Hi B.J., I think this particular situation has to do with Elizabeth BRADSHAW witnessing on behalf of Edward and Mary JONES rather than her having anything to do with John PLEASANTS. We know that the JONES' were related to the BRADSHAW family by marriage and knowing that, we can probably surmise that the families were friends and neighbors. Therefore, Elizabeth BRADSHAW probably witnessed the deed on behalf of the JONES'. At least this is the way I see it. I would like to hear other people's opinions. Please just post to the list what you think and why. Anne -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, April 06, 1999 10:54 AM Subject: [BRADSHAW-L] Elizabeth >Don't know this will help at all in the "Who was John's Elizabeth?" search >but I ran across this when doing filing. > >"Elizabeth Bradshaw and Francis Reeves witnessed a deed on 1 April, 1698. It >was a mortgage by Edward and Mary (Fields) Jones "for 5600 lbs tob made over >to John Pleasants, 180 acs, part of land which was their brother Fields' by >deed of mortgage, 4 April 1694. Mortgage has not been paid, and Pleasants >sells sd land to Gilly Groomarrin for 500 lbs tob reserving mineral rights." >[Deeds 1697- 1704, p. 73 ]. Elizabeth and Jane Pleasants witnessed John >Pleasants' will on 1 June 1698 [Henrico Deeds 1677-1705, p. 104]. > >Elizabeth would have to have been of legal age to witness the mortgage. >Women had to be 14 to inherit property, men 21. > >Another part of the article had the following: > >"John Bradshaw Sr. apparently died between 1696 and 1711. In 1711 Arthur >Markham and wife Elizabeth sued Jane Bayley for illegally detaining an >unnamed son of Elizabeth as a servant. (orders p. 80) Elizabeth Marcum >(Markham) "mother of Benjamin Bradshaw" sued William Ballew (Ballowe) over >the way Ballew was treating Benjamin, then his servant or worker. ... In >1747 Benjamin provided security for Judith, widow of William Bradshaw, and he >witnessed Larner's will in 1750;. In 1714, John Giles sued William and John >Bradshaw in Henrico County, 4 October 1714. (Minutes 1710-1714, p. 66) (The >case was dismissed.)" > >Don't know that this added anything more than confusion but for what it is >worth. The information above is from an article in my files - not my >research. It is an exceptional article, well documented and the deductions >make sense even to me. I am sorry that I don't have a reference to the >author so cannot obtain the author's permission to post the entire article, >only those parts for which there is a document referenced. > > >==== BRADSHAW Mailing List ==== > >REMINDER ! ! ! Messages exceeding 20,000 bytes (20KB) will not be processed; in otherwords, it will not be sent to the list membership. > >======================================================= >