THOMAS, Sr. – 17 Oct. 1748 / 12 Mar. 1750 – To my son Thomas my 140 A. plantation where I now 

live but not to disturb his mother during her widowhood, and for want of his heirs to my son Arthur. To wife Sabrah 

use of entire estate during her widowhood except a cow and yearling to my son Littleton. To dau. Peggy Addison. 

To my dau. Rachel Addison. Resid. legatees my five children, Sarah Bradford, Littleton Addison, Peggy Addison, 

Arthur Addison and Rachel Addison and my wife. Wife extrx. Witt: Thomas Abdeel, Andrew Andrews, Obedience 

[X] Parimore, John Eshon – p.24 

William 4 (Nath 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 ) and Sarah (Addison?) Bradford had issue: 

+ 103*. i. SABRA 5 BRADFORD 


103. Sabra 5 (Bradford) Polk (Wm 4 Nath 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 ) 

Sabra 5 (Bradford) Polk is first mentioned in Accomack County records as a witness along with Wm. Polk to a deed of 18 

June 1768 from her great-uncle Bayly 3 Bradford to Timothy Kelly. 77 Her father left Sabra and her husband William Polk his 

entire plantation, with 275 acres (the home plantation of William 4 ) to go to their son Nathaniel Polk at the age of 21 and the 

remainder to descend after their deaths to their son James Polk: 

“First I leave unto my son in law William Polk and my daughter Sabra Polk all my lands and plantation . . . untill 

my grandson Nathaniel Polk arrives to the age of twenty one years at which period I give . . . that part of my land . . . 

whereon I now live to my Grandson Nathaniel Polk . . . containing . . . two hundred and seventy five acres . . . and 

the remainder . . . whereon my son in law William Polk and daughter Sabra now lives I lend unto them during their 

natural lives . . . and at their deaths I give and bequeath the said land . . . to my grandson James Polk . . . and it is 

further my Will and desire that if the Aforementioned Nathaniel Polk should die before he arrives to lawful age and 

without lawful Issue , then I give and bequeath the said land and plantation given to him, to my grandson Robert 

Polk, and his heirs forever” 

Sabra 5 (Bradford) Polk married William Polk before 18 June 1768. According to Whitelaw, she was dead before 1790, when 

“William [Polk] alone executed a mortgage on the 275 acres [deeded by William 4 Bradford], saying it had reverted to him 

upon the death of Nathaniel [Polk].” According to Whitelaw, William Polk Sr. died in 1824. 78 

218. i. NATHANIEL 6 POLK. Died before 1790, when father William Polk executed a mortgage on the 275 

acres that had been bequeathed to Nathaniel in the will of his grandfather, William 4 Bradford; 

William Polk mentioned that the land had reverted to him on Nathaniel’s death. 79 

219. ii. JAMES 6 POLK. In the will of his grandfather William 4 Bradford (Nath 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 ), James was left that 

portion of William’s plantation which he granted to William and Sabra (Bradford) Polk for the 

remainder of their lives. James was deeded 145 acres by his father in 1800 and 140 more in 1802. 

In 1805, James and Elizabeth Polk sold 270 acres to James Garrison. 80 

220. iii. ROBERT 6 POLK. Died before 1790, when father William Polk executed a mortgage on the 275 acres 

that had been bequeathed to Nathaniel Polk in the will of his grandfather, William 4 Bradford. 

William Polk mentioned that the land had reverted to him on Nathaniel’s death. According to the 

will of William 4 Bradford, the land should have passed to Robert upon his brother Nathaniel’s 

death, so it is likely that Robert predeceased his brother. 81 

221. iv. BRIDGET 6 POLK. She is mentioned in the will of William 4 Bradford (Nath 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 ), in which she 

and her sister Martha were to receive “my negroe woman Esther” after the death of their mother. 

+ 222. v. MARTHA 6 “PATTY/PATSY” POLK. She is mentioned in the will of William 4 Bradford (Nath 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 ), 

in which she and her sister Bridget were to receive “my negroe woman Esther” after the death of 

their mother. According to Whitelaw, Martha married Joshua Fitchett, a large landowner in 

Northampton who had been a mariner until his marriage, after which he turned to farming. He died 

by 1826, and Martha in 1841. 82 They had issue: 

303. i. EMELINE P. 7 FITCHETT 

304. ii. DANIEL 7 FITCHETT 

223. vi. MARGARET 6 “MILLY” POLK. She is mentioned in the will of William 4 Bradford (Nath 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 ): “I 

give and bequeath unto my Grand daughter Margaret Polk my mare named Jane and one bed and 

furniture, one middle sized iron pott to her and her heirs.” She is also mentioned in the will of her 

grandmother Sarah (Addison?) Bradford: ““I give to Grand Daughter Milly Polk my Calico 

Riding Gown also my Side Saddle” and “three gown pattrons one chince one white cotton one 

striped Linen which is to be the three patterns that is before given.” 

+ 224*. vii. SARAH 6 POLK 

225. viii. GINNY 6 POLK. Mentioned in the will of her grandmother Sarah Bradford: “all my whole 

Estate not before Given is to Equally Divided between my Grand Daughters Sally townsing 

Ginney Polk Patty Polk and Milley Polk.” 

Note: A cursory internet search will reveal a great deal of information on the descendants of William and Sabra (Bradford) 

Polk. I have only chosen to present what I was able to confirm through what I consider trustworthy sources. Furthermore, I 

have not endeavored to trace the Polk family through original records, but only using the secondary sources to which I have 

easy access. Several unsubstantiated online sources cite a specific marriage date of 25 January 1764 for William and Sabra 

(Bradord) Polk, as well as specific birth dates and death dates for William and Sabra and all their children; these dates have 

the appearance of having come from a family bible, but it is impossible to be sure of their validity. I have noticed several 

inquiries made about the sources of these dates in public forums and no satisfactory answers given. Other children are 

attributed to Sabra and William Polk, namely William, John, and Amelia. 


224. Sarah 6 “Sally” (Polk) Lurton Townsend Sturgis (Sabra 5 Wm 4 Nath 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 ) 

Sarah 6 Polk, daughter of William and Sabra (Bradford) Polk, first married Jacob Lurton, the son of Jacob and Rachel 

(Fosque) Lurton, before 1782, when Jacob and Sally Lurton executed a deed to Selby Vannelson. She is mentioned in the 

will of Jacob Lurton: 84 

LURTON, JACOB – 3 Oct. 1785 – 31 Jan. 1786 – To wife Sally whole est. until my dau. Betsey comes to age of 

16, then my wife to have ½ the land during her life. To dau. Betsy all my lands & for want of heirs to my wife Sally. 

To Nancy Shield White, dau. Levin White. Should both my wife & dau. die without heirs then whole est. to be div. 

bet. the children of William Polk, father of my wife Sally. Wife & Levin White Exrs. Witt: John Hannaford, 

William Townsend, Henry Townsend – p.209 

After Lurton’s death, Sarah married Henry Townsend. The will of her grandmother Sarah (Addison?) Bradford, dated 1 

October 1794, mentioned granddaughter “Sally Townsing” and named Henry Townsend an executor. After the death of 

Henry Townsend, Sarah remarried to Thomas Sturgis. An 1826 deed from Thomas’ son Nathaniel P. Sturgis involving the 

land that was once Jacob Lurton’s mentions that it had belonged to his mother Sally. 85 Sarah 6 Polk had issue by each of her 

husbands. 

By Jacob Lurton: 

305. i. BETSY 7 LURTON. Mentioned in the will of her great-grandmother, Sarah Bradford, who bequeathed 

“unto Betsey Lurton one Small Blue chest with Bracket feet also one Cow and calf.” According to 

Whitelaw, Betsy wed Stephen Adams. 

306. ii. WILLIAM POLK 7 LURTON. Mentioned in the 31 January 1784 will of William 4 Bradford 

(Nath 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 ): “I give unto great grandson William Polk Lurton one cow and calf to him and 

his heirs.” He may have died before 3 October 1785, since he is not mentioned in his father’s will. 

By Henry Townsend: 

307. iii. SCARBOROUGH POLK 7 TOWNSEND. She is mentioned in the 1 October 1794 will of her great-grandmother 

Sarah Bradford: “I give unto Scharbrough Polk Townsing one Cow & Calf.” 

308. iv. PEGGY 7 TOWNSEND. She is mentioned in the 1 October 1794 will of her great-grandmother Sarah 

Bradford: “I give unto Peggy Townsing one Cow and calf.” 

By Thomas Sturgis : 86 

309. v. NATHANIEL P[OLK?] 7 STURGIS. According to Whitelaw, “in 1826, he deeded his sisters a quarter-interest 

in the 100 acres that had belonged to his mother Sally, and was known as Burock’s Swamp.” 

Whitelaw names his sisters and their husbands, information presumably gleaned from the deed: 

310. vi. SABRA P. 7 STURGIS. Married Samuel Waples. 

