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Subject: Re: [BRADFORD-L]Bradford-Clegg bloodline to Chatham
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 18:31:03 EDT

Hi Bonnie,

I am a fairly close cousin since I am from Bridget Polk and Thomas A. Clegg
through their son David Clegg who m. Eliza Bynum in Chatham Co., NC. My
great grandmother was their daughter, Martha Helen Clegg, who m. William B.
Atwater. If you have not seen The Cleggs of Old Chatham by Broughton you
should order it through interlibrary loan as it has all dates and other
interesting data.

Also look at The Adventurers of Purse and Person, the "Bible" of the First
Families of Virginia for our Fisher, Mattocks, and Smith lines for the first
four documented generations. Richard Smith came to Jamestown with a suit of
armor!

Bebe in NC


In a message dated 7/29/00 7:49:05 PM, writes:

<< Here is my Bradford lineage, what I know of anyway. Do I have any cousins
out
there?

Nathaniel Bradford m. Alice Smith

William Bradford, Sr. b. 10 Aug 1663 Accomack, VA, m. Bridget Fisher

William Bradford, Jr. m. Sarah ?

Sabra (Sarah) Bradford, b. 1748, Accomack, VA, m. Captain William Polk

Bridget Polk, b. 1772, Accomack, VA, m. Thomas A. Clegg

Esther Watts Clegg, b. 1791, Chatham, NC, m. Rev. William Avent

My line branches twice here from two sisters, both children of Esther Watts
Clegg and Rev. William Avent.

1. Mary Glover Avent, b. 1815, Chatham, NC, m. Theophilus Lawrence

Sarah A.C. Lawrence, b. 1836, m. Bennett A. Upchurch

James Curtis Upchurch, b. 1870, m. Repsie Rochester Cotten (1st cousins)

Jessie Wake Upchurch, b. 1800, m. Marion Linwood Patterson

Agnes Lounette Patterson, b. 1920, m. Edward Hodge Pegram

Bonnie Lounette Pegram, b. 1949 (me)

2. Ann Elizabeth Avent, b. 1832, m. James Cotten

Bennett Dixon Cotten, b. 1849, m. Laura Jane Booth

Repsie Rochester Cotten, b. 1875, m. James Curtis Upchurch (1st cousins)

Jessie Wake Upchurch, b. 1899, m. Marion Linwood Patterson

Agnes Lounette Patterson, b. 1920, m. Edward Hodge Pegram

Bonnie Lounette Pegram, b. 1949 (me)

No wonder we are a crazy bunch!! My ggrandparents were 1st cousins!

I have no more information on this Bradford line, dates, siblings, etc. Would
like to connect with cousins that could extend my lineage. Look forward to
help from any direction.

Bonnie

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