When Abraham Bledsoe was born about 1769, in North Carolina, United States, his father, Captain Abraham Bledsoe, was 33 and his mother, Mary Catherine Wilcox, was 30. He married Susannah Weaver from about 1786 to 1787, in Washington, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Wake, North Carolina, United States in 1790 and Greenville, South Carolina, United States in 1800. He registered for military service in 1812. He died in 1814, in Washington, Virginia, United States, at the age of 46.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
North Carolina is the 12th state.
The American Revolution ended with the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown Virginia.
English: habitational name from a place in Gloucestershire named Bledisloe, from the Old English personal name Blīth (a byname meaning ‘cheerful’) + Old English hlāw ‘mound, tumulus’. This surname is very rare in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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