311. vii. SALLY 7 STURGIS. Married John J. Bayly. 

312. viii. MAHALA 7 I. STURGIS. 


28. Nathaniel 4 Bradford (Nath 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 ) 

Nathaniel 4 Bradford was born probably between 1711 and 1722 in Accomack County, Virginia. 87 He was listed second in the 

distribution of his father’s estate in 1746 and is therefore presumed to be the second oldest child of Nathaniel and Elizabeth 

(Parker) Bradford after William 4 . 88 By the time of his father’s death, Nathaniel 4 and his brother Noah 4 had probably moved 

to Sussex County, Delaware, to join their mother’s kin. Elizabeth (Parker) Bradford’s uncle Anderson Parker had moved to 

Sussex by 1707, when he described himself as “of Sussex County” in an Accomack deed. 89 (Anderson’s brothers Matthew, 

Thomas, and Edward probably moved with him to Sussex. Matthew left a will there in 1718, 90 Thomas described himself as 

“of Sussex County” in a deed from 1708; 91 and Edward described himself as “of Sussex County” in a deed from 1704. 92 

Thomas later moved northward to Kent County, Delaware, where he left his will. 93 ) Nathaniel 4 Bradford was married to 

Naomi Parker (his first cousin, once removed), the daughter of Anderson Parker 94 and his wife Margaret Robins. 95 Since 

Nathaniel and Naomi’s daughter Sarah was at least 15 on 9 December 1761, 96 she was presumably born by 1746, indicating a 

move to Sussex by that date. Nathaniel 4 was probably still in Accomack in the summer of 1743, since on 29 June of that year 

“Nathaniel Bradford Junr.” and Joseph Harrison made themselves liable in Accomack court for the fine of David Booth, who 

was prosecuted for “prophane Cursing”. 97 

Nathaniel’s brother Noah 4 evidently moved with him to Sussex, since Nathaniel was granted administration of Noah’s estate 

in that county on 31 December 1747. 98 Nathaniel 4 Bradford died some time before 1 March 1757, when Anderson Parker Jr. 

was appointed guardian of “the three children his sister Naomi Mulford (dec’d) had by her former husband Nathaniel 

Bradford (dec’d): Comfort, Sarah and Nathaniel Bradford.” 99 The inventory of Samuel Mulford’s estate was held the same 

day, and it was noted that Mulford had married “Naomi, formerly widow of Nathaniel Bradford.” 100 On 14 October 1769, 

John Shankland (guardian of Nathaniel’s son Nathan), received from William Bagge a legacy that was due Nathaniel 5 . 101 

William Bagge was the executor of Nathaniel 4 ’s mother Elizabeth (Parker) Bradford in Accomack and the legacy to 

Nathaniel 5 was likely that bequeathed to him by his grandmother in 1763: “unto my Son Nathll. Bradford’s three Children 

Each ten pds.” 102 

Nathaniel and Naomi (Parker) Bradford had issue: 

+ 104*. i. COMFORT 5 BRADFORD. 

+ 105*. ii. SARAH 5 BRADFORD. 

+ 106*. iii. NATHANIEL 5 BRADFORD. 


104. Comfort 5 Bradford (Nath 4 Nath 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 ) 

Comfort received a legacy of £10 in the will of her grandmother, Elizabeth (Parker) Bradford. 103 She was named in the will 

of her grandfather Anderson Parker, who left her and her siblings a third of his personal estate and gave the “Negro girl” 

Sabo to her and her sister Sarah. 104 Comfort was the ward of her uncle Anderson Parker Jr. after 1 March 1757. 105 She 

married John Shankland at Lewes, Delaware, on 26 November 1761. 106 Shankland died and Comfort wed Edward Wright; a 

record from Sussex County orphans court mentions “Edward Wright who married Comfort (late Comfort Shankland) 

guardian to Nathan Bradford (minor, son of Nathan Bradford dec’d).” 107 Comfort outlived her husband and died by 6 June 

1768, when her estate was administered by her sister-in-law Sinar Bradford. 108 Comfort had at least one son, Nathaniel 

Wright, who was named at the administration of her estate. 

226. i. NATHANIEL 6 WRIGHT. He may be that Nathaniel Wright on whose estate administered was granted in 

Sussex County on 23 April 1795 by Rachel Wright. 109 


105. Sarah 5 Bradford (Nath 4 Nath 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 ) 

Sarah was named in the 1759 will of her grandfather Anderson Parker, who gave her and her siblings a third of his personal 

estate and gave her and her sister Comfort the “Negro girl” Sabo. 110 She is also named in the will of her grandmother 

Elizabeth (Parker) Bradford, who bequeathed to her “a bed and furniture and a Piece of White Linnen and my best Sute of 

Cloaths” as well as the £10 legacy given to “my Son Nath ll . Bradford’s three Children.” 111 With her siblings, Sarah was the 

ward of her uncle Anderson Parker Jr. after 1 March 1757. 112 On 9 December 1761, Sarah Bradford “dau. of Nathaniel and 

Neome (dec’d)” chose as her guardian her “kinsman” William Parker (cupper). 113 She married Micajah Truitt by 28 July 

1768, when “Mackajah Truitt and his wife Sarah (formerly Sarah Bradford)” laid a petition against William Parker, guardian 

to aforesaid Sarah. 114 Micajah Truitt left a will in Sussex County dated 27 February 1776 and proved 9 March 1776, naming 

sons Peter and Bradford Truitt, daughters Naomi and Mary Truitt, and a nephew Parker Truitt, who was to have a jacket and 

britches “as long as he remains with the testator’s wife.” 115 

Micajah Truitt appears to be that Micago Truitt who was named as a son in the 1763 will of Thomas Truitt of Worcester Co, 

Maryland, and who was left 150 acres, being an “entry under Pensilvany Goverment” (at that time, Delaware was part of the 

territory of Pennsylvania). 116 This accords with information found in several family trees posted on the internet about Parker 

Truitt (the man named as nephew in Micajah’s will), who was said to be the son of Riley Truitt, also named as a son in the 

will of Thomas Truitt of Worcester. Thomas himself appears to have been the son of James Truitt of Somerset County, 

Maryland, who left a will there in 1715. 117 James Truitt only named his son James in his will but mentioned “5 sons” whom 

his son James was to bring up until the age of 18. When Thomas Truitt first appears on the Somerset County tax list in 1725, 

he is listed next to this James, so he is presumed to be one of the unnamed sons from the will of James Sr. 118 James Truitt Sr. 

was married to Mary Riley, daughter of Thomas Riley, which accords with the name Riley that was given to one of Thomas 

Truitt’s children. 119 James Truitt Sr. was the son of the immigrant George Truitt, who left a will in Accomack County dated 

1670. 120 Sarah 5 Bradford’s distant cousin Mary 3 Bradford (John 2 Nath 1 ) married Nehemiah Truitt, who was a grandson of the 

immigrant George Truitt by his son Job. 121 

227. i. PETER 6 TRUITT. 

228. ii. BRADFORD 6 TRUITT. 

229. iii. NAOMI 6 TRUITT. 

230. iv. MARY 6 TRUITT. 


106. Nathaniel 5 Bradford (Nath 4 Nath 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 ) 

Nathaniel 5 Bradford received a legacy of £10 in the will of his grandmother, Elizabeth (Parker) Bradford. 122 He was named 

in the will of his grandfather Anderson Parker, who left him and his siblings a third of his personal estate. After his father’s 

death, Nathaniel was the ward of his uncle Anderson Parker Jr. after 1 March 1757. 123 He seems to have lived with his sister 

Comfort after her marriage to John Shankland in 1761, since on 14 October 1769 he was named as the ward of Edward and 

Comfort (Bradford) Wright, and mention was made of a guardian account left by John Shankland. 124 On 7 June 1769, at the 

age of 18, he chose as his guardian his friend Peter Parker, likely a kinsman of his mother Naomi (Parker) Bradford 

Mulford. 125 

Nathaniel 5 was a witness to the will of Elias Conwell in Sussex on 22 December 1781. 126 In 1782, he was listed as the owner 

of 24 acres in Broadkiln hundred on the Sussex County tax assessment for that year. 127 By 6 June 1768, Nathaniel was 

married to Siner; on that date, Siner Bradford administered the estate of Nathaniel’s sister, Comfort Wright. 128 

Nathaniel died before 13 June 1792, as he is mentioned in a deed of sale on that date from Thomas Laws to Andrew Simpler 

of a tract in Broadkiln Hundred: “Nathan Bedford [sic] late of afsd. Cnty, dec’d, was seized of sd. 2 parcels of land & being 

indebted to Levin Milby of cnty afsd the sd Leven obtained a judgment against sd Nathaaniel Bradford in Ct of Comm Pleas 

by which sd Ct Order Peter F. Wright then high Sheriff returned rents & profits from sd land was not sufficient to satisfy sd 

