Hugh Henry Morris

M, #118981, b. 15 April 1885, d. 25 December 1973

Family: Elida Roberts b. May 1890

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BirthApr 15, 1885Fleming Co., KY, USA
Marriage1908
DeathDec 25, 1973Indianopolis, Marion Co., IN, USA

Elida Roberts

F, #118982, b. May 1890

Family 1: Hugh Henry Morris b. 15 Apr 1885, d. 25 Dec 1973

Family 2: John B Davis b. c 1914

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BirthMay, 1890KY, USA
Marriage1908
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1920 Census1920Sturgis, KY, USA
1930 Census1930Center, IN, USA
1940 Census1940Chicago, IL, USA

Mabel Thelma Finley

F, #118983, b. 9 September 1916, d. 11 August 1985

Family: John Decker Morris b. 22 Jun 1914, d. 5 Aug 1979

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BirthSep 9, 1916Camden Co., MO, USA
MarriageDec 31, 1939Reno, NV, USA
1950 US Census1950San Francisco, CA, USA, age 35, radio announcer
DeathAug 11, 1985San Francisco, CA, USA

John B Davis

M, #118984, b. circa 1914

Family: Elida Roberts b. May 1890

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1920 Census1920Sturgis, KY, USA
1930 Census1930Center, IN, USA
1940 Census1940Chicago, IL, USA

Eric Linden Morris

M, #118985, b. 11 October 1940

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BirthOct 11, 1940San Francisco, CA, USA
Living2020Suasalito, CA, USA

Calvin Logan Roberts

M, #118986, b. 9 December 1859, d. 12 April 1937

Family: Mary Emeline Fryer b. Nov 1861

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BirthDec 9, 1859IL, USA
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BurialFernwood Cemetery, Henderson, KY, USA
BiographyCalvin Logan Roberts
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Henderson, Henderson County, Kentucky, USA

Biographical Information.
Calvin Logan Roberts.
Born 9th December 1861. Illinois.
To Asa Ellis And Elizabeth Minerva Cynthia Toney. Who Married. 19th May 1852.
Roane Co, Tennessee.
Calvin was one of Seven Siblings.
He Married His First Wife. Margaret E Pingleton. 19th February 1912. Chicago. Cook Co, Illinois.
His Second wife. Willie Adeline Harrell. One Child, A Daughter. Sarah Roberts.
There is a Third Wife listed. Mary Emeline Fryer.
Seven Children.
In 1920. Calvin resided in, Civil District 8, Davidson. Tennessee.
Male. Age listed as 58. Marital Status Married
White. Relationship to Head of Household Head.
Occupation Retired Minster.

Mary Emeline Fryer

F, #118987, b. November 1861

Family: Calvin Logan Roberts b. 9 Dec 1859, d. 12 Apr 1937

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BirthNov, 1861KY, USA
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John Graves Morris

M, #118988, b. 25 April 1839, d. 10 August 1918

Family: Hepsibaugh "Hepsie" Ricketts b. 1 Mar 1847, d. 30 Nov 1926

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BirthApr 25, 1839Bourbon, KY, USA
Mil. Enlsbetween 1861 and 1865KY, USA, Civil War, Confederate Army, 1st KY Battalion Mounted Rifles
MarriageAug 1, 1865KY, USA
DeathAug 10, 1918Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, USA
BurialLexington Cemetery, Lexington, KY, USA

Hepsibaugh "Hepsie" Ricketts

F, #118989, b. 1 March 1847, d. 30 November 1926

Family: John Graves Morris b. 25 Apr 1839, d. 10 Aug 1918

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BirthMar 1, 1847Nickolas Co., KY, USA
MarriageAug 1, 1865KY, USA
DeathNov 30, 1926Lexington, KY, USA

John Morris

M, #118990, b. 10 February 1793, d. 22 August 1870

Family: Katherine Turner b. 1 Apr 1803, d. 28 Mar 1885

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BirthFeb 10, 1793Bourbon Co., KY, USA
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1850 Census1850Dist. 1, Robertson Co., KY, USA, age 57, farmer
DeathAug 22, 1870Robertson Co., KY, USA
BurialMillersburg Cemetery, Robertson Co., KY, USA

Katherine Turner

F, #118991, b. 1 April 1803, d. 28 March 1885

Family: John Morris b. 10 Feb 1793, d. 22 Aug 1870

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Morris Morris

M, #118992, b. 17 February 1751, d. 1809

Family: Sarah Cushman b. 10 Sep 1766, d. 10 Jan 1842

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BirthFeb 17, 1751Monongalia Co., WV, USA
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Richard Morris

