Keziah (--?--)

Abt 1760 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Keziah (--?--)  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1760	Accomack Co, Virginia
  Gender	Female
  Will - Mother-in-law	4 Feb 1784	Accomack Co, Virginia   [2, 3]
  	In her will Naomi Bradford named "my Daughter Jemyah Heath" and "my three children, to wit, Thomas Bayly Bradford and Charles Bradford and Kessah Bradford." This is the first mention of Kessah/Keziah Bradford as a child of Naomi, who is not listed among Charles Bradford's children in the distribution of his estate, nor in any of the orphan account records. Significantly, Naomi does not list her son Noah in her will, and the best interpretation of the evidence is probably that Keziah was Noah's widow. It was not at all uncommon for sons- and daughters-in-law to be referred to simply as sons and daughters, and that may have been the case with Keziah. The only other plausible interpretation is that Keziah was an illegitimate child of Naomi's born after Charles' death. In her will, Naomi also mentioned "the land I have of Nathan Addison" and directed it to be leased out for the benefit of her three children, "to wit, Thomas Bayly Bradford and Charles Bradford and Kessah Bradford" (she did not name Jemimah, who was married). NathanAddison was Naomi's nephew, being the son of her sister Jemima4 (Bradford) Addison (Nath3Wm2Nath1) ... Witt: Zorobabel Rodgers, James Broughton.
  Marr Name	Keziah Bradford  [2]
  Record ID	58674
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I58674	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2023

  
  

  Family	Noah (74A) (of Chas & Naomi) Bradford,   b. Abt 1752, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Bef 4 Feb 1784, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age < 32 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1775	Accomack Co, Virginia   [2]
  	Noah was probably the eldest child of Naomi and Charles, since he is listed first in Charles' estate account, received 2 of Charles' 3 slaves (the other being the widow's thirds), and in 1765 was the only child being schooled. He may have married Keziah ____ sometime after 1767, when he was still an orphan in his mother's care, and must have died before February 1784, when his mother wrote her will, naming no son Noah but naming the hitherto unknown Keziah as "daughter". That Noah predeceased his mother is born out by the fact that his younger brother Thomas received the slaves found in the inventory of his mother's estate
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F40037	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S940] John Frederick Dorman, Dorman, Adv of Purse & Person, 4th Ed, Vol 3, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., 2007), p. 205 (Richard Smith Family), 940. [S3035] Adam M. Bradford, Bradford, Adam M. - Lower Delmarva Bradfords, (www.delmarvabradfords.com/docs/Bradford.Nathaniel.William.John.pdf), 3035. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 340 (will of Neomy Bradford, daughter Keziah Bradford), 570.