Judgement w/in 7 years whereupon Ct ordered sd 2 parcels of land to be sold at Public Sale.” 129 Administration on 

Nathaniel’s estate was granted to Sinar Bradford on 5 December 1792. 130 

Nathaniel 5 ’s wife Siner is probably the daughter of Sabra (Armitrader) Mears of Accomack County, who mentioned in her 

will (dated 20 April 1784) a daughter Siner Bradford and a granddaughter Creshe Bradford. 131 This identification is posited 

solely on the basis of the uniqueness of Siner’s first name and an attempt should be made to verify it further through estate 

records for Sabra Mears in Accomack and Nathaniel 5 Bradford in Sussex and through tracking the movement of any 

members of the Accomack Mears family to Sussex. Sabra was the widow of John Mears, who is likely descended in some 

way from that Bartholomew Mears who was the first of his family on the eastern shore and who appears in several records 

with Nathaniel 1 Bradford in the 17 th century. The Mears family were long-standing neighbors of the Bradfords at 

Matchapungo and at least one other marriage is known to have taken place between them, that of John and Sabra Meers’ son 

Spencer to Peggy 4 Bradford (John 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 ). Sabra Mears was the daughter of Richard Armitrader (d.1755), who appears 

to have been a brother of the Henry Armitrader who married Abigail 3 Bradford (Wm 2 Nath 1 ). 132 

Nathaniel 5 Bradford (Nath 4 Nath 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 ) was born around 1751 in Sussex County, Delaware, and died in Sussex by 13 

June 1792. 133 He married by 1784 probably Siner Mears, daughter of John and Sabra (Armitrader) Mears of Accomack 

County. They had issue: 

231. i. CRESHE 6 BRADFORD. 


29. Noah 4 Bradford (Nath 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 ) 

Noah 4 Bradford was listed third in the distribution of his father’s estate in 1746 and is therefore presumed to be the third 

oldest child of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Parker) Bradford after William 4 and Nathaniel 4 . 134 He appeared in Accomack Court 

in August 1744 and in May 1745 as a petitioner against Samuel Benson in a fieri facias suit (a suit for debt or damages). 135 

Noah must have moved shortly afterwards to Sussex County, Delaware, as administration was granted on his estate in Sussex 

on 31 December 1747 to his brother Nathaniel. 136 Noah also held property in Accomack, as administration on his estate in 

that county was granted to his mother Elizabeth on 30 November 1748. 137 The inventory and appraisal of his estate were 

returned to the court on 26 July 1749 by his mother Elizabeth (Parker) Bradford; the appraisers were Hugh Roberts and 

Fisher 3 and John 3 Bradford (Noah’s uncles). 138 

PURSUANT TO AN Order of Court to us directed We have 

appraised the Estate of Noah Bradford followeth 

To 3 yards of Irish Linnen at 2/ P yard L 0..6..9 

To 9½ Ditto at 2/ p 0..19..0 

To 20¾ Ditto Brown @ 3/ p 3..12..3 

To 13½ Ditto @ 3/ p 1..19..0 

To 1 Diaper[?] Table Cloth 0..10..0 

To 1 Gun 15 to a Parcel old Cloaths 4/ 0..19..0 

To 2½ Dozen of Gun flouts[?] 0..0..6 

To 2 Deerskins 9/ To 3 Towels 5/ 0..14..0 

To a Parcel Buttons and Mohair 0..2..0 

To a Parcel of Shot 6 d . To 7½ of old Iron at 4 d . 0..2..10 

To a Pair blankets 8/ to 3 old Ditto 4/ 0..12..0 

To 2 Lasts 8 d . to 1 Tin Gallon Pot 6 d . 0..1..2 

To 1 Chest 8/ to 1 Bedsted 2/6 d . 0..10..6 

To 1 Pair Small Silyards 0..3..0 

To 1 Hogg 0..5..0 

L 10..4..3 

Eliz a . [E] Bradford 

Fisher Bradford 

John Bradford 

Hugh Roberts 

Returned into Court July 26 th 1749. And Admitted to Record 

Geo. Holden Clk. 

Since his brother administered his estate in Sussex and his mother in Accomack, Noah Bradford is presumed to have died 

unwed and without issue. 


31. Jemima 4 Bradford (Nath 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 ) 

Jemima 4 Bradford was named in the distribution of her father Nathaniel Bradford’s estate in 1746 and in her mother 

Elizabeth (Parker) Bradford’s 1763 will: “I give all my household goods to be Equally Divided Between my Daughter 

Jemima and my Two grand Children . . .” After disposing of other legacies and giving her wearing clothes to be divided 

among her three daughters, Elizabeth stipulated that “The rest of my Estate to be Divided Between my Daughters Jemima 

And Naomi.” 139 

Jemima married her first cousin Elijah 4 Addison, the son of Bridget 3 Bradford (Wm 2 Nath 1 ) and her husband Nathan Addison. 

Her descendants are listed in the monograph on Bridget (Bradford) Addison and her descendants, though their register 

numbers in this genealogy are assigned according to their descent from Jemima. 


32. Naomi 4 Bradford (Nath 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 ) 

Naomi 4 Bradford (Nath 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 ) was named last in the distribution of her father’s estate and is therefore presumed to be 

the youngest child of Nathaniel 3 and Elizabeth (Parker) Bradford. 139 She was also named in the 2 May 1763 will of her 

mother, who bequeathed Naomi her riding horse and saddle and a third portion of her wearing clothes. 140 

Naomi married Charles Bradford, probably a first cousin and likely the son of either Bayly 3 Bradford or Thomas 3 Bradford 

[See below: Who Were the Parents of Charles Bradford]. In 1763, William Stockley and John White brought actions against 

Charles in Accomack Court in what appear to be separate suits, and Charles last appeared in court in association with these 

suits in June 1763. 141 He was dead by 27 December of the same year, when Naomi Bradford was granted administration of 

his estate, with John Parker (probably a cousin on her mother’s side) and William Bradford (probably her older brother) as 

securities. 142 The appraisal of Charles’ estate was conducted by John Bradford (probably uncle or cousin), Samuel Bagge 

[husband of Anne 4 Bradford (Fisher 3 )], and Arthur Upshur, all residents of Bradford’s Neck. The estate was valued at a £160, 

8 shillings, and 3 pence. 143 

Naomi’s account of Charles’ estate mentions a “legacy given my Daughter Jemima w ch . my husband rec d .” and about £6 

“Cash to be paid to my Dau. besides her legacy Given her by her Grandmother in Lieu of that Perishable Estate.” This is a 

reference to the will of Elizabeth (Parker) Bradford, who gave all her household goods “to be Equally Divided Between my 

Daughter Jemima and my Two grand Children Jemima and Violetta.” 144 Charles and Naomi’s other children - Noah, 

Thomas, and Charles - each also received around £6 cash in lieu of their father’s perishable estate. Noah was the first child 

listed and in addition to cash he received “negroes Agnes and Leah”, which indicates he was heir-at-law. Also paid out of 

Charles’ estate were Jacob 4 Bradford (Wm 3 ), Zorobabel Rodgers, James Scott, William Stockly, Isaac Smith, and John 

Bradford (probably John 3 ). Jacob 4 Bradford was additionally paid “by being Security for Edmund Bradford”, meaning 

Edmund 4 Bradford (Thos 3 ) As widow, Naomi received “my Thirds of negroes a Woman called Chany” as well as a third of 

the cash remaining after the debts were paid. 

Sidebar: How Do We Know Charles Bradford’s wife was Naomi 4 Bradford (Nath 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 ) 

In Naomi Bradford’s account of her husband Charles Bradford’s estate, there is mentioned a “legacy given 

my Daughter Jemima w ch . my husband rec d .” as well as “Cash to be paid to my Dau. besides her legacy 

Given her by her Grandmother.” These are references to the will of Elizabeth (Parker) Bradford: “I give 

all my household goods to be Equally Divided Between my Daughter Jemima and my Two grand Children 

Jemima and Violetta.” Given these same two items of evidence, the solution put forward in Adventures of 

Purse & Person is that Charles, not his wife Naomi, was the child of Nathaniel and Elizabeth. This would 

indeed be the most plausible solution were it not for the 1746 estate account of Nathaniel 3 , which lists the 

distribution of cash from his estate to his children. In the list of children, Naomi Bradford is included, but 

there is no Charles. Without this crucial bit of evidence, it would indeed be a leap to say that Charles 

married his cousin. Yet it is the only solution that adequately accounts for all the evidence. 

Who Were the Parents of Charles Bradford? 

