When Joel Bragg was born on 22 January 1770, in Lunenburg, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, William Bragg Sr, was 47 and his mother, Margaret, was 32. He married Polly Ingram on 10 June 1797, in Lunenburg, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 13 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Mason, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years. He died on 20 December 1851, in Shelby, Missouri, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Sigsbee, Shelby, Missouri, United States.
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English: nickname from Middle English brag(ge) ‘ostentatious, proud; spirited, brave’.
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