Joseph Bramhall

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Frank J. Bramhall shows that he died in Whitesborough, now Meredith, New York. Sarah Bramhall Biles showed that he had lived in Dutchess County, New York prior to this.

A Joseph Bramhall, who died "in his 62nd year" on 17 Sept 1805 is among the Bramhalls' buried at the Burial Hill in Plymouth. This may or may not be the same Joseph that was the son of Capt. Joseph Bramhall and Sarah Tilson. The date of death matches, but the birth year is off (1743 vs. 1751). It is also possible that as Joseph died in Delaware County, New York, he might also have been buried there.

Joseph married Experience Blackburn on 31 Mar 1774 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Experience was born on 18 May 1750 in Rochester Township, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 16 Sep 1823 in Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
The order of the children is uncertain, and exact locations of birth are uncertain as well.

1. Ivory Bramhall was born about 1775 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; and died.
2. William Bramhall was born on 29 Jan 1774 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 13 May 1837 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
3. Jerusha Bramhall was born on 11 Feb 1777 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; and died.
4. Polly Bramhall was born about 1778 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; and died.
5. Lucy Bramhall was born about 1778 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; and died.
6. Edmond Bramhall was born before 1787; died about 1820 in Wyalusing, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
7. Edgar Bramhall was born about 1787; and died.
8. Joseph Bramhall was born on 5 Sep 1789 in Delaware County, New York; died on 18 Jan 1874 in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
9. Olive Bramhall was born about 1793 in New York; died on 5 Apr 1847 in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
10. Experience Bramhall was born after 1793 in New York; died about 1868.

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Sarah Bramhall Biles and Eileen Bramhall Have both show that he was a Sea Captain, dying in Jamaica ca 1751. FindAGrave instead lists his date of death as 26 Jan 1758, in the West Indies, near Jamaica. Further notes on the website show he died "In his 36th year. Husband of Mrs. Sarah Bramhall." A photo of a gravemarker is not shown on FindAGrave.

Ron Romano notes that Capt. Joseph Bramhall was indexed as being buried a the "Old Burial Hill" in Plymounth, Mass.

Joseph married Sarah Tilson on 26 Nov 1747 in Massachusetts. Sarah was born about 1729 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 26 Jan 1754 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; was buried in Burial Hill, Plymouth, (AKA Pilgrims Cemetery, AKA Old Plymoutn), Plymouth County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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James W. Bramhall posted " I found grave sites for my eighth great grandparents in the Pilgrims Cemetary Plymouth, MA on both sides. I also found Sarah Tillson's grave site. The grave sites are #444, #445 & #453. I also have found a tax record for George Bramhall in Dover, MA "1650" much earlier than the 1680 time frame reported in the "Bramhalls in America" book. I have also found lineage from the Mayflower through Sarah Tillson's mother who is buried next to Sarah. On her grave stone, it indicated that she was the only daughter of Col. Tom Doty. Tom Doty is a direct decendant of Edward Doty of the Mayflower."

FindAGrave has an iamge of the tombstone, but it is very difficult to read. They note it is inscribed "In her 25th year. "Relict" to Capt. Joseph Bramhall. However, that website instead shows her as a daughter of Edmund TILSON and Elizabeth COOPER, for whom there are also memorials. Her siblings are shows as Hannah Tilson CHANDLER, Perez TILSON, and Elizabeth Tilson RANDALL.

Joseph was a sea captain, his wife is buried in the old Plymouth cemetary between her niece and sister-in-law. Perez was her brother. Also near, is Joseph's Parents Joshua and Sarah Ryder Bramhall. Joseph and Sarah Tilson Bramhall had three children. Joseph's wife Sarah died three years after him in Jan. 26, 1754. Have not been able to determine who rasied the children. Joseph, their second son, took his family to Meredith, NY and opened an inn on the Catskill Turnpike. I am a decendent of that second Joseph.

http://www.jenforum.org/bramhall/messages/86.html

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Joshua Bramhall was a clothier (id est cloth man, fr.) and owned a fulling mill in Plymouth; was a man of great energy and business capacity, and accumulated a large property. In 1729 he moved from Plymouth to Falmouth, and lived on the farm left by his father George Bramhall, until 1759, when he again returned to Plymouth, where he lived until his death in 1763. The large property left by his father remained in the family until 1759, when it was sold by the heirs to William Vaughn, and it is probable that the purpose of Joshua's removal to Falmouth in 1729, was to effect an advantageous sale of the property, and to close up the settlement of his father's estate. For further particulars of the life of Joshua Bramhall, see "Landmarks of Plymouth" by William T. Davis. See also letter of W.T. Davis (the historian) to W.L. Bramhall, Plymouth, Mass., Dec 4th 1886.)

