GENETIC CHILDREN
- John Day BRANSON, b. Abt. 1704,
Haddonfield, Burlington County, NJ
d. 1769, Hopewell, Frederick County, Virginia.
M: (1) Isabella ? 1730 in New Jersey;
M: (2) Martha Antram February 6, 1747/48 in Burlington
County, New Jersey.
- David BRANSON, b. Abt. 1706, Springfield,
Union County, New Jersey
M: Mary BULLOCK; b. 1707 in Burlington County, New
Jersey.
- Thomas BRANSON, b. 1706, Burlington County,
New Jersey
M: (1) Rebecca BORDEN; b. Abt. 1710 in Monmouth, New
Jersey;
M: (2) Elizabeth NORTON; b. Abt. 1718.
- Lionel BRANSON, b. Abt. 1708, Burlington,
Burlington County, New Jersey
M: Rebecca ROGERS; b. Abt. 1728.
- Joseph BRANSON, b. Abt. 1710, Springfield,
New Jersey;
M: Mary EDGE.
- William
BRANSON, b. Abt. 1714 in
Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey; died Abt. 1783;
M: Elizabeth OSMOND April 11,
1753 in New Jersey; b. Abt. 1737 in NJ; d. November 14, 1778
Notes for Elizabeth OSMOND:
Elizabeth was the step daughter of William's brother John Day
BRANSON
- Sarah BRANSON, b. Abt. 1718, Burlington
County, New Jersey;
M: Joshua OWEN
- Mary BRANSON, b. Abt. 1720; M: Zachariah
ROBINS, b. Abt. 1720
- Jonathan BRANSON, b. November 20, 1720,
Burlington County, NJ
M: Alice ATKINSON, b. October 24, 1726
- Elizabeth BRANSON, b. Abt. 1722, Burlington
County, New Jersey
M: William ROGERS, b. 1705 in New Jersey
- Jacob BRANSON, b. Abt. 1724, Burlington
County, New Jersey
- Day BRANSON
OTHER RELATIONS
Brother:
Sister:
BASIC DATA
Names: Thomas L.
BRANSON
Born: February 18, 1670/71 in Sunninghill, Wellington,
Berkshire, England (or Burlington County, NJ)
Married: Elizabeth DAY - October 4, 1702 in
Springfield, Burlington, West Jersey.
Resided: Springfield, Burlington, West
Jersey
Occupation:
Died: October 11, 1744 in Springfield County,
Burlington, New Jersey
Buried:
Will of Thomas L. Branson
NOTES
Hopewell Friends History 1734-1934;
Frederick County, VA
HOPEWELL FRIENDS HISTORY 1734-1934 Frederick County,
Virginia
CHAPTER II THE FATHERS OF THE COLONY
page 29
Thomas Branson, 850 acres in Frederick
County "Beginning at Joist Hite's corner, at the head of
a small stream or branch of the Opeckon River."
Thomas Branson was the son of Thomas Branson and Elizabeth
his wife, daughter of John Day. Thomas Branson Sr. also had
land in the Shenandoah Valley, and by his will, probated Nov.
21, 1744, in Springfield Township, Burlington County, New
Jersey, devised it to his sons Thomas and Jacob, and
describes it as "my lands on Shannandow River in
Virginia which I laid out for Thomas Alexander and one called
'Scotch Robin'."
This will was probated in Frederick County, Virginia, March
5, 1744, John and Thomas Branson qualifying [p.29] as
executors with Thomas Hankins and Thomas Sharp sureties. This
land was near White Post, but now in Warren County; and near
it Thomas Branson Jr. secured a patent in his own name for
1370 acres on both sides of Crooked Run. Near it Jacob
Branson, his brother, received by patent in his own name 1000
acres. The will of Thomas
Branson Sr. mentions his wife Elizabeth,
sons David, Joseph, Jonathan, Lionel, William, Thomas, and
John; his daughters Sarah Owin, Mary wife of Zachariah
Robins, Elizabeth wife of William Rogers; his granddaughter
Abigail Rogers; his grandson Thomas, son of John. Thomas
Branson Jr. married Rebecca, daughter of Benjamin Borden, and
John married Martha, widow of John Osmond and daughter of
Thomas Antrim. William
Branson, son of Thomas Sr., removed for
a while to Stafford County, Va., and from him are descended
the well known Branson family living until recent years near
Clearbrook in Frederick County, Va.
Lionel, son of Thomas Sr., settled on Lost River in what is
now Hardy County, West Va., where some of his descendants
reside at this time.
Thomas Branson
From: http://www.patpnyc.com/tbranson.htm
8/99
Will probated NJ and VA New Jersey
Colonial Documents, Calendar of Wills 1730-1750 p 58 lists children as now
modified.