Presumably Charles Bradford was a descendant of the original Nathaniel 

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1 Bradford of Accomack, since no other Bradford 

families are known of in Accomack at this time. He is also presumably a descendant of William 2 Bradford (Nath 1 ), that son 

of Nathaniel’s who remained in Accomack (Nathaniel’s other son, John, moved to Somerset County, Maryland and no 

Charles Bradford is found there or in Worcester, a successor county). Since he was married to a grandchild of William 2 , 

given age constraints he himself is presumably also a grandchild of William 2 through one of William 2 ’s sons. Assuming 

Charles was legitimate, we can rule out most of the sons of William 2 as being his father. Nathaniel 3 may be ruled out, since 

no Charles Bradford is listed in the distribution of his estate. 145 We can also rule out William 3 , since no Charles is named in 

his 1761 will, dated before Charles’ death. 146 (While it is true that William 3 ’s sons Levin 4 and Abel 4 are not listed in his will, 

that is explained by the fact that both had been provided for prior to William’s death, by entail in the case of Levin 4 and by a 

joint deed in the case of Abel 4 .) 147 John 3 may also be ruled out, since on 30 August 1761 he gifted slaves to his children; no 

Charles is listed in John’s deed and the list of children is presumably comprehensive. 148 Fisher 3 can’t be conclusively ruled 

out, but seems an unlikely candidate. He wrote his will on 2 July 1763 and did not name any son Charles; 149 that is not 

enough to rule him out, since Charles is only known to have been alive as late as June of that year and may have died before 

2 July. However, there is an additional consideration. If Charles was Fisher’s son he would have been the eldest, since 

Fisher’s son Nathaniel 4 was still a minor when he wrote his will and was the only male listed in his will. That being the case, 

if Charles were Fisher’s son and predeceased him, it’s hard to believe Fisher would not have provided for his eldest sons’ 

children. Unlike his other brothers, Fisher would not have been prevented from doing so, since his land was not entailed and 

he was able to dispose of it as he wished. Charles Bradford’s children were landless and ended up living with their mother on 

leased land. Given the acreage he held, it seems doubtful that Fisher would have failed to provide for landless grandchildren 

by his eldest son. Bayly 3 Bradford cannot be ruled out as a father of Charles. Bayly sold much of his property to his brother 

Fisher 3 by a general court deed, but Fisher’s heirs lost the land to Ezekiel 4 Bradford, presumed to have been a son of 

Bayly 3 . 150 It is possible that Charles was one of Bayly’s younger sons.

Thomas 3 Bradford seems the most likely candidate for being Charles’ father. Thomas did not leave a will and there are no 

probate records associated with his estate, so it can not be said that Thomas failed to provide for Charles while nevertheless 

providing for other children. Furthermore, Thomas’ land was entailed and would inevitably pass to his eldest son Edmund 4 

Bradford. By default, therefore, Thomas’ heirs other than Edmund would receive no land inheritance. Supporting evidence 

for Thomas being Charles’ father is the fact that Charles’ administration account listed money paid to Jacob Bradford “by 

being Security for Edmund Bradford.” It is unclear why Jacob would need to be security for Edmund, but it at least indicates 

that Edmund may have had some responsibility relating to Charles’ estate. Other supporting evidence is that Charles and 

Naomi named one of their sons Thomas. Furthermore, in the estate account of that son, Thomas Baily Bradford, there is 

mention of “Cash paid Thomas Bradford son of Edmund,” indicating a further connection to the descendants of Thomas 3 . 151 

The presence of the names Bayly and Thomas among the descendants of Charles Bradford do not sway the argument one 

way or the other in favor of Bayly 3 or Thomas 3 being Charles’ father. Given the lack of hard evidence, there must always be 

some doubt as to the true identity of Charles’ father. However, based on what evidence there is, Thomas 3 seems the best 

candidate. Another solution - that Charles was illegitimate - is beyond the scope of the available evidence and can probably 

only be ruled out through DNA testing. 

Copies of Charles Bradford’s inventory and estate account follow: 




After Charles’ death, Naomi appears in orphan account records with her children. On 28 August 1765, she presented charges 

of £8 against the orphan Noah 4 Bradford, including £5 for accommodations and clothing, £2 for “Maintaining & Raising 2 

Small Negros a Year” (a reference to the slaves Agnes and Leah whom Noah 4 had received from his father’s estate), and £1, 

10 shillings for a year of schooling. She charged £4 each to the account of the orphans Jemimah 4 and Thomas 4 Bayly 

Bradford for accommodations and clothing, and £5 to Charles 4 Bradford for “Maintaining raising & Clothing 1 Year.” 152 On 

30 August 1769, Naomi again presented an account, charging £3 to each of the orphans. Noah Bradford and Jemima 

Bradford were charged for “1 years Board Clothes & Schooling” and Thomas Bayly Bradford and Charles Bradford simply 

for “1 years Board and Clothes”. 153 

On the pew list for St. George’s parish in 1767, 

Naomi Bradford was listed on pew 38 with 

Perry Leatherberry, Charles Leatherberry, 

William Tilney, Nathan White, John Parker 

Matt—[i.e., Mattapany], Ann Roberts, Jno 

Jenkens, John and Charles Bayley, Benja. 

Haley, Joshua Lingo, John Mohoan[?], and 

Willm Groton. 154 Among these individuals, 

several probable or definite family relationships 

may be identified. The Leatherberrys may have 

been kin to John Leatherberry, who married 

Naomi’s aunt Abigail Parker. John Parker of 

Mattapany was a cousin of Naomi’s on her 

mother’s side. Nathan White may have been the 

son of John and Bridget (Addison) White; Bridget (Addison) White was the daughter of Nathan Addison, who was both the 

grandson of Bridget 3 Bradford (Wm 2 Nath 1 ) and a son of Naomi’s sister Jemimah 4 Bradford (Nath 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 ). Perry and 

Charles Leatherberry, Nathan White, and William Tilney were all neighbors on land that had originally been patented by 

Thomas Leatherbury in 1655. Naomi’s grandson Charles Baily Bradford ended up purchasing land there in 1812. 155 The 

presence of Charles Bayley on the pew is notable, not only on account of the name of Naomi’s grandson, but also because 

Naomi Bradford was a witness to his will, which was undated but proved on 28 July 1772. 156 

Naomi Bradford appears in a handful of other records in Accomack. At the estate sale of her first cousin Abel 4 Bradford 

(Wm 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 ) on 29 August 1769, Naomi Bradford purchased 2 chair frames. 157 On 27 Feb 1772, Naomi Bradford 

presented a petition against John 4 Bradford (Jno 3 ); the purpose of the suit, which was dismissed, is unknown. 158 In 1774, the 

vestry allowed Naomi money for “keeping and burying John Munger.” 159 In 1782, she was paid 6900 lbs tobacco for 

“burying Eliza. Adderson,” possibly the wife of her cousin Nathan 5 Addison (Elijah 4 Bridget Bradford 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 ). 160 

* * * * * 

Naomi Bradford died in Accomack County in 1784, sometime between the writing of her will on 4 February and its 

presentment to the court for probate on 24 February. 161 In her will she named “my Daughter Jemyah Heath” and “my three 

children, to wit, Thomas Bayly Bradford and Charles Bradford and Kessah Bradford.” This is the first mention of 

Kessah/Keziah Bradford as a child of Naomi, who is not listed among Charles Bradford’s children in the distribution of his 

estate, nor in any of the orphan account records. Significantly, Naomi does not list her son Noah in her will, and the best 

interpretation of the evidence is probably that Keziah was Noah’s widow. It was not at all uncommon for sons- and 

daughters-in-law to be referred to simply as sons and daughters, and that may have been the case with Keziah. The only 

other plausible interpretation is that Keziah was an illegitimate child of Naomi’s born after Charles’ death. In her will, 

Naomi also mentioned “the land I have of Nathan Addison” and directed it to be leased out for the benefit of her three 

children, “to wit, Thomas Bayly Bradford and Charles Bradford and Kessah Bradford” (she did not name Jemimah, who was 

married). Nathan Addison was Naomi’s nephew, being the son of her sister Jemima 4 (Bradford) Addison (Nath 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 ) 

Will of Neomy Bradford – 4 Feb 1784 – 24 Feb 1784 

In the name of God Amen I Neomy Bradford of Accomack County being Sick and law in body but of Sound mind 

and memory doth make this my last will and Testament in manner and form as followeth to wit, Item I give unto my 

Daughter Keziah Bradford one bed and furniture, one linen wheel, one cow and calf commonly called hers, Also one 

large Iron pot and kettle one Chest called hers. Item I give unto my Daughter Jemyah Heath one loom[?] and 

furniture or Geers[?] belonging [this page bleeds through and is very difficult to read] to the [??] loom, also I give 

her as much cash as shall purchase her one good bloke[?] also one black Silk bonnet[?], by my Executor purchased; 

Item I leave the land I have of Nathan Addison to be leased out by my Executor for the time being at public Sale and 

the Cash arising therefrom to be equally divided between my three children, to wit, Thomas Bayly Bradford and 

Charles Bradford and Kessah Bradford to them and their heirs. Item I leave all the rest of my Estate ungiven away 

After paying my just Debts, to be equally divided between my same three Children, to wit, Thomas Bayly Bradford 


Charles Bradford Kessiah Bradford excepting one bed and furniture that I give unto my son Thomas Bayly 

Bradford. I also Appoint my son Thomas Bayly Bradford my Executor to this my last will and Testament revoking 

all other Wills by me heretofore made this the 4 th day of February 1784 

Test Zorobabel Rodgers } Neomy Bradford 

James Broughton } 

At a Court held in Accomack County February 24 th 1784 This Will was proved by the oath of Zorobabel Rodgers 

and James Broughton Witnesses thereto and ordered to be Recorded. And on the motion of Thomas Bayly Bradford 

taking oath and giving John Walker junior and Solomon Reed for his Security who entered into and Acknowledged 

a bond for that purpose certificate is granted him for obtaining A probate thereof under form. 