M, #118993

Family: Mary Watts

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Mary Watts

F, #118994

Family: Richard Morris

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Sarah Cushman

F, #118995, b. 10 September 1766, d. 10 January 1842

Family: Morris Morris b. 17 Feb 1751, d. 1809

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BirthSep 10, 1766
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DeathJan 10, 1842
ParentsDThomas and Mary Frazee Cushman

Asa Ellis Roberts

M, #118996, b. 28 February 1835, d. 5 October 1886

Family: Elizabeth Minerva Cynthia Toney

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BirthFeb 28, 1835
MarriageMay 19, 1852Roane Co., TN, USA
DeathOct 5, 1886
BurialHope Cemetery, Spring Garden, IL, USA

Elizabeth Minerva Cynthia Toney

F, #118997

Family: Asa Ellis Roberts b. 28 Feb 1835, d. 5 Oct 1886

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MarriageMay 19, 1852Roane Co., TN, USA

John Calvin Roberts

M, #118998, b. 3 March 1795, d. April 1873

Family: Elizabeth Blackwell b. 10 Sep 1796, d. 5 Jul 1867

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BirthMar 3, 1795Roane Co., TN, USA
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DeathApr, 1873Roane Co., TN, USA

Elizabeth Blackwell

F, #118999, b. 10 September 1796, d. 5 July 1867

Family: John Calvin Roberts b. 3 Mar 1795, d. Apr 1873

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BirthSep 10, 1796Surry Co., NC, USA
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DeathJul 5, 1867Roane Co., TN, USA

Elias Roberts

M, #119000, b. 5 March 1760, d. September 1806

Family: Rebecca Brashears b. 9 Jan 1771, d. 12 Jul 1859

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BirthMar 5, 1760Brownsville, PA, USA
Mil. EnlsMay, 1777US Revolutionary War: Elias joined Colonel Nathaniel Gist’s Regiments of Continental Army Rangers in May of 1777 and fought in the defense of Philadelphia in the battles of Monmouth and Brandywine in 1777. Colonel Gist’s Regiments of Rangers were ordered to the defense of Charleston, SC in 1780
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DeathSep, 1806Roane Co., TN, USA
BiographyElias Roberts
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Roberts Cemetery
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Row 2 Plot 4
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140261744 ·
First Families of Tennessee. Elias was buried next to Popular Creek where North America’s largest water tower once stood at the now decommissioned K-25 Gaseous Diffusion Plant. The headstones were missing before the Manhattan Project. Snyder Roberts verified the existence of the cemetery in his writings. TVA also marked the cemetery on the Watts Bar impoundment maps in the 1930’s. DOE recognized the existence of the cemetery in 2013. There is no documentation proof of Elias's birth date. It has been discovered recently he was born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania. Elias joined Colonel Nathaniel Gist’s Regiments of Continental Army Rangers in May of 1777 and fought in the defense of Philadelphia in the battles of Monmouth and Brandywine in 1777. Colonel Gist’s Regiments of Rangers were ordered to the defense of Charleston, SC in 1780 where Elias was on a grand jury list in Buford District later that summer. He married Rebecca Brashears in 1786 in Pendleton District, South Carolina. They moved to what is now Roane County, Tennessee in 1793.

Edward Roberts

M, #119001, b. 20 September 1729, d. 26 December 1789

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Zaccheus Roberts

M, #119002, b. 12 May 1753, d. 29 December 1826

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BirthMay 12, 1753Brownsville, Fayette Co., PA, USA
Mil. EnlsRevolutionary War Soldier who fought in South Carolina in the war for American Independence. He was in the Battle of Fort Moultrie, the Battle of Hanging Rock and the Battle of Eutaw Springs.
DeathDec 29, 1826Roane Co., TN, USA
BiographyZaccheus Roberts was the son of Edward Roberts of Pennsylvania. His mother's name is unknown. Zaccheus was a Revolutionary War Soldier who fought in South Carolina in the war for American Independence. He was in the Battle of Fort Moultrie, the Battle of Hanging Rock and the Battle of Eutaw Springs.

The pension application of Zaccheus's widow, Nancy Brashears Roberts states that he served under the following officers in the war: Capt. Eli Cashaw [Kershaw], Lt. Col. Mason [James Mayson] and Col. Thompson. Records for Capt. Kershaw and Lt. Col. Mason and Col. Thompson state that they were in the 3rd South Carolina Rangers.

