23. Henry5 Bressie (Francis4, William3, Unknown Father of Hugh & William2 Bracey, Unknown Progenitor of1) birth date unknown. Henry died 1782 in Norfolk County, Virginia.
He married Smith. She is the daughter of William Smith and Bethiah.
Before the American Revolution, British mercantile houses operated stores in Virginia. Property was confiscated and Virginians refused to pay debts after the war began. The 1783 Treaty of Peace provided for settlement of debts due the British merchants. It was not until about 1800, however, that investigations and court suits were begun to determine the status of individual debts. The case of Edmund Taylor involved £60 due 1 January 1777. He bought of Mr. Henry Bressie six Negroes, a woman and five children, and paid him £80, took his bill of sale and left his son, Lewis Taylor, to put them with several others he had purchased and take them to Petersburg. The woman ran away and he would not bring the children. Soon after, Toby Bressie at Petersburg told him he could get the Negroes if he had the bill of sale. He went down to Norfolk County and soon after died. His brother Henry administered on the estate and sold it---which did not pay his debts. Taylor put a notice in the Williamsburg newspaper saying no one should take an assignment of the note of £60 to Henry Bressie and feels this is good reason for not paying the note. He resides in Granville County, North Carolina, and is a man of respectability elected several times to represent the county in the Virginia Assembly. Another case involving Col. Edmund Taylor, concerned his purchase of two Negroes of Mr. Toby Bressie of Norfolk during the time of war. They ran away [Note: Toby was a nickname for Thomas.]
Henry was on a petition 26 May 1777.(50) Along with William Smith, the petition to the Virginia House of Delegates was for compensations for depredations of British troops, and was accompanied by a list of goods and provisions stolen and burned by British troops. The petition was rejected by refusal to refer it to a committee.
Henry signed a petition 1 November 1779.(51) Again, with William Smith, he asked for compensation for blankets set aside in 1775 for use of state troops and plundered by British troops under Lord Dunmore. It was referred to the Committee of Trade, which recommended £130 7s 7d in current Virginia money. The house concurred, but the Senate rejected the petition on 10 November 1779.
Henry Bressie and Smith had the following children:
child 46 i. Henry6 Bressie. In William Smith's will 11 July 1789 in Norfolk County, Virginia, Henry was named as an heir.(53) The will, proved on 18 September 1789, named his wife Bethiah Smith, son-in-law John Hudson, and friend John Nivison as executors. The legatees included: daughrter Mary Hudson, "the child my wife is now pregnant with, grandchildren Henry Bressie and Ann Bressie. There was mention of a debt due him from the father of Henry and Ann. A codicil was added to the will directing the executors to withhold from his grandchildren out of the property bequeathed to them the amount of judgement which Lydia Mayle obtained against him, which was their father's debt. John Hudson wrote his will on 10 October 1787, proved on 18 October 1790, in which he mentioned his wife Mary Hudson, the daughter of William Smith, sisters Mary and Ann, sons William Smith Hudson and John Irby Hudson, and daughter Elizabth Bressie Hudson.
child 47 ii. Ann Bressie.
24. Samuel5 Bressie (Francis4, William3, Unknown Father of Hugh & William2 Bracey, Unknown Progenitor of1) birth date unknown. Samuel died 1779 in Norfolk County, Virginia.
48 i. James6 Bressie. He married Martha Shipwash 21 June 1787 in Norfolk County, Virginia.(55) John Armstrong was surety. Martha is the daughter of William Shipwash and Elizabeth.
Martha was listed as the head of a family on the 1830 Census in Robeson County, North Carolina.(56) She was listed in the census as Margaret Bracey with one female aged 50-60, one female aged 30-40, and one male aged 15-20.
James was listed as the head of a family on the 1800 Census in Robeson County, North Carolina.(57) He was listed with one male aged 26-45, one male aged 10-16, one male under aged 10; one female aged 26-45, and two females under aged 10.
James received power of attorney from Samuel Abbott 27 September 1819 in Camden County, North Carolina.(58) Samuel Abbott, of Marion County, South Carolina, appointed his friend, James Bressie, of Robeson County, North Carolina, his attorney to recover and settle the legacy coming from the estate of his uncle, Timothy Abbott, dec'd, of Camden County, North Carolina, "near the head of the Pasquotank River." Witnesses to the Power of Attorney were Jno W. Powell and D. MacAlpin. Benjamin Arnet, Sally Abott, Bennet Allin, Jenny Abbot, Thomas Taylor, Jary Abbot, Mary Abot, and Nancy Abbot, all of Marion County, also appointed Bressie to recover and settle their legacy from the estate of their uncle, Timothy Abbott. Their power of attorney was witnessed by Neill Murphy, Esq., and Archibald McCullum.
James was listed as the head of a family on the 1820 Census in Robeson County, North Carolina.(59) He was listed as James Brace with one male aged over 45, one male aged 26-44, one male aged 16-25, one male aged 16-18, two males aged 10-15; one female aged over 45, one female aged 16-25, one female 10-15. He was living next door to the household of Samuel Bracey.
child 49 ii. Samuel Bressie.
child 50 iii. Henry Bressie. Henry died 1800 in Norfolk County, Virginia. He made a will 24 September 1799 in Norfolk County, Virginia.(60) He bequeathed to his sister, Charlotte Bressie "my Negro man Billy Buck, in case she dies w/out heir, then sd Negro to go to my Godson, Harrison Talbot Webb." No executor was named. The will was witnessed by Thomas Truss, John Evans, and John Nelms, the two former proving it in court, where it was ordered to be recorded on 21 July 1800.
child 51 iv. John Bressie.
child 52 v. Charlotte Bressie. Charlotte died before 15 September 1800. An appraisal of her estate was made 15 September 1800.(61
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