* * * * * 

Neomy Bradford Estate Appraisal – 24 Feb 1784 

February the 14 day 1784. Pursuant to and order of Court bearing date the 

We have appraised the Estate of Neomy Bradford dec d . as followeth, to wit, 

Bed N o . 1 and furniture & bedstead matt and L.3..0..0 

Bed N o . 2 and furniture and bedstead 2..5..0 

To 1 Loom and harnes 0..18..0 

To 1 Linen wheel To 1 Chest 1/6 0..16..6 

To 1 Iron pott and hooks 12/ 1 Iron kettle 2/ 0..14..0 

To 1 Cow with Calf 2..0..0 

To 1 lot pork No. 1 60lb L. 20/ 1 Do No. 2 56 lb 18/8 1..18..0 

To 1 lot pork No. 3 40lb 13/ Do No. 4 43 @ 4 14/ 1..7..0 

To 1 lot pork No. 5 48@ 15/8 No. 6 63 @ 4 21/ 1..16..8 

To 1 lot pork No. 7 43 ed 4 14/ 0..14..0 

To a [__]cel corn[?] 14 shillings P barrel 

To 3 old chairs 4/ To 1 oval table 15/ rawhide 5/ 1..4..0 

To 1 brandy barrel & tub 4/ 20 old plows 6/ 0..10..0 

1 old Case and flaxseed 1 jug & tub & salt 0..1..6 

To three goards and Saddle tree & Sturrup iron 0..1..3 

To oats by the bushel 1/3 

4 high chairs 6/ 2 low chairs 2/ 0..8.0 

To 1 Square table and case battles @ 3/ 0..3..0 

1 large Chest 10/ 1 pair Snuffers & Candlebox 1/ 0..11..0 

1 small trunk and lumber & yarn 1/6 0..1..6 

To some cotten picked & basket 4 P 0..4..0 

To some cotten in the seed 7 ½ 0..0..7 ½ 

3 earthen pans and soap grease 1/6 1 pan & pott 4/ 0..5..6 

1 [?] lard & fatt 14 7/ 0..7..0 

2 Queens china dishes & Salt 2/ 0..2..0 

To 4 cups and Saucers 1 Tea pott 1/3 0..1..3 

2 Dishes and Six plates puter 12/ 1 Dish bason & plates 0..18..0 

1 log wood Ax 6/ to Do. 1/3 0..7..3 

2 old hoes 2/ 1 tub and Salt box & Soap grease 2/ 0..4..0 

1 Looking Glass 2/6 Sugar box 7½ 0..3..1½ 

1 Meal tub and Sifter & tin Scupe 2/6 0..2..6 

1 Linen wheel 6/ to 6Thread 2/ some flax 6 d 0..12..6 

1 powdering tub and meat 4/ 1 knife box 6 d 0..4..6 

1 brush and book 6 d. to Taylors goose 3/ 0..3..6 

1 pair [_]nce Steelyards 4/ 0..4..0 

4 geese @ 5/ 4 ucks @ 3/ 0..8..0 

1 negro called China 18..0..0 

1 Do. Rachel 30..0..0 

1 Negro boy Called William 40..0..0 

1 Negro girl Esther 20..0..0 

1 Do. Neal[??] 12..0..0 

1 Horse 5..0..0 

1 Cart & Wheels 0..5..0 

200 Eiht penny @ 1/8 0..1..8 

6 Shoats 36/ 1..16..0 

1 old Cow and yearling 1..16..0 


1 Cow and D o 1..15..0 

1 Cow with calf 2..0..0 

1 Iron pott 3/ 1 dutch oven and frying pan 1/6 0..4..6 

1 tray and half bushel & wheel & ton 2/6 0..2..6 

To some corn beans a 5/ P 

175..11..5 

Returned into Court February the 24 th 1784 and Ordered 

to be Recorded Litt Savage Clc 

* * * * * 

Naomi Bradford Estate Settlement 162 

In Obedience to ordered of Court dated December 27 th 1789 

We the Subscribers have Audited and Settled the Estate of 

Naomi Bradford decd. as follows “ as well as we can by 

Vouchers brought by Thomas Bradford Executor 

The account of Sales of said Estate and costs 46.9.9 

Cr 

By Legacies paid away to Keziah Bradford 3.9.3 

carrd. forward 

By Legacy paid Jamima Heath 2.12.5 

By proven accounts brought against said Estate 43.3.9 

By Executor for Trouble 2.10.0 

L51.15.5 

Returned unto Court January 26, 1790 and ordered to be 

recorded, 

* * * * * 

Naomi 4 Bradford (Nath 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 ) was born probably before 1742 in Accomack County, Virginia, the youngest child of 

Nathaniel 3 and Elizabeth (Parker) Bradford. She married Charles Bradford, probably the son of Thomas 3 or Bayly 3 Bradford 

(Wm 2 Nath 1 ). Charles died in Accomack between 1 June and 27 December 1763. Naomi remained his widow and died in 

Accomack between 4 February and 24 February 1784. They had issue: 

113. i. NOAH 5 BRADFORD. Noah was probably the eldest child of Naomi and Charles, since he is listed first 

in Charles’ estate account, received 2 of Charles’ 3 slaves (the other being the widow’s thirds), 

and in 1765 was the only child being schooled. He may have married Keziah ____ sometime 

after 1767, when he was still an orphan in his mother’s care, and must have died before February 

1784, when his mother wrote her will, naming no son Noah but naming the hitherto unknown 

Keziah as “daughter”. That Noah predeceased his mother is born out by the fact that his younger 

brother Thomas received the slaves found in the inventory of his mother’s estate. 163 

+ 114*. ii. JEMIMAH 5 BRADFORD 

+ 115*. iii. THOMAS BAYLY 5 BRADFORD. 

116. iv. CHARLES 5 BRADFORD. In 1803 in Accomack Orphans Court mention is made of three payments to 

Charles Bradford for schooling Samuel and Susannah Bagge (orphans of William) and Abraham 

Scarburgh (orphan of William). 164 Charles 5 Bradford may probably also be identified as the 

Charles Bradford who married Sally Lingo in Accomack in 1803 (bond 18 Sept. 1803, William 

Lewis security) and then Catherine Martin of Jno. in 1806 (bond 27 Dec. 1806, George Russel 

security). 165 Charles 5 is listed on the 1810 census in Accomack, aged 45 and over, with 2 girls 

under the age of 10 and one woman age 26 to 44. 166 A Charles Bradford and Nancy Abdeel were 

married in Northampton County in 1788 (bond 7 March 1788, security Rob’t Rogers, minister E. 

Baker), 167 but this record may refer to a different Charles Bradford. In Adventures of Purse & 

Person, a Charles Bradford is named as a son of William Hyslop Bradford. If this attribution is 

accurate, then Charles (of William H. Bradford) may have been the one who married Nancy 

Abdeel, since William Hyslop Bradford is known to have moved to Northampton County. 168 If 

Charles 5 Bradford had issue (including possibly the 2 girls under 10 in his household on the 1810 

census), their identity is unknown. 


114. Jemimah 5 Bradford (Naomi 4 Nath 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 ) 

Jemimah 5 Bradford is mentioned in the will of her grandmother, Elizabeth (Parker) Bradford: “all my household goods to be 

Equally Divided Between my Daughter Jemima and my Two grand Children Jemima and Violetta.” 169 This legacy was also 

referenced in her mother Naomi Bradford’s account of the estate of Charles Bradford: “Legacy given my Daughter Jemima 

wch. my husband recd.” Jemimah also received £6, 12 shillings, and 3 pence “besides her Legacy Given her by her 

Grandmother in Lieu of that Perishable Estate.” 170 Jemimah’s orphan account in August 1765 was only charged for 

“Accomodations and Cloathing”, but in August 1769 she was charged for “Board Clothes & Schooling”. 171 

Jemimah 5 Bradford married Teackle Heath before 4 February 1784, when she is mentioned by her married name in her 

mother’s will: “I give unto my Daughter Jemyah Heath one loom and furniture . . . also I give her as much cash as shall 

purchase her one good blouse[?] also one black Silk bonnet[?]” 172 Her husband, Teackle Heath, died between March and 

July 1793: 173 

HEATH, TEACKLE – 30 March 1793 – 31 July 1793 – To wife land bought of Robert Twiford during her wid. & 

then to be sold & the money div bet. my 3 children, William, Arody & Teackle Heath. Personal est. to be sold & 

money div. bet. wife & 3 children. Wife (no name) & friend John Read, Sr. Exrs. Witt: Edmund Heath, Thomas T. 