Acting upon the best information available at the time, descendants of Zaccheus placed a stone in the Roberts Cemetery believing that was his actual burial place. A notation in the book "Roberts Families of Roane County" by Snyder Roberts, and the fact that several of Zaccheus's children are buried there made identification of his burial place as accurate as could be determined at the time of placement. Zaccheus's good friend, Hezekiah Love, who also served in the Revolutionary War is also buried in the Roberts Cemetery. It has been discovered since that time that the actual burial place of Zaccheus is some distance away on the Zaccheus Roberts homeplace at The Preserve on the Clinch, formerly Rarity Ridge.

Rebecca Brashears

F, #119003, b. 9 January 1771, d. 12 July 1859

Family: Elias Roberts b. 5 Mar 1760, d. Sep 1806

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BirthJan 9, 1771Guilford Co., NC, USA
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Robert "The Rolling Stone" Brashears

M, #119004, b. 20 August 1731, d. 15 January 1816

Family: Phoebe Nicks b. 8 Jun 1738, d. 15 Jan 1811

  • Marriage*: Robert "The Rolling Stone" Brashears married Phoebe Nicks.

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BirthAug 20, 1731Brashear Meadows, Prince George's Co., MD, USA
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BiographyRobert Samuel Brashear - 20 Aug 1731 - 15 Jan 1816, Born in Brashear Meadows, Prince George's County, MD died about 15 Jan 1816 in Roane Co, TN. Parents: Robert C. Brashears (1704-aft 1782) and Charity Dowell (1711-1788). Wife, Phoebe Nicks - 8 Jun 1738 - 1811. Born in Talbot County, MD. Died in Guilford County, NC. Her body was returned to Roane County, TN for burial.

The Brashear Story; A Family History Book compiled by Troy L Back and Leon Brashears in 1962 says Robert Samuel was known as "The Rolling Stone" because he moved so much. His grave was almost in the back yard of his home near Harriman in Roane Co, TN. In 1960 the old homestead was owned by Elmer Edwards, a descendant.

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Reedy Creek, Davidson County, North Carolina

Captain, Patriotic Service, John Adair's Pension S1158 WHITE'S KINGS MTN MEN P 152; NC LAND GRANT, SULLIVAN CO MILITIA KINGS MTN ENTERED, LAND GRANT 10-21-1779 SULLIVAN CO

Robert Cager Brashears

M, #119005, b. 19 February 1704, d. 2 February 1782

Family: Charity Dowell b. 1711, d. 1788

  • Marriage*: Robert Cager Brashears married Charity Dowell on Oct 13, 1726.

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BirthFeb 19, 1704Prince George's Co., MD, USA
MarriageOct 13, 1726
DeathFeb 2, 1782Guilford Co., NC, USA
BiographyRobert C. (Cager?) Brashear married Charity Dowell on 13 Oct 1726 at All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland near where her father lived. Charity Dowell was born on 04 Apr 1711 at Anne Arundel Co., Maryland, d/o Phillip Dowell and Mary Tydings). (Also for Mary Tydings see the children of Richard and Charity (_____) Tydings on the Find A Grave Memorial of Thomas Sparrow).

The surname Brashear is found in the genealogical literature in many forms, e. g. Brasseur, Brassier, Brassieur, Brassiere, Brasher, Brashear(s), Boshears, Brashier, Brasier, Brazier, Basher and Bashier but the Anglicized form, Brashear, will be used in this bio. Robert C. Brashear's ancestors were forced out of France by the terrible Catholic religious persecution and massacres of the French Huguenots during the 16th and 17th centuries. From my efforts, his sacrifices are recognized by two hereditary organizations; the "National Huguenot Society" and "The Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia". The Brashear family history in America is a proud one dating to the French Huguenot (French Protestant refugee) immigrant, Benois (Benjamin) Brassier, who landed in Virginia in 1653 but due to the hostile environment created by the English settlers toward Frenchmen, he moved his wife, Mary, and children to Calvert Co., MD in 1658. By 1661 he was commissioned a Justice and later sheriff there. In the year 1663, Benois Brassier was naturalized as a former citizen of France and his name Anglicized as Benjamin Brashears but unfortunately he died intestate in the same year. His widow, Mary Brashears, of Clifts, Calvert Co., MD recorded her will on 25 May 1663 as a pre-nuptial contract with Thomas Starling, her second husband, in which she names the children of her deceased husband, Benjamin Brashears (MdHR, Wills, Book 1, pp187-189. Note: By the early 1700s, the Huguenots in Virginia were given land at Manakin Town, VA (see attached historical markers).

