I have not posted to this list in quite some time and thought perhaps it would be good to send out my Sussex Co. dead end. I need all the help I can get on this one. On 21 November 1792, Robert BRADEN (or BREDEN) signed a document giving power of attorney to his son Joseph BRADEN to allow Joseph to sell Robert's lands in New Jersey. Both Robert & Joseph were living in Loudoun Co., VA by this date. On 28 March 1794, an indenture deed from Robert BRADEN (also shown as BREDEN) (by son Joseph BRADEN as power of attorney) to Jacob HAGAR selling lands in Sussex Co., New Jersey, was filed . The indenture deed reads in part as follows: (Sussex Co., New Jersey Deed Book V A-B, pg 250-251) "This Indenture ... Robert Braden of the County of Loudoun and State of Virginia of the one part and Jacob Hager of Roxburry in the County of Morris and State of New Jersey. .............. constitute and appoint his son Joseph Braden his Lawfull [sic] attorney ... Robert Braden by his said Attorney Joseph Braden for and in consideration of the Sum of Four Hundred Eighty pounds (dollars at Seven Shillings and Six pence each) to him in hand paid .... the said Jacob Hager ... all that certain Lot or Tract of Land (on which Colonel William BOND now lives) which became vested in the said Robert Braden by a deed of Conveyance from Samuel JOHNSON late of Kingwood in the County of Hunterdon deceased & Mary his wife bearing date the Twenty fifth day of August Seventeen Hundred & Sixty one reference being thereunto had will fully appear, Situate, Laying and Being part in the Township of Independence, and part in the Township of Mansfield, County of Sussex and State of New Jersey aforesaid, Butted and Bounded as follows, Beginning at a pine Tree standing on the North west side of the river Musconetcong a little below a run of water emptying itself into said river ... Thence up the stream of said river including the Island to .....the place of Beginning containing One Hundred Acres, ... unto the said Jacob Hager ... - Robert Breden by his attorney Joseph Braden {ss} Signed Sealed and Delivered in the presence of us - W. Helms, John Sharpensteen [p 252] Received Twenty eighth day of march AD Seventeen Hundred and Ninety Four from Jacob Hager Four Hundred and Eighty pounds being the full consideration money within mentioned - Joseph Braden attorney for Robert Breden - Present W. Helms - New Jersey, Sussex County - Be it remembered that on this Thirty first day of March AD Seventeen Hundred and Ninety four, Came Before me Robert Beavers Esquire one of the Judges of the Court of Common please for S'd. County of Sussex, Joseph Braden who acknowledged that for and in behalf & in the name of his father Robert Breden [sic] for whom he is attorney, he Signed, Sealed and as his Act and Deed delivered the within Instrument of writing for the uses and purposes therein contained. Done before me at Mansfield date above written R'bt Beavers - Exam Cha's Rhodes Clk" This Robert BRADEN/BREDEN is where my research is stuck. I know he died in Loudoun Co., VA in late 1794 or early 1795. I have his will in which he lists children Joseph, Robert & Margaret (wife of Robert WRIGHT). I have a chancery suit that seems to indicate he had other children who were left out of the will, possibly Ann (married a CROOKS), Elizabeth (married Dillon DOWLING), and Mary (married a CROOKS). I have good information on Joseph (my husband's line) and coming forward, but cannot locate anything much on Robert. Robert's wife may have been a Sarah WRIGHT. Can anyone help me with this? Can anyone identify the place(s) mentioned in the above deed? Or any of the other people mentioned? Thanks. Sue Beach Muncie, IN Sue Beach Muncie, IN sbeach@iquest.net

Dear Sue, I have found two references that you may not have seen before. I believe they give the place of residence in New Jersey of your Robert Braden and his occupation. On page 468 of "Genealogies of New Jersey Families" in the section about the Landon family it says that at the May 1771 term of the Sussex County Court Daniel Landon was one of two sureties as required by law in the granting of a license to "Robert Breden of Hardwick" to set up as a tavern-keeper. Today the town of Hardwick is in Warren County, NJ, but Warren County was formed from Sussex County on 20 Nov 1824. So in 1771 Hardwick would have been in Sussex County. You mention that Robert's wife may have been a Sarah WRIGHT. In the NJ "Calendar of Wills 1761-1770" on page 491 I found that on 8 Nov 1763 it was noted by the Court that one William Wright of Roxbury, Morris