Bradshaw Family History
Benjamin Ratcliff[1, 2]
Abt 1760 - 1789 (29 years)-
Name Benjamin Ratcliff Born Abt 1760 Johnston, North Carolina, United States [3] Gender Male Died 1789 [3] Person ID I237 My Genealogy Last Modified 1 Jan 2019
Father Moses Ratcliff, b. Between 1724 and 1726, Ratcliffs Choice, Talbot, Queen Anne's, Maryland , d. 1810, Robeson, North Carolina, United States (Age 86 years) Mother Mary Farmer, b. Between 1739 and 1741, Davie, North Carolina, United States , d. 1841, North Carolina, United States (Age 102 years) Married Between 1759 and 1761 Dobbs Lenior, North Carolina, United States Family ID F117 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Rebeckah Bradshaw, b. 1758, Cumberland, Virginia, USA , d. 1790 (Age 32 years) Married 3 Jul 1784 Lincoln, North Carolina, United States [3] Children 1. Elizabeth Ratcliff, b. 1758, North Carolina, United States , d. 8 Aug 1848, Tryon now, Lincoln, North Carolina, United States (Age 90 years) 2. Micheil Ratcliff, b. 1762, Lincoln, North Carolina, United States , d. 1778 (Age 16 years) 3. Benjamin Ratcliff, b. 1785, Randolph County, North Carolina , d. Abt 1850, Buncombe County, North Carolina (Age 65 years) 4. Jerry Ratcliff, b. 1785, Lincoln, North Carolina, United States , d. WFT Est 1786 1875 (Age 90 years) 5. Moses Ratcliff, b. 1788, d. WFT Est 1789 1878 (Age 90 years) Last Modified 1 Jan 2019 Family ID F116 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes He was born circa 1760 in either Dobbs or Johnston County, North Carolina. He lived in those counties, as well as Randolph County, North Carolina, while growing up. He moved to the frontier after the Revolutionary War, and settled in Lincoln County, North Carolina, where the young man met and married Rebecca.
Of Benjamin's children the following married children of Field Bradshaw:
Benjamin married Rebecca Bradshaw
Michel married Charles Bradshaw
Elizabeth married Jonas Bradshaw
The Last Will and Testament of Benjamin Ratliff.
Not admitted to Record October Session 1790
Admitted January Session 1791
In the Name of God Amen. Feb 14th 1790 I Benjamin Ratley of the County of Lincoln and the State of North Carolina being sick and weak in body but of perfect and sound under standing do Make Constitute and Appoint this to be my Last Will and Testament and as touching my worldly Estate desire to dispose of it manner and form following to wit
First I give and bequeath unto my Loving wife Rebekah Ratley one Negro boy named Jesse aged
twelve years old during her life and one feather bed and Furniture one gray Mare one Sow and
Eight Pigs one Small Steer I also give and bequeath unto my daughter Susanna Haskins five Shillings
I give and bequeath unto my daughter Michal Bradshaw five Shillings I give and bequeath unto
my daughter Elizabeth Bradshaw five Shillings I also Give and bequeath unto my son Benjamin
Ratley one young Mare I give and bequeath unto my daughter Jean [?dix] five Shillings and I also do
appoint my wife Rebekah Ratley and Jonas Bradshaw Executers of this my last will and Testament In witness whereof I have set my hand and Seal this 14 day of Feb 1790
Benjamin (his X mark) Ratley (seal)
Josiah Bradshaw
Charles Bradshaw
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Sources - [S500010] Bradshaw Web Site, Larry Bradshaw, https://www.myheritage.com/person-1507288_295378371_295378371/benjamin-ratcliff (Reliability: 3).
Added by confirming a Smart Match - [S500010] Bradshaw Web Site, Larry Bradshaw, https://www.myheritage.com/person-1502565_295378371_295378371/benjamin-ratcliff (Reliability: 3).
Added by confirming a Smart Match - [S2] Internet Notes (Reliability: 0).
Date of Import: Apr 26, 2000
- [S500010] Bradshaw Web Site, Larry Bradshaw, https://www.myheritage.com/person-1507288_295378371_295378371/benjamin-ratcliff (Reliability: 3).