Syvonne@earthlink net posted the following on 3/17/00. Thomas 1735 Burlington Co ?, New Jersey married Jane Painter of Frederick Co., Va Jarred E. Branson, Sr 1752 Frederick Co, Va married Sarah Shockley...really need help with this one! Here is the info I have in my family line: Thomas Brason Sr. (d. 1744) sp. Elizabeth Day John Day Branson (d. 1 Sep 1768) m. Isabella Thomas Branson (you posted 1735 Burlington Co., New Jersey M. ? (you posted it was Jane Painter of Frederick Co. VA) Jarrett Branson (b. 1754, Virginia, d. 1831, Gasconade Co., Mo. m. Sarah (b. 1754, d. 1830, Gaconade co., Mo. Andrew Branson b. 1789, Virginia, d. 1835 Missouri. m. Perebry Cox (d. 1849) Nancy Branson (b. 1813 Tennessee) m. Joseph Madison (Matson?) Burgess (b. 1810 or 1812, Tennessee. D. 15 Nov. 1854, Gasconade Co., Missouri William Henry Burgess (b. 29 Aug 1841, Tenn, d. 21 Jan 1918 m. Sarah E. Martin (b.1840, Missouri) Nancy Melinda Burgess (b.11 Nov 1862 m. Edmond Spearman Shelton Franklin Zebedee Shelton m. Rosetta Wineford Carroll These last two are my grandparents. (Obviously I have more info on these) I have heard that Jarett or Andrew (perhaps both) founded the town of Branson, Missouri. At any rate, one of them drew up the plans for the layout of the town. Please verify your posting for Thomas and Jane Painter....sources if you have them? Same for Jarred E. Branson. I just had Jarret.... If anyone has more info on the early generations of these Bransons, please contact me at KCromie@aol.com directly. Thank you for allowing me to post my line. Karen Cromie
At 05:41 PM 3/17/01 -0800, you wrote: Please verify your posting for Thomas and Jane Painter....sources if you have them? Same for Jarred E. Branson. I just had Jarret.... You will find the lineage of Thomas with Jane on these pages: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/branson/WC01/WC01_022.HTM http://home.att.net/~martinez.hain/CAMPBELL_genealogy/WC03/WC03_235.HTM http://www.usgennet.org/family/baicon/data/fam15117.htm I believe you will also find records at familysearch.com I have the wedding date of Thomas and Jane as March 02, 1760, Montgomery County. Jarred appears in various records as: Jarret, Jaret, Gerard...etc...see Pat's page: http://www.patpnyc.com/jared-fg.htm You will find him listed with Sarah on the following page among other places: http://www.gendex.com/users/bobspu/spurgeon/d0002/g0000046.html#I29255 His marriage to Sarah Shockley at this point I can neither prove nor disprove. This is one link that I am fervently seeking and would love any feedback from anyone who has found concrete evidence or census, wills, etc. Re: Branson, Missouri...This quote comes from the History of Branson, Mo page: 1882: Rueben Branson opened a general store which became the post office and was listed as Branson, Missouri - obviously named after Rueben. During the 1880s & 90s one of the largest industries in the area was tomato canning. Hope this helps Sharon