Samuel Brashear, Sr., father of Robert C. Brashear, was the son of Robert Brashear and the grandson of the original immigrant, Benois (Benjamin) Brashear. Samuel married Ann Jones and had extensive land holdings in Maryland. In the 1720s, Samuel Brashear, Sr. and his wife, Ann, made several deeds of gift to their older children. In one such deed: "On 11 Oct 1726, I, Samuel Brashear, Sr., Carpenter, for love of my son, Robert (C.) Brashear, planter, grant him "Brashear's Meadow", 200 acres beginning at a bounded white oak on the east side of Beaverdam Branch (Beaver Dam Creek) of the Eastern Branch of the Potomac near the corner of Laxen's land; if he should marry and his wife outlive him, she to have possession only during her widowhood." (Land Records, PGCo Deeds, BK "M" pp75-77) Two days later Robert C. Brashear married Charity Dowell. The generosity of his father by the land gift a few miles from present day Washington, D.C. got him off to a good start in life at age 21. Robert was given an addition 50 acres, part of the tract called "Orphan's Gift" in his father's will, made and proved in 1740 (Hall of Records, Annapolis, MD, Wills BK "22", pp230-232.) In 1742, after financial difficulties, Robert was arrested for debt and put in debtors prison. He was forced to sell the remainder of his holdings. He and his family moved west across the Potomac River to Truro Parish, Fairfax Co., VA and settled for a few years without owning land. In 1746, Robert sold all that was left of his meager possessions and moved his family to the wilds of North Carolina where he lived most of his adult life in Guilford County.

Robert died at his long time home, Rocky Springs, Guilford County (present day Rockingham Co., N.C.) There seems to be a published error that Robert C. Brashear and his wife, Charity, are buried in the Brashears-Kries Cemetery, Sugar Grove, Roane County, TN, a distance of over 325 densely forested, mountainous, wilderness miles from their accepted death place. This would seem improbable for the times and their attachment to Guilford County. Both the SAR and the DAR accept the fact that Robert C. Brashear lived in and died in Guilford Co., N. C. The proof of his death and burial in Guilford Co., N. C. was established by testimony in "Phillip Brashears vs. Thomas Hewlett" concerning the lease and ownership of "Brashear's Meadows". Among the depositions from Rockingham Co., N.C. submitted to the Maryland court was one from Peter Dowell, Charity's brother, who testified among other things that Phillip Brashear was the oldest son of Robert C. Brashear. Another deposition was from William Williams who swore he had known Robert C. Brashear for 18 years, that Robert died July, 1786, that he (Williams) "was present and saw him die, and knew him when dead and assisted at the burial". William Williams was enumerated in the 1790 US Census of Rockingham Co., N.C. and his household is shown near Zaza Brashear's household. ( Ref. General Court Judgments, Western Shores (Maryland), Vols. 39, 41, 43, Oct. 1798. Film #013051 LDS Library, SLC).

Robert C. Brashear of Guilford Co., N. C., though 77 years of age, supported the American Revolution both with money and as a supplier of goods (It has been suggested he may have even supplied the wagon to transport the supplies and driven it himself), during the 1781 Battle of Guilford Courthouse. For this service, he is recognized as a Patriot of the American Revolution by both the SAR and DAR (Ancestor #A013835). (Revolutionary Army Accounts, VIII:94, Folio 2, State of North Carolina, Dept. of Cultural Resources; Colonial Records of North Carolina, IX:807; XVI:116; XIX:76.)

