Person:John Besharer (1)

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John Besharer
 
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Name John Besharer
Alt Name _____ Brashear
Gender Male
Marriage to Unknown
Death[1] Bef Jan 1808 Bourbon, Kentucky, United States[probate]
References
  1. Will Abstract, in Ardery, Julia Hoge Spencer. Kentucky records: early wills and marriages, copied from court house records by regents, historians and the state historian; old bible records and tombstone inscriptions; records from Barren, Bath, Bourbon, Clark, Daviess, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mason, Montgomery, Nelson, Nicholas, Ohio, Scott, and Shelby counties. (Lexington, Kentucky: Keystone Printery, Inc., c1932)
    1:20 (Bourbon County).

    JOHN BESHARER-Will Book C, page 463-Those mentioned daughter, Rhoda Carr; daughter, Sarah Robbins; grand-daughter, Mary Cummins; grand-daughter, Sarah Cummins; four grand-children, children of daughter, Caty Cummins, John, Mary, Nancy, Cynthia. Written December 18th, 1808. Proved January, 1808. Executor, friend, William Elliott. Witnesses Richard Biddle, Martha Elliott, Jonathan Judkins.

  2.   POSSIBLE MATCH for review.

    Taken from old clippings dealing with Kentucky family history, newspaper
    unknown. These clippings are about 100 years old (1997). Reprinted in
    Kentucky Explorer, Volume 11, Number 9 - March, 1997. p. 81. Bourbon
    County.

    Brashear Family.

    A young Welsh girl married a man whose name was Robertson, a seaman,
    who with his little son, was lost during one of his voyages. She then
    married a Scotchman named Brashear and came to America and settled in
    Philadelphia. After the Revolutiionary War they moved to Bourbon County,
    Kentucky.
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    [cos1776 Note: this might be referring to John Brashear or his father.]