I am still trying to fit find the parents of my ancestor William Bradshaw. He was born in the mid-1740s and married ca. 1767 in Amelia Co., VA to Susannah Hutcheson. They moved to Pittsylvania (later Henry and then Franklin) County, VA in 1769. I have found two references to my William as "William, Jr.", so I suspect his father's name was also William. If you'll look at the 1763 tax list of Nottoway Parish, Amelia Co., VA, there is a household of a William Bradshaw that paid three tithes. Also listed in this same household were two other adult white males: William Bradshaw, Jr. and John Bradshaw. It looks like William Bradshaw, Jr. is my ancestor, since he had just reached adulthood and was as yet unmarried. John may have been a brother. Another possibility is that this John may have been the John Bradshaw (b. 1721|1722, son of John Bradshaw and Anne Hamblin) who was living in Amelia County at around this time and was married to Margaret Clemmons. Has anyone found John Bradshaw in another tax list in 1763? The intriguing thing about this is that John Bradshaw and Anne Hamblin had another son William, who was born 9 June 1719 in Bristol Parish, Prince George Co., VA. Perhaps this William Bradshaw (b. 1719) is the head of this 3-tithe household and the father of my William. I wonder if his brother John (b. 1721|1722), John's wife Margaret, and their family are living in the same household. Does anyone have any additional information on the William Bradshaw (son of John Bradshaw and Anne Hamblin) who was born in 1719? Who did he marry and where did he live? The other reference to my ancestor as William, Jr. is in a lawsuit in 1769 in Pittsylvania Co., VA, shortly after his arrival there. See Court Order Book 1 (1767-1772), page 131, 29 July 1769, William Young vs. William Bradshaw, Jr. As a young man in his early 20s, he apparently still used the "Jr.". I can find no later reference to him as "Jr.". Can anyone shed any light on this? Or can you rule out William (b. 1719) as a possibility? Some published sources have also suggested that my William was a son of John Bradshaw and Margaret Clemmons, but I don't know why he would have been referred to as William, Jr. Also, John and Margaret's son William was supposed to have gone to Abbeville Co., SC. (Was he the William who married 26 December 1783 in Amelia Co., VA to Mary Kirkland?) Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. The family of William and Susannah Bradshaw can be found on my Bradshaw family web page at http://www.geocities.com/~arslanm/bradshaw/bradshaw.html.