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WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: by late March 1725/26.
PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £1,957.8.0 (including
40 slaves and 4 servants); FB, £250.4.6. LAND: ca.
14,070 acres, of which 4,500 acres were jointly
owned with Daniel Dulany (1685- 1753).
BRADLEY (BRADLY), ISAAC (?-ca. 1795). RE-
SIDED: in Caroline County, 1774; Sussex County,
Delaware, by 1775. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FA-
THER: William Bradley (?-ca. 1784), of Dorchester
County, who died in Delaware. BROTHERS: Wil-
liam (?-ca. 1814); Joseph (?-by 1814); and Jacob
(?-ca. 1775), of Caroline County. SISTERS. Nancy
(?-by 1784), who married Charles Brown; Mary,
who married (first name unknown) Bannister; and
Betty, who married (first name unknown) Freeny.
MARRIED in March 1781 Elizabeth Casson (?-by
1798). CHILDREN. SONS: probably Henry; probably
Joshua. DAUGHTER: Polly, who married (first
name unknown) Wilson. PRIVATE CAREER. EDU-
CATION: literate. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES:
Esq., by 1775. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SER-
VICE: Convention, Caroline County, 1st, 1774. OUT
OF STATE SERVICE: Council of Safety, Sussex
County, Delaware, appointed 1775; Convention,
Sussex County, Delaware, elected on August 19,
1776 (this convention met on September 11, 1776,
for the purpose of "ordaining and declaring the
future form of Government of that State."); jus-
tice, Sussex County, Delaware, appointed 1784.
WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: ca. 1795 in Sussex
County, Delaware. LAND: 100 acres in Caroline
County; probably had land in Delaware as well.
BRADLEY, ROBERT (?-1724). BORN: probably
in England. IMMIGRATED: by 1693 as a free adult.
RESIDED: in Prince George's County. FAMILY
BACKGROUND. BROTHER: Benjamin Bradley, a
merchant of London, England. MARRIED Sarah,
(1677-?), daughter of Richard Hall (?-1688). Her
brothers were Elisha Hall (1663-ca. 1716/17);
Joseph (1665-1705); Benjamin Hall (1667-1721);
and Aaron (1669-1704). Her sisters were Rachel
(1671-1730), who married Walter Smith (?-1711);
Elizabeth (1673-1743); and Lucia (1675-?), who
married John Smith (?-1738). CHILDREN. SON: Ro-
bert, a justice of Prince George's County from
1729 to 1731/32, who married (first name un-
known), daughter of Clement Hill, nephew and
heir of Clement Hill (?-1708). PRIVATE CAREER.
EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION:
Presbyterian. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: he
had important mercantile connections; he was
prosecuted in 1694 for violating the Navigation
Acts, but was acquitted. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE:
factor for Edward and Dudley Carleton, mer-
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chants in England; merchant; shipowner. PUBLIC
CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House,
Prince George's County, 1701-1704 (Accounts 1-
3, 5), 1706-1707 (elected to the 4th session),
1708A, 1708B-1711 (speaker, 1-4). OTHER PRO-
VINCIAL OFFICE, justice, Provincial Court, 1709-
1714. LOCAL OFFICES justice, Prince George's
County, 1695/96-1709 (quorum, 1697-1709; chief
justice, 1705-1709); coroner, Prince George's
County, 1696-1707; St. Paul's Parish Vestry,
Prince George's County, 1704. WEALTH DURING
LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: at least 100
acres. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: in 1724. PER-
SONAL PROPERTY: gave all of his personal prop-
erty to his son before his death. LAND, gave 870
acres to his son before his death.
BRADNOX (BRADNOCKS, BRODNOX),
THOMAS (ca. 1599-1661). BORN ca. 1599, prob-
ably in England. IMMIGRATED: on Kent Island, by
1637/38. RESIDED: in Kent County. MARRIED
Mary (?-1674), who subsequently married ca.
1664 John Vicaris (?-ca. 1669), and finally, Fran-
cis Pine (?-by 1674). CHILDREN. Died without
progeny. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: illiterate.
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Protestant. SOCIAL STA-
TUS AND ACTIVITIES: in 1642 he had the third
highest assessment of seventy-one men on Kent
Island; Mr., by 1647/48; Gent., by 1652/53; usu-
ally owned at least two or three servants, whom he
notoriously mistreated; he was one of the most
disreputable men in the colony; raised Francis
Mauldin (?-1710/11) for six years before Maul-
din's mother reclaimed him in 1659/60. OCCUPA-
TIONAL PROFILE: planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGIS-
LATIVE SERVICE: Assembly, Kent County,
1637/38, present 1647/48. LOCAL OFFICES jus-
tice, Kent County, 1647-1653, 1658-1661; sheriff,
Kent County, 1653. MILITARY SERVICE
commander's mate, Kent County, 1641; captain
and commander of all the forces on Kent Island,
1658. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT
FIRST ELECTION: acquired with William Brantwell
legal control over 2,000 acres in 1640; sold 200
acres in 1661. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: between
October 20 and December 25, 1661. PERSONAL
PROPERTY: no value given in his inventory; 4 ser-
vants; 3 horses, 64 hogs, 34 cattle. LAND: 1,900
acres.
BRAINTHWAITE, WILLIAM (?-ca. 1649/50).
BORN: probably in England. IMMIGRATED: by
1637/38 as a free adult. RESIDED, in Kent County;
St. Mary's County, by 1643. FAMILY BACK-
GROUND. FATHER: probably Robert Brainthwaite,
secretary to Sir Richard Weston, who was proba-
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