John Reynold Brightwell

1735 - 1806  (71 years)

• Name	John Reynold Brightwell
  Birth	1735	, King William, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1783	, Prince Edward, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Residence	1785	, Prince Edward, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Death	1806	, Prince Edward, Virginia, USA
  Person ID	I10476	Master
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2015

  
  

  Father	Reynold Brightwell,   b. 1692, , King William, Virginia, USA d. 1781, , King William, Virginia, USA (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Mary Brightwell
  Family ID	F3089	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Olive,   b. 1741, , , Virginia, USA d. 1811, , Edgefield, South Carolina, USA (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F6235	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2015

  
  

  Family 2	Drucilla Allmand,   b. 1741, , Prince Edward, Virginia, USA d. , , Virginia, USA
  Marriage	25 Feb 1771	, Louisa, Virginia, USA   [3, 4]
  Children	+ 1. Barnette William Brightwell, Sr,   b. 1758, , Prince Edward, Virginia, USA d. Mar 1837, , Prince Edward, Virginia, USA (Age 79 years)   2. Anderson Brightwell,   b. 1766, King William Parish, Goochland, Virginia, USA d. 30 Apr 1837, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 71 years)   3. Nancy Brightwell,   b. 1767, , , Virginia, USA d. 1839, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA (Age 72 years)   4. Lucy Brightwell,   b. 9 Nov 1771, , Prince Edward, Virginia, USA d. 1829, Henderson, New York, USA (Age 57 years)   5. William Brightwell,   b. 1779, , Prince Edward, Virginia, USA d. 1831, , Prince Edward, Virginia, USA (Age 52 years)   6. Amy Brightwell,   b. 1782, , Prince Edward, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown   7. Oney Brightwell,   b. 1782, , Prince Edward, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown   8. Samuel Brightwell,   b. 1783, , Prince Edward, Virginia, USA d. 1845, , Clarke, Georgia, USA (Age 62 years)   9. Elizabeth Brightwell,   b. 1789, , Prince Edward, Virginia, USA d. 1791 (Age 2 years)
  Family ID	F3034	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1735 - , King William, Virginia, USA Marriage - 25 Feb 1771 - , Louisa, Virginia, USA Residence - 1783 - , Prince Edward, Virginia, USA Residence - 1785 - , Prince Edward, Virginia, USA Death - 1806 - , Prince Edward, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents		Reynold Brightwell's will pg. 1. LAST WILL & TESTAMENT OF REYNOLDS BRIGHTWELL:Reynold Brightwell of Prince Edward Co., VA 15 Aug 1804 Will In the name of God Amen I Reynold Brightwell of the county of prince Edward Being th{r}ow the a Bundane Murcie and goodnefs of god. Tho Weake in Body yeat of a Sound and pirfect understanding And Membry Do constitute this my last Will and Testament and Desier it to Be Recievd by all as Such Which as follows to Wit after all my Just Debts is paid I give the Ballance of my Estate To my loving Wife as long as she lives or as long as She livs a Widdow and If She Marreys a gaine for Hur to have what the law a lows hur and no moor And I give my hole track of land to my Sun William Brightwell in conciquine of his finding Me a Negro Boy by the name of grig Which Belonges to William to Serve me and my wife as long As We Bouth live and after Both of our Dearths The Said Boy to Decend to my Sun William a gain. And I give to my younge Daughter my corner cubbard at our Dearths and all the Balance of my Estate that Remains at our D{ece}sts to be Equelly Divided Between all my children and I constitute and Appoint my two Suns Charls and Barnett Brightwell Whome I Make Sole Exeutors to this my last will And testament in witnefs wheare unto I have Set My hand and affixed my Seale this fifteenth Day of August 1804 his Reynold X Brightwell {seal} mark test David Thaxton John Goode his Benjmen X Shepard mark NOTE: Reynolds Brightwell is not found in the 1810 Census of Prince Edward Co. Virginia; his wife Drucilla Brightwell is shown as a Head of Household along with his children because he had died August 15, 1804. These same men; except for Drucilla; who apparently died in Prince Edward Co. Virginia --remained in Prince Edward County Virginia up until 1840 Census records. Some of the Brightwell family decided to remain in
  		Reynold Brighwell's will pg. 2.

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp., Virginia, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.). [S4] Ancestry.com, Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790., (Online publication - Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data - Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790. : records of the state enumerations, 1782 to 1785.. Washington: G.P.O., 1908.Original data:). [S302] FamilySearch, Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940, (FamilySearch ([http://familysearch.org http://familysearch.org]/)). [S627] Dodd, Jordan, Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1660-1800, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.Original data - Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Virginia.Original data: Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individu).