Bradford [probably a mistranscription of Thomas B. Bradford, Jemimah’s brother], Mary Callyham – p.765. 

In order of prob: Wife Jamimah qualified. 

Jemimah and Teackle Heath had issue: 

241. i. WILLIAM 6 HEATH 

242. ii. ARODY 6 HEATH 

243. iii. TEACKLE 6 HEATH 


115. Thomas Bayly 5 Bradford (Naomi 4 Nath 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 ) 

Thomas Bayly 5 Bradford was born before 1763 in Accomack County, Virginia, probably the third child of Naomi 4 Bradford 

(Nath 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 ) and Charles 4 Bradford (?Thos 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 ). He received £6, 12 shillings, 3 pence from his father’s estate 

and was listed in his mother’s orphan account on 28 August 1765 and 30 August 1769, on the former occasion charged for 

“accommodation and clothing” and the second for “1 years Board and Clothes.” 174 He was named executor in his mother’s 

will of 4 February 1784 and was left a third portion of the cash raised from the lease of “the land I have of Nathan Addison” 

and a third portion of the remainder of her estate. 175 John Walker Jr and Solomon Reed were securities for his administration 

of his mother’s estate. He was further named in the estate settlement of his mother returned to court on 26 January 1790. 176 

Before his mother’s death, Thomas leased 50 acres from his cousin Nathan 5 Addison (Elijah 4 Bridget Bradford 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 ) by 

an indenture dated 30 September 1783. 177 Witnesses were Purnal Outten [son of his cousin Violetta 5 Addison (Elijah 4 Bridget 

Bradford 3 ) and nephew to the grantor Nathan 5 Addison], as well as John Kendall and Babel Pratt. It is unclear if this 50-acre 

tract from Nathan 5 Addison was the same land mentioned in Jemima 4 Bradford’s will. 

On 31 August 1785, Thomas Bayly Bradford granted “my son William Kellam Bradford. . . one negroe boy called William 

and one negro girl Esther.” 178 Witnesses were Babel Laylor and Patience Laylor. These slaves William and Esther were 

listed in the inventory of Jemima 4 Bradford’s estate, which indicates that Thomas 5 was heir-at-law at the time of her death 

and that his older brother Noah 5 was dead. 

On 28 February 1786, Thomas purchased 50 acres from Henry Scarburgh for £137, 10 shillings in a deed witnessed by John 

Walker Sr., Charles Richardson, and Robert Walker. 179 On 1 September of the same year he leased 10 acres of this land to 

William Trader for 15 years at the cost of £8. 180 In the lease, William Trader agreed “to build a framed house with a . . . 

chimney Twenty feet by fifteen on the premises.” This lease was witnessed by Nathan Addison, Catharine Addison, and 

Abel Window, all kin of Thomas’ aunt Jemimah (Bradford) Addison. 

Thomas was listed on the processioners return for 1796, 181 even though he had passed away by that date, as is evidenced by 

his will recorded in Accomack County. 182 

In the name of God amen I Thomas Baily Bradford of Accomack County & State of Virginia being Sick of Body but 

of sound mind & memory and considering the uncertainty of Life and knowing that it is appointed for all men 

wonce to die do make Constitute and ordain this to be my last Will & Testament in manner and form as Follows; 

(Viz) Item I Lend to my Beloved Wife Amy all my Land goods and chattels and all things thereunto pertaining after 

paying my Just Debts in order to bring up my children on during her Natural life or Widowhood and this I mean in 

Lieu of Dower but at her death or marriage I leave my said Lands to be rented out until my said son Chas. Baily 

Bradford arrives to Lawful age & the profit to be Equally divided between my three Children Namely Bridget Chas. 

& Leah & Lastly I give my land to my son Charles Baily Bradford and his heirs forever and dissanulling Every other 

Will acknowledge this to be my Last Will & Testament whereunto I set my hand & fix my seal this 1 day of 

September 1794. 

in the presence of us Thomas B Bradford 

Wm Leatherbury 

Daniel [X] Rickuson [Richardson] 

William [X] Trader 

At a Court held in Accomack County February 23 rd 1795 This Will of Thomas B Bradford deceased was proved by 

the Oaths of Wm Leatherbury & Daniel Richardson Witnesses thereto & ordered to be Recorded and on the motion 

of amy Bradford taking oath & giving Purnell Outten and Levin Rodgers for security who entered into & 

Acknowledged a Bond for that purpose Certificate is granted her for obtaining a probate thereof in due form 

After the death of Thomas Bayly Bradford, his widow Amy married Caleb Chambers, who was dead by 31 January 1797, 

when administration on his estate was granted to Levin Rodgers with Revel West as security. 183 The estate account of Caleb 

Chambers, dated 31 October 1797, lists “cash paid the Estate of Thomas B Bradford By Amey Chambers and Levin 

Rodgers.” 184 

The account of Thomas’ own estate (worth £23, s3, d7½) was returned to court on 5 August 1798 by William Leatherbury 

and John Arlington. 185 Payees included the estate of Levin Joynes (Dec’d), Leah Lingo, Sheriff Beck, Abel Harrison, Robert 

Parker, Severn East, William Leatherbury, Levin Rodgers, Levin Walker, and William Read. Also noted was cash “paid by 

Levin Rodgers admr to Caleb Chambers Estate and he in Right of his wife Amy cash paid Jemimey Heath,” the latter being 


Thomas Bayly Bradford’s sister. The final entry lists “cash paid Thomas Bradford son of Edmund,” this Thomas being 

Thomas 5 Bradford (Edmd 4 Thos 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 ), possibly a first cousin of Thomas Baily Bradford, if Charles Bradford was the 

son of Thomas 3 . 

Thomas Bayly Bradford’s widow appears in several orphan accounts from 1798 to 1805. On 24 September 1798, Bridget, 

Charles & Leah Bradford (orphans of Thomas) were charged £8 for board and schooling for 1798 and credited £6 for “the 

rent of the two thirds of the land,” a reference to the stipulation in Thomas’ will that “my said Lands to be rented out until my 

said son Chas. Baily Bradford arrives to Lawful age & the profit to be Equally divided between my three Children.” 186 That 

the land was being held for them is confirmed by the 1800 processioners return, which lists “Thos. B. Bradford’s heirs.” 187 

Another orphan account from 26 Oct 1801 lists the accounts of Thomas’ orphans for 1799, 1800, and 1801. 188 For 1799, 

Bridget Bradford was charged £2, Charles Bradford £4, and Leah Bradford £3 for boarding and clothing, and Charles was 

charged additionally 13 shillings, 4 pence for 4 months schooling. The three were charged for boarding and clothing again in 

1800, but Charles was not charged for schooling as in the previous year. For 1801, Bridget and Charles were charged £3 and 

£2, respectively, for boarding and clothes, and their sister Leah is not listed. Significantly, there is an orphan account 

recorded on 30 Sept 1805 for “Leah Alphing of Thos Bradford” which appears to be an itemized bill of the money due to 

Amey Chambers for all the clothing purchased for Leah in the years 1804 and 1805. 189 

Thomas Bayly 5 Bradford married Amy _____, possibly Kellam. They had issue: 

244. i. WILLIAM KELLAM 6 BRADFORD. On 31 August 1785, Thomas Bayly Bradford granted “my son William 

Kellam Bradford . . . one negroe boy called William and one negro girl Esther.” Witnesses were 

Babel and Patience Laylor. Since he was not mentioned in the 1 September 1794 will of his father 

or his estate account and is not found in any other records, it is presumed that he predeceased his 

father, probably without issue. 

245. ii. BRIDGET 6 BRADFORD 

246. iii. CHARLES BAILY 6 BRADFORD. Charles was born probably between 1786 and 1791. (He must have been 

at least 21 on 3 January 1812, when he sold the 50 acres inherited from his father to Levin 

Rodgers, 190 but not yet 21 in 1807, when the listing for that land on the processioners return was 

“Heirs of Thos. Bradford.” 191 ) He married Salley Pratt on 30 December 1811, with William E. Wise 

as security. 192 On 29 June 1812, he purchased 25 acres from William Richardson (witnesses were 

Nathl. Collins, Levin Rodgers, John U. Read, and Susanna Rodgers), 193 and he sold the same 25 

acres to Caleb Belote on a deed dated 11 January 1813 (witnesses were Richard D. Bayly, Henry 

S. Copes, William T. Parramore and John Van Dyke). 194 Charles died in Accomack before 9 June 

1815, when administration on his estate was granted to Mitchell Chandler, with Levin Taylor and 

William E. Wise as securities. At the inventory and sale on 6 July 1815, his name was recorded as 

“Charles B. Bradford.” 195 

247. iv. LEAH 6 BRADFORD. Married ____ Alphing in 1805. On 30 September 1805, as “Leah 

Alphing of Thos. Bradford” she presented the itemized bill of payments due Amey Chambers for 

clothing costs incurred during her orphanhood for the years 1804 and 1805. 196 Since she incurred 

charges in 1805 but upon marriage would have ceased legally to be an orphan, she must have 

married Alphing sometime in 1805. 