The children of Robert C. and Charity (Dowell) Brashear were:
1) Phillip Brashear, b. Brashear's Meadow, Prince Georges Co., MD, d. 1798 Henry Co., VA, m. Ann Wilson
2) Ann Nancy Brashear, b. 26 Sep 1729 at Brashear's Meadow, Prince Georges Co., MD, d. 30 Nov 1815 Fairfax Co., VA, m. 23 Jun 1745 Moses Ball of Fairfax Co., VA (Reference: Ball Family Bible)
3) Robert Samuel Brashear, (Nicknamed "The Rolling Stone" for his many moves), b. 20 Aug 1731 at Brashear's Meadow, Prince Georges Co., MD, d. 15 Jan 1816 Roane Co, TN, m. Phoebe Nicks (d/o John Nicks of Guilford Co., N.C.) Samuel lived in MD, VA. TN, NC and SC resulting in thousands of descendants in those areas and in MO and TX.
4) Jesse Brashear b. c1734 Brashear's Meadow, Prince Georges Co., MD, d. 1788 Pensacola, Spanish West FL, m. Elizabeth Prather
5) Asa Brashear, b. 1745 Fairfax Co., VA (Reference: Ball Family Bible), d. 1818 Rockingham Co., N.C., m. Jemima Nelson (Asa was a Captain in the Revolutionary War.)
6) Zaza Brashear (see below)
7) Elizabeth Brashear b. c1748, m. 04 Feb 1774 in Guilford Co., N.C. to John Allen
8) Charity Brashear b. c1757 d. May 1834 St. Clair Co., IL, m. Moses Land 02 Dec 1783 in Guildford Co., N.C. Moses Land's name was listed erroneously in one marriage certificate as "Lamb". (Charity was age 63 in the 1820 application for Moses Land's Revolutionary War Pension).

Sources:
1) "The Brashear Story A Family History" by Troy L. Back and Leon Brashear, 1962, pp5-15,31-34.
2) "A Brashear(s) Family History (Descendants of Robert and Benois Brasseur),The First 200 Years of the Brashear's in America (and Some Descendants in Maryland)" by Charles Brashear and Shirley Brashear McCoy, Vol. I, Aug 1998, pp10,23,33-38,98-100,103.
3) "A Brashear(s) Family History (Descendants of Robert and Benois Brasseur), Robert C. Brashear of NORTH CAROLINA and Some Descendants in TN, KY, Mo, TX etc." by Charles Brashear, Vol. II, 1999, pp32,37,42-45,117
4) "The Brashear-Brashears Family 1449-1927" by Henry Sinclair Brashear, 1929, pp15-16,20-21,25.

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Charity Dowell

F, #119006, b. 1711, d. 1788

Family: Robert Cager Brashears b. 19 Feb 1704, d. 2 Feb 1782

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MarriageOct 13, 1726
Death1788

Samuel Brashears

M, #119007, b. 1673, d. 1 June 1740

Family: Anne Jones b. 1673, d. 1775

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Birth1673Calvert Co., MD, USA
DeathJun 1, 1740Prince George's Co., MD, USA
BiographyHusband of Ann Jones Brashear, she was the daughter of William and Dorothy (nee Cager/widow of Mr. Munroe).
Samuel's older brother, Benjamin Brashear, Sr. married Mary Jones, Ann's sister; so the two sets of children were "double cousins", (that is, their fathers were brothers, which made them cousins and their mothers were sisters, which made them cousins a second time.) The girl's father, William Jones sold or gave a plot of land called "Cuckhold's Delight" to Benjamin and Samuel. The brothers lived the rest of their lives on this plot, and their brother, Robert, IV, lived at least part of the time on a plot adjoining.

The births of the children of Samuel and Ann Jones Brashear are registered at St. Barnabas Protestant Episcopal Church in Queen Anne's Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland. Also in the Will of Samuel Brashear in Queen Anne's Parish Records, Maryland. Historical Society, Baltimore; and Maryland Historical Magazine, v. 23, page 113.
The children of Samuel and Ann Jones Brashear were:
1. William Jones Brashear, born Jan. 28, 1694/5.
2. Samuel Brashear, Jr., born Feb. 12, 1696/7 and died 1773. He married his double first cousin, Elizabeth Brashear, daughter of Benjamin Brashear, Sr..
3. Elizabeth Brashear, born July 27, 1699 and married John Turner, Sr.
4. John Brashear, Sr., born SAep. 21, 1702 and married Ruth Walker.
5. Robert C. (Cager?) Brashear, born Feb. 10, 1704/5 and married Charity Dowell.
6. Ann Brashear, born May 15, 1709 and married Thomas Brown.
7. William Brashear, "Junior", born 1709/10 and married Pricilla Prather.
8. Bazil (Basil) Brashear, born March 18, 1714 and married Anne Belt, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth Middleton Belt.
9. Otho Brashear, born Oct 18, 1716 and married Mary Holmes.
10. Mary Brashear, born June 10, 1720.
(Source; "A Brashear(s) Family History", by Charles Brashear)

Robert Brashears III

M, #119008, b. 1643, d. 1712

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Robert Brashears

M, #119009

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Benois (Benjamin) Brashears

M, #119010

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