County, yeoman, had died intestate. Robert Wright of said county was appointed Administrator. His fellow bondsman was Robert Braden of Hardwick, Sussex County, yeoman. The witness was one John Todd. John Todd and Robert Breden had taken the inventory of William Wright's estate on 29 Oct 1763 and valued his possessions at 45 Pounds and 15 Shillings. Might William Wright, deceased, have been Robert Breden's father-in-law? I can't remember the name of it, but I believe there is a hereditary Society for the descendants of Colonial Tavern Keepers. Is it called "Flagon and Trencher"? At any rate, they might be able to tell you more about your elusive Robert Breden :-). Dorothy On Sat, 18 Nov 2000, Sue Beach wrote: > I have not posted to this list in quite some time and thought perhaps it > would be good to send out my Sussex Co. dead end. I need all the help I > can get on this one. > > On 21 November 1792, Robert BRADEN (or BREDEN) signed a document giving > power of attorney to his son Joseph BRADEN to allow Joseph to sell Robert's > lands in New Jersey. Both Robert & Joseph were living in Loudoun Co., VA > by this date. > > On 28 March 1794, an indenture deed from Robert BRADEN (also shown as > BREDEN) (by son Joseph BRADEN as power of attorney) to Jacob HAGAR selling > lands in Sussex Co., New Jersey, was filed . The indenture deed reads in > part as follows: (Sussex Co., New Jersey Deed Book V A-B, pg 250-251) > "This Indenture ... Robert Braden of the County of Loudoun and State of > Virginia of the one part and Jacob Hager of Roxburry in the County of > Morris and State of New Jersey. .............. constitute and appoint his > son Joseph Braden his Lawfull [sic] attorney ... Robert Braden by his > said Attorney Joseph Braden for and in consideration of the Sum of Four > Hundred Eighty pounds (dollars at Seven Shillings and Six pence each) to > him in hand paid .... the said Jacob Hager ... all that certain Lot or > Tract of Land (on which Colonel William BOND now lives) which became vested > in the said Robert Braden by a deed of Conveyance from Samuel JOHNSON late > of Kingwood in the County of Hunterdon deceased & Mary his wife bearing > date the Twenty fifth day of August Seventeen Hundred & Sixty one reference > being thereunto had will fully appear, Situate, Laying and Being part in > the Township of Independence, and part in the Township of Mansfield, County > of Sussex and State of New Jersey aforesaid, Butted and Bounded as follows, > Beginning at a pine Tree standing on the North west side of the river > Musconetcong a little below a run of water emptying itself into said river > ... Thence up the stream of said river including the Island to .....the > place of Beginning containing One Hundred Acres, ... unto the said Jacob > Hager ... - Robert Breden by his attorney Joseph Braden {ss} Signed > Sealed and Delivered in the presence of us - W. Helms, John Sharpensteen [p > 252] Received Twenty eighth day of march AD Seventeen Hundred and Ninety > Four from Jacob Hager Four Hundred and Eighty pounds being the full > consideration money within mentioned - Joseph Braden attorney for Robert > Breden - Present W. Helms - New Jersey, Sussex County - Be it remembered > that on this Thirty first day of March AD Seventeen Hundred and Ninety > four, Came Before me Robert Beavers Esquire one of the Judges of the Court > of Common please for S'd. County of Sussex, Joseph Braden who acknowledged > that for and in behalf & in the name of his father Robert Breden [sic] for > whom he is attorney, he Signed, Sealed and as his Act and Deed delivered > the within Instrument of writing for the uses and purposes therein > contained. Done before me at Mansfield date above written R'bt Beavers - > Exam Cha's Rhodes Clk" > > This Robert BRADEN/BREDEN is where my research is stuck. > > I know he died in Loudoun Co., VA in late 1794 or early 1795. I have his > will in which he lists children Joseph, Robert & Margaret (wife of Robert > WRIGHT). I have a chancery suit that seems to indicate he had other > children who were left out of the will, possibly Ann (married a CROOKS), > Elizabeth (married Dillon DOWLING), and Mary (married a CROOKS). I have > good information on Joseph (my husband's line) and coming forward, but > cannot locate anything much on Robert. > > Robert's wife may have been a Sarah WRIGHT. > > Can anyone help me with this? > Can anyone identify the place(s) mentioned in the above deed? > Or any of the other people mentioned? > > Thanks. > > Sue Beach > Muncie, IN > Sue Beach > Muncie, IN > sbeach@iquest.net > >