Citations for Nathaniel 3 Bradford (William 2 Nathaniel 1 ) and Descendants 

1.Nathaniel must have been 21 when he and his wife Elizabeth brought suit against Mary Parker on 3 October 1711 [See 

note 2]. 

2.JoAnn Riley McKey, Accomack County, Virginia Court Order Abstracts (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, Inc., 

2001); 11: 52. On 3 October 1711, Nathaniel and Elizabeth brought suit against Mary Parker. 

3.Accomack County Orders 1737-1744, FHL microfilm 30139, 550. 

4.Accomack County Virginia Wills Etc. 1737-1753, FHL microfilm 30004, 276. 

5.Accomack County Wills, etc. 1692-1715, part 3, FHL microfilm 30011, p.19. [typescript copy] 

6.For tract location see Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia’s Eastern Shore (Maine: Picton Press, 2001), 770. This is born out 

by the processioners returns beginning with the return of 1731, which mentions “ye Line between Bayly Bradford and 

Nathaniel Bradford and Thomas Bradford” [Gail M. Walczyk, transcriber, Accomack County Processioners Returns 1723- 

1792, (Coram, NY: Peter’s Row, 2003), 10.] 

7.See note 2. 

8.McKey, 11: 61. 

9.McKey, 11: 73. 

10.McKey, 11: 108. 

11.Stratton Nottingham, Wills and Administrations of Accomack County, Virginia 1663-1800 (Baltimore: Genealogical 

Publishing Company, 1999), 49. 

12.McKey, 12 & 13: 86. 

13.McKey, 12 & 13: 90 & 105. 

14.McKey: 14: 38. 

15.McKey, 14: 50. 

16.McKey, 14: 58. 

17.Accomack County Virginia Orders 1724-1731, FHL microfilm 30138, 8. 

18.Abstract of Will of Mary Donas. Ancestry.com. Maryland Calendar of Wills [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: 

The Generations Network, Inc., 1998. Original data: Cotton, Jane Baldwin. Maryland Calendar of Wills. Vol. I-VIII. 

Baltimore, MD, USA: 1904. 

19.Transcriptions of the Somserset County tax lists may be found at the website of the Maryland State Archives. Search 

Guide to Government Records, County Records on Microfilm. 

20.For Robert Parker and John Parker being brothers see McKey, 1: 68. [Account mentions grandmother Joan Elsey] For 

John Parker and George Parker being brothers see McKey, 1: 121. Although the will abstract of George Parker Sr. mentions a 

father William, this is likely an incorrect transcription due to the illegibility of the will. All other information indicates that 

George’s father was John, especially location of land and the fact that George Parker Sr. describes Maj. George Parker as his 

kinsman in his will. 

21.Abstract of will submitted by Howard Blair to message board at ancestry.com on 25 December 2000: Message 

Boards/Localities/United Kingdom and Ireland/England/Hampshire/General/Will of George Parker 1638 England. 

22.James Handley Marshall, compiler, Abstracts of the Wills and Administrations of Northampton County, Virginia 1632- 

1802 (Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 1994), 32. N.B. – Ralph Barlow was married to Katherine West, the daughter of 

Anthony and Ann West. After Anthony West’s death, Ann married Stephen Charlton. See chapter on Nathaniel 1 for more 

details about the Wests and Charlton; Nathaniel 1 Bradford posted a bond on Ann Charlton’s behalf in the 1650s and was paid 

1000 lbs of tobacco out of Stephen Charlton’s estate. 

23.John Frederick Dorman, compiler and editor, Adventures of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5, Volume 3 

(Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2007, 4 th Edition), 511. Joan Barlow must have remarried to a man named 

Elsey before her son wrote his will. 

24.Frank V. Walczyk, Northampton County VA Orders, Deeds, & Wills 1651-1654, Book IV (Coram, New York: Peter’s 

Row, no date), 178. 

25.See Dr. Howard Mackey and Marlene Alma Hinkley Groves, CG, editors, Northampton County Virginia Record Book 

Orders, Deeds, Wills &c. Volume 8, 1657-1664 (Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 2002), 120; and McKey, 2: 164. 

26.McKey, 1: 121. 

27.See Marshall, 22, Nottingham, 9, and Whitelaw, 823. 

28.Robert Parker disappears from Eastern Shore records in the 1660s, without leaving any probate record. 

29.Nottingham, 6. 

30.Nottingham, 49 & McKey, 11: 104. 

31.For location see Whitelaw, 1140. 


32.Accomack County Deeds, Wills, etc. 1715-1729, part 1, FHL microfilm 30025, folio 579 [typescript copy]; and 

Accomack County Virginia Deeds etc. 1737-1757, FHL microfilm 30003, folios 151-152. 

33.Walczyk, Processioners Returns 1723-1792, 10. 

34.McKey, 12 & 13: 150. 

35.ibid, 151. 

36.ibid, 152. 

37.McKey, 14: 6. 

38.ibid, 7. 

39.ibid, 8. 

40.ibid, 44. 

41.McKey, 14: 30 & 58; Accomack County Virginia Orders 1724-1731, FHL microfilm 30138, folio 7a; Accomack 

County Orders 1731-1736, FHL microfilm 30138 Item 2, folios 81a, 88, 92, & 118a; and Accomack County Orders 1737- 

1744, FHL microfilm 30139, folio 345. 

42.McKey, 14: 87; and Accomack County Orders 1737-1744, FHL microfilm 30139, folio 206. 

43.Accomack County Orders 1731-1736, FHL microfilm 30138, folio 136. 


45.Accomack County Wills &c 1737-1752, FHL microfilm 30004, folios 35-38. 

46.Accomack County Virginia Deeds etc. 1737-1757, FHL microfilm 30003. Polls are at the end of the roll. 

47.Accomack County Orders 1737-1744, FHL microfilm 30139, folios 432, 446, & 462. 

48.ibid, 550. 

49.See note 45. 

50.Accomack County Virginia Wills Etc. 1737-1753, FHL microfilm 30004, 276. 

51.Accomack County Wills, etc. 1692-1715, part 3, FHL microfilm 30011, p.19. [typescript copy] 

52.Nottingham, 135, and Accomack County Orders 1737-1744, FHL microfilm 30139, 601. 

53.Accomack County Wills &c 1737-1752, FHL microfilm 30004, folios 467-468. 


55.Accomack County Orders 1753-1763, FHL microfilm 30114, folio 257. 

56.Accomack Wills etc. 1752-1767, part 3, 1761-1767, FHL microfilm 30005, folios 190-191. 

57.ibid, 201. 

58. William’s father received land in 1711 and was probably married around that time. William’s brother Nathaniel 4 

must have been 21 in 1743 (see note 101). Since William 4 was older than Nathaniel 4 , he must also have been 21 by 1743. 

59.Accomack County Orders 1744-1753, FHL microfilm 30114, folios 71, 80 , 82 and 105. 

60.Whitelaw, 775. 

61.Accomack County Deeds & Wills 1729-1737, FHL microfilm 3002, folio 229-230. 

62.Accomack County Virginia Orders 1764-1765, FHL microfilm 30115, folio 242. 


64.Accomack County Virginia Orders 1764-1765, FHL microfilm 30115, folios 502-504. 

65.Accomack County Orders 1737-1744, FHL microfilm 30139, folio 601. 

66.Accomack County Orders 1753-1763, FHL microfilm 30114, folios 22 & 243. 

67.ibid, folio 635. 

68. Accomack County Virginia Deeds etc. 1737-1757, FHL microfilm 30003. Folios 130 to 158 contain two polls, the 

first probably for either 1746 or 1748 and the second probably for 1748 or 1750. Poll for 1756 begins on folio 623. For 1768 

poll see Accomack County, Virginia Deeds No. 3 1757-1770 Part 3, FHL microfilm 30006; poll begins at folio 593. No dates 

are associated with the poll, but it is recorded among deeds for 1768. 

69.Walczyk, Processioners Returns 1723-1792, 71 (1747), 85 (1755), 123 (1763), 131 (c.1768), 138 (1772), 143 (1775), 

150 (1780), & 161 (1783). 

70.Dorman, 2: 119-130. 

