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Sarah Bradford Taylor Rose

Birth
Prince William County, Virginia, USA
Death
28 Jul 1783 (aged 55)
Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
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Hosea Rose divorces Sarah Bradford, blames Bennet Rose
By Carl George November 29, 2007 at 11:14:54
In 1945, Tyler's Quarterly featured an extensive article on a Bradford family originally of Stafford, Prince William, and Fauquier counties, Virginia.The article, authored by Mrs. Philip Hiden, a prominent Virginia researcher, mentioned that an "early family bible record" -- no longer surviving -- had become the basis for a lengthy typed family document provided to Hiden by Miss Augusta5 Bradford.Hiden used this document and an 1880s family letter as a guide in her further search for documentation.She expressed her dismay that the dates from the "bible record" had not been included when the names and relationships were copied.

Nearly two hundred years later, the original family record has resurfaced -- and it was not a family bible.It instead was a hand written profile dating from the early 1820s and created by Thomas Grayson4 Bradford -- with the earlier generations based primarily on the recollections of his father William3 Bradford (Daniel2, John1).A full transcription of this recently rediscovered original document will be published in the August 2007 issue of Tennessee Ancestors (which is running late, but should be released within a few weeks).

Among the Bradfords of generation two, Sarah2 Bradford, a daughter of the immigrant John1 Bradford and sister of Daniel2 Bradford, was detailed.She was an aunt of William3 Bradford and was described with the following language:

"Sarah Bradford married William Taylor by whom she had Leroy & Parmenas --- her husband died and she married _______ Rose."

Again, this was a clear and specific recollection of her identity and marriages from someone who would have known her personally -- her nephew William3 Bradford.Though the document said nothing further about Sarah2 Bradford, the 1945 Tylers Quarterly article went on to suggest the Rose husband was one Hosea Rose and credited others with this additional identification.

Extensive sleuthing has determined that a great grandson of Leeroy Taylor (born 1750), one M. B. Aston of Goldfield, Nevada, made the erroneous identification of Hosea Rose as this second husband.Aston (born 1868) was a native of East Tennessee who moved to Nevada.From the late 19-teens on into the 1920s, he sought to document his Taylor ancestry by contacting Taylor relatives around the country.Surviving copies of a number of his letters reveal that the Taylor kin were not even certain that Leeroy Taylor and Parmenas Taylor were brothers.This is rather remarkable, considering the fact that at least one grandchild of Leeroy Taylor was still alive and in contact with Aston during this period.

Aston finally learned of the Taylor's Bradford connection and reached out to Augusta5 Bradford of Chattanooga, Tennessee, keeper of the lengthy typed family document.Then and only then did Aston learn from the Bradfords -- not the Taylors -- that Leeroy Taylor and Parmenas Taylor were in fact brothers and had a Rose stepfather.Aston next found Hosea Rose in Leeroy Taylor's home Tennessee county of Washington and made his less than perfect pronouncement that Hosea Rose had married Sarah (Bradford) Taylor.

As for Sarah (Bradford) Taylor/Rose's movements, everything points to her leaving Fauquier County in the latter part of 1765.She and her second husband and children surely traveled to North Carolina with her youngest brother Joseph2 Bradford.

William3 Bradford (8 Apr 1751 - circa 1825), the primary source for the first three generations of Bradfords, would have been fourteen in 1765 when he would have lost contact with this branch of the family.His Aunt Sarah2 Bradford was likely only married to her Rose husband for some three or four years at that point, and her Rose children would have been infants.This explains why William3 Bradford, some fifty-five or so years later and in his late sixties or early seventies, did not remember any more details.

So who did Sarah2 Bradford marry secondly?Well, during the period from William3 Bradford's birth in 1751 through 1765, there was exactly one man surnamed Rose in the records of Fauquier County.His name was Bennet/Bennett Rose, and he was an age-appropriate companion for Sarah2 Bradford.

In Fauquier County, Virginia, Minute Book (1759-1762), p. 304, dated 23 Jul 1762, Bennet Rose was named as a security for John Duncan Jr.The 1820s Bradford document makes it clear that John Duncan was in fact Sarah2 Bradford's brother-in-law, husband of her sister Dinah2 Bradford.This Bennet Rose was surely the missing Rose husband for Sarah Bradford -- and he would have thus been the Rose step-father for her sons Leeroy Taylor and Parmenas Taylor.

