robertmackayclan

Found in Frederick Co. VA Will Book 17, page 125 the will of the second wife of Abraham Brown--Sarah White, daughter of Nathaniel & Mary White. She was born on 20 May 1755 in Nottingham, Chester Co. PA. She married at Hopewell Meeting House, Frederick Co. VA on 12 Jan 1786 to Abraham Branson, son of Wm. & Elizabeth (Osmond) Branson. Found on page 164 of my book dealing with the ancestory of Ann Elizabeth Lehew, listed some of the people listed in her will. Since said Sarah (White) Branson was a Job/Jobe descendant also listed on page 26 of my Robert Mackay history.

The will dated 16 Jun 1829 probated 5 Mar 1832 named the following people:

1. Maria R. Branson (daughter of her step-son Rees Branson dec'd) to have her bed.

2. named as her daughter Mary Fawcett to have 1/2 of her silver spoons

3. named as her granddaughter Sarah Ann Branson (daughter of her son Wm.) to have the other 1/2 of her silver spoons

4. named as her niece Sarah SIDWELL (daughter of Elizabeth Purviance) to have $10. My guess at his point is that Nathaniel & Mary had another daughter named Elizabeth and married to James Purviance, listed in Hopewell Friends.

5. named as her sons Isaac & Thomas to have all remaining property.

Frederick Co. VA Will Book 14, page 41 has the will of Abraham Branson, dated 12 Jun 1826, probated 6 Aug 1827. He was the son of Wm. Branson & Elizabeth Osmond. Listed on page 163 of my book dealing with the families of Ann Elizabeth (Lehew) McKay. What I knew about his family group listed on page 164. The relations listed in his will as follows:

1. named as his wife Sarah (she would have been his second wife)

2. named as his daughter Mary Fawcett

3. named as sons: Isaac, Thomas, Wm. P. & Joseph Branson

4. named as grandchildren: Abraham D. Branson, Maria Branson & Wm. D. Branson
(these were the children of his deceased son Rees Branson), just named
as grandchildren in the will.