71.Accomack County Virginia Deeds etc. 1746-1757, FHL microfilm 30152, folios 577-578. 

72.Accomack County Virginia Deed Records, no. 3, 1757-1770, FHL microfilm 30006 part 3, folio 573. 


74.Accomack County Virginia Wills 1784-1787, FHL microfilm 30028, folios 144-145. 

75.Accomack County Wills &c 1794-1796, FHL microfilm, 30030, folio 71. 

76.Marshall, 347. 

77.See note 71. 

78.Whitelaw, 774. 

79.ibid. 

80.ibid. 

81.ibid. 

82.ibid, 65-66. 

83.Whitelaw, 805. 

84.Nottingham, 365. 

85.See Whitelaw, 836, for Sally’s marriage to Henry Townsend and Thomas Sturgis. 


86.ibid. 

87.Nathaniel’s parents were probably married around 1711. He must have been 21 on 29 June 1743, when he was bond 

for David Booth in Accomack Court. 



90.Will Abstract of Matthew Parker, Yeoman. Ancestry.com. Sussex County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800 

[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Original data: Calendar of Sussex County, 

Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800. Georgetown, DE: Public Archives Commission, 1964. 

91.McKey, 10: 166. 


93.Will Abstract of Thomas Parker. Ancestry.com. Kent County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800 [database online]. 

Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999. Original data: Valinger, Leon de, comp. Calendar of Kent 

County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800. Westminster, MD, USA: Familyline Publications, 1944. 

94.Will Abstract of Anderson Parker. Mddelgenealogy.com. From Neil and Leslie Keddie, Sussex County Wills 1751- 

1774, page 6. 

95.For the identity of Anderson Parker’s wife see McKey, 10: 6: “Anderson Parker and his wife Margaret brought an 

action against Mr. Francis Makemie and his wife Naomy (executors of the estate of Mr. Edmund Custis, deceased). They 

declared that Custis in his will, bequeathed to Margaret Robins (now the wife of Anderson) three cows and calves.” 

96.Vernon L. Skinner, Abstracts of the proceedings of the Orphans’ Court of Sussex County, Delaware: Libers 1, 2, 3, 4, 

A, 1708-1709, 1728-1777 (Westminster, MD: Willow Bend Books, 2000), PAGE 107. Sarah Bradford chose as guardian her 

“kinsman William Parker (cupper).” 


98.Skinner, 46. 

99.Skinner, PAGE 88. 

100.ibid, 89. 

101.ibid, 147. 




105.See note 97. 

106.F. Edward Wright, Vital records of Kent and Sussex Counties, Delaware 1686-1800 (Silver Spring, MD: Family 

Line Publications, c.1986), 122. 

107.Skinner, 147. 

108.Administration Record of Comfort Wright. Ancestry.com. Sussex County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800 



109.Administration Record of Nathaniel Wright. Ancestry.com. Sussex County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800 







114.Skinner, 139. 

115.Will Abstract of Micajah Truitt. www.mddelgenealogy.com, taken from Neil and Leslie Keddie, Sussex County Will 

Book #3 1775-1779, page 3. 

116.Will Abstract of Thomas Truitt. www.mddelgenealogy.com, taken from Neil and Leslie Keddie, Sussex County Will 

JW #3 1759-1769, page 4. 

117.Will Abstract of James Truett. Ancestry.com. Maryland Calendar of Wills [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The 

Generations Network, Inc., 1998. Original data: Cotton, Jane Baldwin. Maryland Calendar of Wills. Vol. I-VIII. Baltimore, 

MD, USA: 1904. 



120.ibid, 3. 

121.See chapter on children of John 2 Bradford (Nath 1 ). 



124.See note 107. 

125.Skinner, 145. 

126.Leon de Valinger Jr., Calendar of Sussex County, Delaware probate records, 1680-1800 (Dover, DE: Public 

Archives Commission, State of Delaware, 1964), 144. 


127.Ralph D. Nelson Jr. et al, Delaware 1782 tax assessment and census lists (Wilmington, DE: Delaware Genealogical 

Society, c.1994), Alpha-21. 

128.See note 108. 

129.Judith K. Ardine, Land Records of Sussex County, Delaware: 1789-1792 (Lewes, DE: Delmarva Roots, c.2002), 

247. 

130.Administration Abstract of Nathaniel Bradford. Ancestry.com. Sussex County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680- 

1800 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Original data: Calendar of Sussex County, 



132.For further information on the Armitrader and Mears families, see chapters on Abigail 3 Bradford and John 3 Bradford 

(Wm 2 Nath 1 ). 

133.See note 125. Nathaniel was 18 in 1769, when he chose Peter Parker as his guardian. 





138.Accomack County Virginia Wills Etc. 1744-1753, FHL microfilm 30004, folios 299, 351, & 535. 

139.See notes 4 & 56. 

140.ibid. 

141.Accomack County Orders 1753-1763, FHL microfilm 30114, folios 532, 533, 567, 576, 588. 

142.ibid, 643. 

143.Accomack Wills etc. 1752-1767, part 3, 1761-1767, FHL microfilm 30005, folios 280-282 contain both the 

inventory and the estate account. 




147.See chapter on William 3 Bradford (Wm 2 Nath 1 ) 

148.Accomack County Virginia Deeds No. 3, 1757-1770, FHL microfilm 29999 part 1, folios 155-156. 


150.See chapters on Bayly 3 Bradford, Fisher 3 Bradford, and John 3 Bradford. 

151.See note 185. 

152.Gail M. Walczyk, Accomack County, VA Orphans Accounts 1741-1770 (Coram, NY: Peter’s Row, 1999), 87. 

153.ibid, 123. 

154.Gail M. Walczyk, transcriber, St. George’s Parish Accomack County Vestry Book 1763-1787, (Coram, NY: Peter’s 

Row, 1998), 18. 

155.Whitelaw, 831-840. 


157.Accomack County Wills &c 1767-72, FHL microfilm 30026, folios 560-566. 


159.Walczyk, Vestry Book, 46. 

160.ibid, 79. 

161.Accomack County Wills &C 1777-1784, FHL microfilm 30027, folios 460-463. Naomi’s estate inventory follows 

her will. 

162.Accomack County Virginia Wills 1788-1794, FHL microfilm 30029, folios 266-267. 

163.See note 178. 

164.Gail M. Walczyk, Accomack County, VA Orphans Accounts 1803-1805(Coram, NY: Peter’s Row, 2002), 131, 132 

& 144. Note: William Bagge, father of the orphans Samuel and Susannah, was a cousin of Charles, being the son of Samuel 

and Ann 4 (Bradford) Bagge (Fisher 3 Wm 2 Nath 1 .) 

165.Nora Miller Turman, Marriage Records of Accomack County, Virginia 1776-1854 (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 

1994), 38. There is a possibility that these records refer to Charles 6 (Thos 5 Jemima/Charles 4 ). 

166.Charles Bradford on 1810 US Federal Census, St. George, Accomack Co, VA, roll 66, page 8, image 12.00. 

Ancestry.com. 1810 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 

2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Third Census of the United States, 1810. Washington, 

D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1810. M252, 71 rolls. 

167.Jean Merritt Mihalyka, abstracter and compiler, Marriages, Northampton County, Virginia 1660/1-1854 (Bowie, 

MD: Heritage Books, 1991), 12. 

168.Dorman, 208. The attribution of a son Charles to William Hyslop Bradford is based on the fact that Patience White 

left a legacy to a Charles and other Bradfords as well as to Lurany Bradford, who is known to have been the wife of William 

Hyslop Bradford. The Abdell/Abdeel family were residents of Northampton. 


170.See note 143. 

171.Walczyk, Accomack Orphans Accounts 1741-1770, 87 & 123. 


172.See note 161. 

173.Nottingham, 405. 

174.See notes 143 and 171. 


176.See note 162. 

177.Accomack County Virginia Deeds 6 1783-1788, FHL microfilm 30047, folio 99. 

178.ibid, folio 252. 



181.Gail M. Walczyk, Accomack County Processioners Returns 1796-1816, (Coram, NY: Peter’s Row, 2004), 11. 

182.Accomack County Wills &c 1794-1796, FHL microfilm, 30030, folio 98. 


184.Accomack County Wills &c 1794-1796, FHL microfilm, 30030, folio 510. 

185.ibid, folio 508. 

186.Gail M. Walczyk, Accomack County, VA Orphans Accounts 1798-1801 (Coram, NY: Peter’s Row, 2001), 3. 


188.Walczyk, Accomack Orphans Accounts 1803-1805, 5. 

189.ibid, 107. 

190.Accomack County Deeds 13 1810-1812, FHL microfilm 30053, folio 373. 


192.Turman, 38. 



195.Barry W. Miles and Moody K. Miles III, compilers, Abstracts of the Wills & Administrations of Accomack County, 

1800-1860 (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 2000), 87. 

196.See note 189.

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