As for Bennett Rose himself, he appears to have had a first wife who bore him two daughters Lucy Parmelia/Malinda Rose and Elizabeth Rose, these two sisters later marrying two Jarvis brothers in Surry County, North Carolina.

Fast forward.A John Rose born circa 1770 in North Carolina would become an adult and begin to father children in the early 1790s.When those children began to come of age in White County, Tennessee, their names would include Leeroy B. Rose and Permenias Taylor Rose -- as well as Sarah B. Rose, William Bennett Rose, and Elisha Bennet Rose.This 1770 John Rose was surely a son of Bennett Rose and Sarah2 Bradford.

There were other Rose children.Hannah Rose, wife of Bazil Brooke Edmonston, was born 14 Feb 1765, according to early letters that survive in the hands of descendants of this Edmonston family.Primary records and surviving letters show this Edmonston family left Surry County, North Carolina, in the late 18-teens and removed to Dubois County, Indiana.Letters were exchanged back and forth with family members who remained in North Carolina.

These letters on occasion mentioned the Parmenas Taylor family and in one instance, in an 1827 item, even announced Parmenas Taylor's death.In that letter, Parmenas Taylor's son-in-law John Cunningham Turnley (residing in Jefferson County, Tennessee) revealed the news to Hannah Rose's son Ninian Edmonston (residing in North Carolina) and called him a cousin.White County and the Jarvis family were also mentioned in other Edmonston letters.

Hannah Rose was clearly a half-sister of Parmenas Taylor, a daughter of his mother Sarah Bradford.The letters make it clear that Hannah (Rose) Edmonston had brothers Zachariah Rose and Benjamin B. [apparently Bradford] Rose.These three names can be added to the list of children for Sarah (Bradford) Taylor/Rose.Benjamin B. Rose was the man buried in the Old Patoka Cemetery in Gibson County, Indiana (1775 - 17 or 19 Sep 1838).His brother Zachariah Rose was certainly the man born circa 1773 in NC who died circa 1855 in Bradley County, Tennessee.

Again regarding Bennet Rose, it would seem likely that he was married to Sarah (Bradford) Taylor by the time he appeared in the 1762 court record cited above.
Contributor: Ida Young (51142304)
Hosea Rose divorces Sarah Bradford, blames Bennet Rose
By Carl George November 29, 2007 at 11:14:54
In 1945, Tyler's Quarterly featured an extensive article on a Bradford family originally of Stafford, Prince William, and Fauquier counties, Virginia.The article, authored by Mrs. Philip Hiden, a prominent Virginia researcher, mentioned that an "early family bible record" -- no longer surviving -- had become the basis for a lengthy typed family document provided to Hiden by Miss Augusta5 Bradford.Hiden used this document and an 1880s family letter as a guide in her further search for documentation.She expressed her dismay that the dates from the "bible record" had not been included when the names and relationships were copied.

Nearly two hundred years later, the original family record has resurfaced -- and it was not a family bible.It instead was a hand written profile dating from the early 1820s and created by Thomas Grayson4 Bradford -- with the earlier generations based primarily on the recollections of his father William3 Bradford (Daniel2, John1).A full transcription of this recently rediscovered original document will be published in the August 2007 issue of Tennessee Ancestors (which is running late, but should be released within a few weeks).

Among the Bradfords of generation two, Sarah2 Bradford, a daughter of the immigrant John1 Bradford and sister of Daniel2 Bradford, was detailed.She was an aunt of William3 Bradford and was described with the following language:

"Sarah Bradford married William Taylor by whom she had Leroy & Parmenas --- her husband died and she married _______ Rose."

Again, this was a clear and specific recollection of her identity and marriages from someone who would have known her personally -- her nephew William3 Bradford.Though the document said nothing further about Sarah2 Bradford, the 1945 Tylers Quarterly article went on to suggest the Rose husband was one Hosea Rose and credited others with this additional identification.

Extensive sleuthing has determined that a great grandson of Leeroy Taylor (born 1750), one M. B. Aston of Goldfield, Nevada, made the erroneous identification of Hosea Rose as this second husband.Aston (born 1868) was a native of East Tennessee who moved to Nevada.From the late 19-teens on into the 1920s, he sought to document his Taylor ancestry by contacting Taylor relatives around the country.Surviving copies of a number of his letters reveal that the Taylor kin were not even certain that Leeroy Taylor and Parmenas Taylor were brothers.This is rather remarkable, considering the fact that at least one grandchild of Leeroy Taylor was still alive and in contact with Aston during this period.

