Benjamin BRADSHAW II & Hope POOR

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Benjamin BRADSHAW II
Hope POOR

Husband: Benjamin BRADSHAW II
Birth: 13 Mar 1754, Goochland Co., VA
Death: 1833, Garrad Co., KY
Father: Benjamin BRADSHAW I
Mother: Anne McBRIDE

Marriage: 25 Feb 1778, St. James Northam Par., Goochland Co., VA

Wife: Hope "Hopey / Hopie" POOR
Birth: 1762-65, Goochland Co., VA
Father: Robert "Robin" POOR
Mother: Judith WALKER

Children (data in braces are {age, birthplace} from the 1850 Census):

. Edward BRADSHAW, b. 1780-84
. Mary Curd BRADSHAW, b. 1782, Goochland Co., VA
. Elizabeth L. "Betsy" BRADSHAW, b. bef. 1790
. William BRADSHAW, b. 22 Jun 1790, Fayette Co., VA [now Jessamine Co., KY] {60, KY}
. Benjamin BRADSHAW III, b. 11 May 1791, Fayette Co., VA [now Jessamine Co., KY] {59, KY}
. Catherine "Kitty" BRADSHAW, b. 1795, Fayette [now Jessamine] Co., KY

. Nancy BRADSHAW
. Smith BRADSHAW
. John BRADSHAW

Timeline
Year	Location	Event
1754	VA: Goochland Co.	birth of Benjamin BRADSHAW
1762-65	VA: Goochland Co.	birth of Hope POOR
1778	VA: Goochland Co.	marriage of Benjamin BRADSHAW and Hope POOR
c1779		birth of daughter, Nancy
1780	VA: Fayette Co. formed from Kentucky Co.
1782		birth of daughter, Mary
1788	VA [now KY]: Fayette Co.	Benjamin BRADSHAW, taxpayer
1790 Census	-	there was no KY census
1790	VA [now KY]	birth of son, William
1791	VA [now KY]	birth of son, Benjamin
1792	Kentucky achieves statehood
1795		birth of daughter, Catherine
1795	KY: Fayette Co.	Benjamin BRADSHAW, taxpayer
1798	KY: Jessamine Co. formed from Fayette Co. (Jessamine is in its final form)
1800 Census	-	the KY census was destroyed
1807	KY: Jessamine Co.	marriage of daughter, Elizabeth, to Benjamin CAMPBELL
1807	KY: Christian Co.	marriage of son, Edward, to Frances SUMMERS
1810 Census	KY: Jessamine Co.	Benjamine BRADSHAW, head-of-household
1817	KY: Logan Co.	marriage of son, William, to Nancy CLARKE
1820 Census

Sources:

1. Anon. 1986. Family Histories: Christian County, Kentucky, 1797-1986. Christian County Genealogical Society, Hopkinsville, KY. A biographical sketch of Carter L. BRADSHAW, grandson of our subject's brother, John.

2. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

Ben. BRADSHAW
Spouse: Hopey POOR
Marriage: 25 Feb 1778, St. James Northam Parish, Goochland, Virginia
Source: 975.5 V2D -- The Douglas Register (i.e., notes of Rev. William Douglas, 1750-97)

3. Census Index: Colonial America, 1607-1789 (Broderbund CD-310):

1787 Tax List Bradshaw, William KY Fayette Co.

1788 Tax List Bradshaw, William KY Fayette Co. p. 68

1788 Tax List Bradshaw, Benjamin KY Fayette Co. p. 68

These are the only BRADSHAWs in KY on this CD. William is Benjamin's brother.

4. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1790 (Broderbund CD-311): there was no KY census in 1790.

5. Anon. 1991. The 1795 Census of Kentucky [as constructed from tax lists]. T.L.C. Genealogy, Miami Beach, FL.

Name County

Bradsha, James Clark

Bradshaw, Benjamin Fayette

Bradshaw, John Shelby

Bradshaw, Thomas Shelby

Bradshaw, William Clark

Bradshaw, William Fayette

William and Benjamin are still in Fayette Co. These are all the BRADSAWs in this book.

6. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1800 (Broderbund CD-312): the 1800 KY census was destroyed; however, tax lists are substituted on this CD. Still, no Benjamin BRADSHAW was found in KY on this CD.

7. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1810 (Broderbund CD-313). Please see my WARNING regarding use of this database (the numerical data have the genders switched).

1810 Bradshaw, Benjamine KY Jessamine Co. p. 59 00101-0100109

These data should read:

01001-00101-09

which indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 10-15 1794-1800 =

1 male 45 or over in or bef. 1765 = Benjamin (b. 1754)

1 female 16-25 1784-1794 =

1 female 45 or over in or bef. 1765 = Hope

9 slaves all ages in or bef. 1810 = names unknown

. Ancestry World Trees (online at Ancestry.com).

. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: AF - Ancestral File (online at FamilySearch.org).

. Messages in the Bradshaw Family Genealogy Forum (online at GenForum).

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