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Abner Bradford born 1758 in New Castle Co., Delaware

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Abner Bradford born 1758 in New Castle Co., Delaware

bsuesisk  (View posts) Posted: 12 Jul 2008 2:08PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Baldwin-McElnay-Bane-Johns
Would like to hear from anyone researching Abner Bradford born 1758 in New Castle Co., Delaware.

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1.Samuel Bradford
b.? d. abt 10-1775 in Christiana Hd, New Castle Co., DE
Owned land in Brandywine and Christiana Hd., New Castle Co., DE
Wife: Alice [?]
Widow Alice gave up the Administration of Samuel Bradford’s estate to Robert Pierce.
11. Abner Bradford
b.1758 in Brandywine Hundred, New Castle Co., DE d.3-2-1841 in Armstrong Co., PA s/o Samuel Bradford & Alice [?]
Delaware Revolutionary War Patriot , one of the companies he was under was Capt. Robert Pierce’s Militia Company
(a Robert Pierce was also his father’s administrator on his estate records, maybe a connection)
Abner is mentioned as the eldest son that bought 3 acres of Marsh land on father Sameul Bradford’s estate record.
1778 Tax List Christiana Hd, New Castle Co., DE
1782 Tax List Christiana Hd, New Castle Co., DE Sequence #66 Assessment 10
1800 Census Buffalo Twp., Armstrong Co., PA pg.200
1807 Tax List Kittanning, Buffalo Twp, Armstrong Co., PA
1810 Census Buffalo Twp., Armstrong Co., PA pg.388
1820 Census Buffalo Twp., Armstrong Co., PA pg.290
1830 Census Buffalo Twp., Armstrong Co., PA pg.261
1840 Census Franklin, Armstrong, Pennsylvania pg.144
1st Wife: Rachel [Baldwin]
b.abt 1757 DE d. before 8-5-1785 (son-in-law Abner Bradford mentioned on Rachel’s father Francis Baldwin’s Will)
Married: 5-9-1777 Holy Trinity Or Old Swedes Church, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware d/o Francis Baldwin & Margaret [Little]
2nd Wife: Elizabeth [?]
11.Eli Bradford
b.1779 in Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE d.5-1-1841 in Waynesburg, Green Co., PA s/o Abner Bradford & Rachel [Baldwin]
1807 Tax List Kittanning, Buffalo Twp, Armstrong Co., PA
1810 Census Buffalo Twp., Armstrong Co., PA pg.388
1820 Census Franklin,Greene,PA pg.346
1830 Census Franklin,Greene,PA pg.420
1840 Census Franklin,Greene,PA pg.138
Wife: Mary [McElnay]
b.1-12-1780 in Liberty twp., York Co., PA d.1-16-1852 in Waynesburg, Green Co., PA
Married: 2-7-1804 Rock Creek Congregation Now United Presbyterian Gettysburg, Adams Co., PA
or Hill Presbyterian Church Adams Co., PA d/o John McElnay & Hannah [Brown]
1850 Census Franklin,Greene,PA pg.264
111.Levi Bradford
b.10-10-1806 in ?Adams Co., PA d.1896 s/o Eli Bradford & Mary [McElnay]
a tanner, operated the 'Yellow Srping Tannery'-known as the Bradford Tannery, also the Mill Run Tannery in Springfield twp., Fayette Co., PA
a Presbyterian, prominent in Democratic politics, 1881 Treasurer for 3 years,
Wife: Sarah [Bane]
b.abt 1806 of Washington Co., PA d.1890 age 84 (b.abt 1806)
1V.Frank R. Bradford
b.2-3-1851 in Connellsville, PA d.1930 in Fayette Co., PA s/o Levi Bradford & Sarah [Bane]
Buried at Hill Grove Cemetery in Connellsville, Fayette Co., PA Sec. A
Book Keeper, Superintendent of the W. J. Rainey Coke Works at Moyer (Grace mines), Democrat
Wife: Elizabeth M. [Johns]
b.1852 d.1916 Buried at Hill Grove Cemetery in Connellsville, Fayette Co., PA Sec. A
Married:1876 d/o J. R. Johns of Deer Park, LaSalle Co., ILL

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