"C.H.B. family memorandums," Handed down from Lula Bramhall to Laura Lucille Walkinshaw to Doris Shaw to Brian Nielsen.

James W. Bramhall posted "I found grave sites for my eighth great grandparents in the Pilgrims Cemetary Plymouth, MA on both sides. I also found Sarah Tillson's grave site. The grave sites are #444, #445 & #453. I also have found a tax record for George Bramhall in Dover, MA "1650" much earlier than the 1680 time frame reported in the Bramhalls in America book. I have also found lineage from the Mayflower through Sarah Tillson's mother who is buried next to Sarah. On her grave stone, it indicated that she was the only daughter of Col. Tom Doty. Tom Doty is a direct decendant of Edward Doty of the Mayflower."

http://www.jenforum.org/bramhall/messages/77.html

Ron Romano, a volunteer for Spirits Alive at Eastern Cemetery in Portland, provided the following transcription of the tombstone of Joshua Bramhall:

In Memory of Mr
JOSHUA BRAMHALL
decd Janu'ry
21st 1763 In
ye 80th year of his age

Joshua married Sarah Rider on 20 Nov 1707. Sarah was born on 26 Feb 1682 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 15 Dec 1778 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; was buried in Burial Hill, Plymouth, (AKA Pilgrims Cemetery, AKA Old Plymoutn), Plymouth County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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FindAGrave shows her as a daughter of Samuel RIDER and Lydia TILDEN.

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Frank J. Bramhall writes that Cornelius, William and George Bramhall are said to have come over from England about 1680, landing at Casco, Maine. They and two others, Joseph and Mary, were the children of James Bramhall, R. N. and Lady Florence Temple. James was the only child of Cornelius Bramhall, a native of Canterbury.
The same author writes that George died of wounds received in action with Indians on the day before, at Casco (now Portland), ME.

The Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England before 1692, James Savage, notes that George Bramhall was at Dover 1670, Casco 1678. Killed by the Indians 1689, left widow Martha, children Joseph, George, Hanna and Joshua, all removed to Plymouth. George was at Hingham 1733. Hannah married Jonathan Hall of Harwich and Joshua ret. to Falmouth 1729 there lived some years but went again to Plymouth.

Ron Romano, a volunteer for the organization called Spirits Alive at Eastern Cemetery in Portland, emailed in May 2013 that "the late 1600s was a very challenging time up here for the settlers with respect to their conflicts with the natives. The Indians were understandably angered that the settlers just came in and claimed ownership of the land, and the threat of attack on the settlement was ever-present. George Bramhall (Cornelius & Capt. Joseph's grandfather) was a victim of probably the most brutal attack in 1689, where the entire settlement was burned to the ground, and any of the settlers who could not escape to the boats were slaughtered. I've read that the dead were simply left where they fell, and that 25 years later when the area was re-settled, the new wave of white people found bones of the settlers of the 1689 attack scattered all over the settlement (after all, there was nobody there to properly bury the dead). So we know George died here, but there is no surviving gravesite for him."

Ron later emailed that he looked at a book owned by the Maine Historical Society titled the "History of Cumberland County, Maine," which was written in 1880. The battle with the Indians of September 21, 1689 is quite well documented, naming names of those injured and killed. George Bramhall was among those listed, with the author saying he was wounded in the September 21, 1689 battle and died of those wounds after the battle.

Ron Romano also found a map of "Portland" produced by Greater Portland Landmarks with a map of the area from 1690. At the time it was called Falmouth. Originally Falmouth was the larger area and Portland separated out to become its own community later on. Falmouth still exists, just smaller in size and immediately north of portland on the coats, and it shows plotted homes of a few of the settlers, with number 12 being George Bramhall. Even though George had been killed a year previously, it appears that his estate still owned that plat of land. Perhaps this is why some of his family later moved back to the area.

George married Martha Beard about 1675 in Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire. Martha was born between 1644 and 1652 in Hingham, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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On the Cape Cod History website, she was shown as Martha BEARD, whereas Frank J. Bramhall does not list a maiden name. She is said to have married second Rev. Gershom HALL, and died 22 July 1724 in Yarmouth, Mass. Shown as born in either Hingham, Massuchussets or Dover, NH.