Joshua Bramhall

1682 - 1763  (81 years)

• Name	Joshua Bramhall  [1, 2]
  Birth	26 Mar 1682	Cumberland County, Maine   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 Jun 1763	Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts   [3, 5]
  Burial	Burial Hill, Plymouth, (AKA Pilgrims Cemetery, AKA Old Plymoutn), Plymouth County, Massachusetts   [5]
  Notes	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
  Person ID	I3686	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	George Bramhall,   b. Abt 1644, Yorkshire, England d. Between 1689 and 1690, Casco, Cumberland County, Maine (Age ~ 45 years)
  Mother	Martha Beard,   b. Between 1644 and 1652, Hingham, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1675	Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire   [6]
  Family ID	F2104	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Rider,   b. 26 Feb 1682, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts d. 15 Dec 1778, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (Age 96 years)
  Marriage	20 Nov 1707  [5, 6]
  Children	1. Cornelius Bramhall,   b. 26 Aug 1708, Massachusetts d. 28 Mar 1761, Maine (Age 52 years)   2. Sylvanus Bramhall,   b. 30 Apr 1712, Massachusetts d. 14 Mar 1779, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (Age 66 years)   3. Captain Joseph Bramhall,   b. 20 Dec 1714, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts d. Between 1751 and 1758, Jamaica, West Indies (Age 36 years)   4. Martha Bramhall,   b. 4 Mar 1718, Massachusetts d. 7 Jan 1779, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts (Age 60 years)   5. Joshua Bramhall,   b. Aft 1720, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2103	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Jun 2013

  
  

• Event Map		Death - 21 Jun 1763 - Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Burial - - Burial Hill, Plymouth, (AKA Pilgrims Cemetery, AKA Old Plymoutn), Plymouth County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  Bramhall, Joshua In Memory of Mr JOSHUA BRAMHALL decd Janu'ry 21st 1763 In ye 80th year of his age Notice that the engraved sketch of a man with seeming electrified hair is the same one shown on the headstone of his son, Cornelius Bramhall, who predeceased his father by a few years, and in another state

  
  

• Sources

  [S835] Bramhall, Frank J. "Genealogy of the Bramhall Family With Some Account of the History of the Family and of Bramhall Hall in East Chesire, England" Oakland, California, 1903, p. 6, circa 1683 (Reliability: 3). [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 34734445, 26 Mar 1682 (Reliability: 3). [S835] Bramhall, Frank J. "Genealogy of the Bramhall Family With Some Account of the History of the Family and of Bramhall Hall in East Chesire, England" Oakland, California, 1903, p. 6 (Reliability: 3). [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 34734445, instead shows location of birth as Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Reliability: 3). [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 34734445 (Reliability: 3). [S839] Kettl, Jonathan "Hewett Family" Ver. 2007-04-22 : http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=:3208516.