Aston finally learned of the Taylor's Bradford connection and reached out to Augusta5 Bradford of Chattanooga, Tennessee, keeper of the lengthy typed family document.Then and only then did Aston learn from the Bradfords -- not the Taylors -- that Leeroy Taylor and Parmenas Taylor were in fact brothers and had a Rose stepfather.Aston next found Hosea Rose in Leeroy Taylor's home Tennessee county of Washington and made his less than perfect pronouncement that Hosea Rose had married Sarah (Bradford) Taylor.

As for Sarah (Bradford) Taylor/Rose's movements, everything points to her leaving Fauquier County in the latter part of 1765.She and her second husband and children surely traveled to North Carolina with her youngest brother Joseph2 Bradford.

William3 Bradford (8 Apr 1751 - circa 1825), the primary source for the first three generations of Bradfords, would have been fourteen in 1765 when he would have lost contact with this branch of the family.His Aunt Sarah2 Bradford was likely only married to her Rose husband for some three or four years at that point, and her Rose children would have been infants.This explains why William3 Bradford, some fifty-five or so years later and in his late sixties or early seventies, did not remember any more details.

So who did Sarah2 Bradford marry secondly?Well, during the period from William3 Bradford's birth in 1751 through 1765, there was exactly one man surnamed Rose in the records of Fauquier County.His name was Bennet/Bennett Rose, and he was an age-appropriate companion for Sarah2 Bradford.

In Fauquier County, Virginia, Minute Book (1759-1762), p. 304, dated 23 Jul 1762, Bennet Rose was named as a security for John Duncan Jr.The 1820s Bradford document makes it clear that John Duncan was in fact Sarah2 Bradford's brother-in-law, husband of her sister Dinah2 Bradford.This Bennet Rose was surely the missing Rose husband for Sarah Bradford -- and he would have thus been the Rose step-father for her sons Leeroy Taylor and Parmenas Taylor.

As for Bennett Rose himself, he appears to have had a first wife who bore him two daughters Lucy Parmelia/Malinda Rose and Elizabeth Rose, these two sisters later marrying two Jarvis brothers in Surry County, North Carolina.

Fast forward.A John Rose born circa 1770 in North Carolina would become an adult and begin to father children in the early 1790s.When those children began to come of age in White County, Tennessee, their names would include Leeroy B. Rose and Permenias Taylor Rose -- as well as Sarah B. Rose, William Bennett Rose, and Elisha Bennet Rose.This 1770 John Rose was surely a son of Bennett Rose and Sarah2 Bradford.

There were other Rose children.Hannah Rose, wife of Bazil Brooke Edmonston, was born 14 Feb 1765, according to early letters that survive in the hands of descendants of this Edmonston family.Primary records and surviving letters show this Edmonston family left Surry County, North Carolina, in the late 18-teens and removed to Dubois County, Indiana.Letters were exchanged back and forth with family members who remained in North Carolina.

These letters on occasion mentioned the Parmenas Taylor family and in one instance, in an 1827 item, even announced Parmenas Taylor's death.In that letter, Parmenas Taylor's son-in-law John Cunningham Turnley (residing in Jefferson County, Tennessee) revealed the news to Hannah Rose's son Ninian Edmonston (residing in North Carolina) and called him a cousin.White County and the Jarvis family were also mentioned in other Edmonston letters.

Hannah Rose was clearly a half-sister of Parmenas Taylor, a daughter of his mother Sarah Bradford.The letters make it clear that Hannah (Rose) Edmonston had brothers Zachariah Rose and Benjamin B. [apparently Bradford] Rose.These three names can be added to the list of children for Sarah (Bradford) Taylor/Rose.Benjamin B. Rose was the man buried in the Old Patoka Cemetery in Gibson County, Indiana (1775 - 17 or 19 Sep 1838).His brother Zachariah Rose was certainly the man born circa 1773 in NC who died circa 1855 in Bradley County, Tennessee.

Again regarding Bennet Rose, it would seem likely that he was married to Sarah (Bradford) Taylor by the time he appeared in the 1762 court record cited above.
Contributor: Ida Young (51142304)

Gravesite Details

Information provided by Robert Love Taylor Jr.: Sarah Bradford Taylor was Bennett's second wife. His first wife's name is unknown. Flawed research by M B Aston incorrectly identifies Hosea Rose as Sarah's second husband. An article in Ancestry ...



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