Thomas Branson,
husbandman, to Thomas Ridgway, yeoman, both of Springfield township,
Burlington Co, for 100 acres there.
Source: NJ Colonial Documents, West Jersey Records, Liber B, part 2 p732
Deed 13 Mar 1702/3.
Thos Branson with Michael Newbould, Thos
Douglasse inventoried the estate of Wm Mills of Springfield, Burlington Co,
yeoman, 16 Nov 1714. (personal estate = L39.2.4)
Source: NJ Archives:
10 May 1731, Thos Lewis of Hanover,
Burlington Co, Schoolmaster. Died intestate. Inventory notes debts due from:
THOS BRANSON, Wm Rogers Jr, Jos Rogers, Dr.
Wright, Steven Wright, ten others. So he must have been sending some kid(s)
to school; the timing would be right.
Source: NJ Wills.
15 Jan 1731/2 will, John Scholey of
Springfield, Burlington, yeoman, mentions "meadow adj Thos
Branson."
Source: NJ Wills.
12 Nov 1735: Thomas
Branson 850 ac beginning at Jost Hite's; head of the south branch of
the Opeckon.
Source: VA Patents 16 p385:
Lord Fairfax visited Thomas
Sr's home in Warren Co VA in 1734 (p 1586, court records of the Lord
Fairfax land suit). "John Dyer...deposeth and saith that many years ago
when Lord Fairfax entered a Caveat in the Secretary's office against
granting lands to the Westward of the Blue Ridge, his Lordship came over the
ledge of mountains to visit the country on this side of the Blue Ridge to
the house of one Thomas Branson. That some time
after his Lordship came into the house, Branson made application to his
Lordship to know in what manner people should act to secure their Rights,
and that he made answer it would make no difference, that it would only be
changing of landlords, paying the Quitrents to him instead of the King in
case that he would succeed in his suit and that he wanted
to have the Country settled and further that he would not hvae any poor man
quit the place for want of land and upon being asked by Branson how Mr. Hite
would come off, who had an order of Council for a very large tract of land,
his Lordship made answer that he would be very well, for he was desirous of
having the Land settled and further the Deponent saith not."
This statement was made in 1762.
Ancestors of Ronald Owen Branson
The Book of the Branson Family, located in
the Congressional Library, states that a Thomas Branson came
from England in about 1700 and that he had two sons, Eli and
Levi. As Thomas Branson, the son of Thomas L. Branson and the
father of Eli and Levi, was born in the United States, I
presume that this statement of arrival from England is
actually for the father, Thomas L. Branson.
Thomas L. Branson seems to have settled
first in Burlington County, New Jersey, as records show on
March of 1702 (or 1703) Thomas Branson, a husbandman,
petitioned to Thomas Ridgway, a yeoman (both of Springfield
township, Burlington County) for 100 acres.
Records show on November 16, 1714, Thomas
Branson (along with, Michael Newbould and Thomas Douglasse)
inventoried the estate of William Mills of Springfield,
Burlington County. Also, on May 10, 1731, Thomas Lewis of
Hanover, Burlington County, a Schoolmaster, died intestate
with debts due from Thomas Branson (he was probably sending
children to school). Finally, on January 15, 1731 (or 1732),
John Scholey of Springfield, Burlington, mentions
"meadow adjacent Thomas Branson." These entries
simply show that Thomas continued to reside in Burlington as
late as 1732.
By 1734 Thomas apparently had moved on to
Warren County, Virginia, as the following story relates the
visit of Lord Fairfax to his home. "John Dyer ...
deposeth and saith that many years ago when Lord Fairfax
entered a Caveat in the Secretary's office against granting
lands to the Westward of the Blue Ridge, his Lordship came
over the ledge of mountains to visit the country on this side
of the Blue Ridge to the house of one Thomas Branson. That
some time after his Lordship came into the house, Branson
made application to his Lordship to know in what manner
people should act to secure their Rights, and that he made
answer it would make no difference, that it would only be
changing of landlords, paying the Quitrents to him instead of
the King in case that he would succeed in his suit and that
he wanted to have the Country settled and further that he
would not have any poor man quit the place for want of land
and upon being asked by Branson how Mr. Hite would come off,
who had an order of Council for a very large tract of land,
his Lordship made answer that he would be very well, for he
was desirous of having the Land settled and further the
Deponent saith not." This statement was made in 1762.
On November 12, 1735, Thomas Branson enters
850 acres in Frederick County, Virginia, "Beginning at
Joist Hite's corner, at the head of a small stream or branch
of the Opeckon River.
Sometime after this date, Thomas and
Elizabeth returned to New Jersey, where they later died.
Sources:
Ancestors of Ronald Owen Branson
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/b/r/a/Ronald-Owen-Branson-Indiana/GENE1-0022.html
