MIDDLE GEORGIA COLLEGE
COCHRAN, GEORGIA
31014
December 8, 1980
Joe Taylor
THE RANDALL CORP.
P.O. Box *****
Houston, Texas 77079
Dear Joe,
Before I go any further, Merry Christmas. Hope you and your family are looking for a big, joyful, one.
Classes ended last week and I now have some time to work on the Family Tree. I have been going through all of my notes and think I may have it worked out (with a few uncertainties). I have taken some liberties with the chart you sent with the Reunion. Since finding about Parson Bracewell and his father, Richard of London, I have labeled this Richard, Richard I. This increases each Richard in you chart by one. I am still not absolutely sure about everything but I found something on my last trip to Macon that seemed to make it all fall in place. I found the will of Susanna Bracewell, which was read on June 26, 1732, which included sons; Richard, William, and James; daughter Ann, and granddaughter Elizabeth. This got me to thinking that the Elizabeth may be the daughter of Richard and she may have been the first girl born in America to Bracewells mentioned in your chart. Going on this assumption and working back and forth, I have complied the enclosed information.
I believe that Parson Bracewell came to this country around 1651. He had a son Robert, Jr. (clerk). Robert, Jr. (clerk) had two sons, Robert III and Richard IIA (Sr,) I think that the descendants of Robert III and Richard IIA (Sr.) moved into North Carolina in the early 1700's. From there after the Revolution, some of the descendants of Robert III (children of his son Richard II) moved to Georgia. Two of these were brothers, Richard III, b. c. 1730 and Sampson I, b. c. 1740. I believe your line comes through Richard III and my line through Sampson I.
Look this over and see what you think. There is still a lot of work to be done. If you have any suggestions or corrections, I welcome them.
I am also sending a copy of this information to Charles Heath.
Yours truly,
(signed) Ronnie
Copied (as written) from the typewritten original by Mildred Powell
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