Francis Brasey

Brief Life History of Francis

When Francis Brasey was born about 1689, in Isle of Wight, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, Hugh Bressie, was 41 and his mother, Sarah Champion, was 41. He married Elizabeth Wiggs on 15 September 1713. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 5 daughters.

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Family Time Line

Francis Brasey
1689–
Elizabeth Wiggs
1689–1752
Marriage: 15 September 1713
Francis Bressie
1707–1762
Jane Bracey or Bressie
1735–1794
Irby Bressie
1739–1783
Mary Bressie
1718–1785
Francis Bressie
1720–1767
Henry Bressie
1722–1782
William Bressie
1722–
Elizabeth Bressie
1724–1792
John Bressie
1728–1762
Samuel Bressie
1729–1779
Anne Nancy Bracey
1730–1791
Mary D Bressie
1731–1781
Thomas Bressie
1733–1802
Samel. Brasey
1740–

Sources (7)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Francis Brasey - Published information: birth-name: Francis Williams
  • Francis Brasey in entry for Samel. Brasey, "Virginia, Births and Christenings, 1584-1917"
  • Francis Bracy in entry for Thomas Bracy, "Virginia, Births and Christenings, 1584-1917"

World Events (1)

1775

"Patrick Henry made his ""Give me Liberty or Give me Death"" speech in Richmond Virginia."

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Menachem, Mirra, Yakov.

German (Bräsel): from a shortened pet form of the Latin personal name Ambrosius (see Ambrose ).

Altered form of Jewish (from Poland) Brezel or Brezyl: artificial name from Polish brezylia ‘brazilwood’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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