ENGLISH RECORDS
SHIP'S LOG
SURVEY REPORT No. B.2
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06578
p.192 William Chapple, mariner, James Vawer, pilot, and
John Fisher carpenter, all of the ship Mary of Accomac in
Virginia: They were at Accomac last July, bound for Bristol, when they met
one John Jones. This Jones died of fever, after saying that he had 40 hhds.
(hogs heads) of tobacco in the hands of ROBERT BRASWELL,
a merchant living on Pagan Creek on James River in Virginia. 24
September 1652. (p.104)
Submitted by Carey Bracewell on 2 Jan. 2004.
"Parish Registers - St. Andrew, Holborn. Register of Baptisms, Vol. 1,
1558-1623" MS6667/1 1611 144 "Robert the son of
Richard Bracewell baptised the
XIIIth of October. Field Lane"
{Sorry, but in some senior moments, I think I've been telling some folks he was
born 11 Oct. Fact is, he probably WAS born on or about the 11th. The 13th was
probably the soonest his mother would be physically able to be present at that
all important first sacrament.}
[So the birthday would be on or about 11 Oct 1611-Librarian]
Reverend ROBERT BRACEWELL, son of RICHARD BRACEWELL or BRASEWELL, of London, Gentleman, matriculated at Hart Hall, Oxford, on February 22, 1627/8, aged 15. He was graduated B.A. on November 2, 1631 (Alumni Oxoniensis) Boddie, John Bennett, Southside Virginia Families.
Boddie, John Bennett, Southside Virginia Families
Subj: Re: Rev. Robert Bracewell - Oxford
Date: 06/13/2000 11:48:35 AM Central Daylight Time
From: Pls3817@aol.com
To: ECarver116@aol.com
CC: Braswell-L@genealogy.org
Following I quote a letter written 20 January 1970 by Head Registry Clerk, University Registry Annex, 24 High Street, Oxford and signed by P. W. Moss.
"I confirm that according to our records, Robert Braswell matriculated on 22 February 1627-8 as a member of Hart Hall at the age of 15 and that the B.A. degree was conferred on him on 3 November 1631. I regret that I have no further information about him and can find nothing from Hertford College in which Hart Hall was incorporated."
Remember, at that time England had not accepted the use of the Gregorian calendar as we know it today and were still using the Julian calendar with the new year starting on March 25, thus the use of two years 1627/8.
Pal Spencer
Submitted by Carey Bracewell on 2 Jan. 2004.
The reference for Rev. Robert's 1653 service in the House of Burgesses is
Henning's "Statutes of Virginia". Vol. 1, p. 378. Interestingly enough, that
record is part of the circumstantial proof that Robert was vicar at St. Luke's
(1650-1668)--The only way he could have been an ordained minister was to be
pastor of the church next door to him, St. Luke's. Every one of the few with
an English college education in those days was theoretically trained for the
ministry. He was suspended for his occupation, not his education.
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"July, 1653. Rev. ROBERT BRACEWELL was elected to the Virginia House of
Burgesses and then suspended after a few days because it was contrary to English
custom for an ordained minister to serve in a legislative body. The entry in
the House record read, "He is not in a capacuty to serve as a Burgess, since it
is unprecedented and may produce bad consequences."
Ministers were not allowed to serve in any legislature until the Revolution."
The only proof of his ministry at St. Luke's is
circumstantial. Surviving records of and by Newport Parish priests and
vestrymen only go back to 1724. Must I recite the circumstantial evidence?
It's good enough for several professional historical committees to allow Rev.
Robert's memorial plaque to remain at St. Luke's.
Carey
JOHN BRASYLL, M.A., sup(lication)
for B.D. (degree), March 14, 1507/8, after study at both Oxford and Paris.
Registrum Universitatis Oxon. (Contributed by Mrs. Eunice Young)
GEORGE BRAZIL of Mary-le bone,
London, who was born c.1662, married on December 18, 1687.
Parish Record.
A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames With Special American Instances. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1967. Originally published London, 1901.
BRACEWELL. Local of Bracewell, a parish in County York and diocese Ripon.
1273- - -JOHN DE BRACEWELL, County Lincoln
1379- - - WILLELMUS DE BRAYCEWELL, P.T. Yorkshire, page 138
1610- - -GEORGE BRASWELL, baker, of Lambert, Middlesex, and MARGARET MILLITER, spinster, of St. Martun le Grand (married) at St. Leonards Presinct of St. Martin's le Grand.
1616- - - ROBERT BRACEWELL, draper, of St. Bridges, London, batchelor, 26, and GRACE TOLLER (of St. Martins, daughter of EDMUND TOLLER of the same, gentleman0, who consents (married0 at St. Martin's in Fields, by the Bishop of London, on July 23, 1616.
GEORGE BRAZILL of Seacole Lane in
Sepulchres Parish, mentioned in connection with THOMAS HEAKE of Green Arber,
same partish, on November 9, 1657.
Middlesex County Records, Volume III