Elizabeth Prather

1740 - 1804  (63 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Prather
  Born	06 May 1740	of, Conecocheague, Prince George, Md
  Gender	Female
  Died	1804	New Feliciana P, La
  Record Change	12 Apr 2009
  Reference Number	4.106.04
  Person ID	I22595	120k
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	Philip Philemin Gittings Prater, I,   b. 1708, Orphans Gift, Prince George, Md ,   d. Bef 23 Sep 1767, Enoree, Laurens, Nc  (Age < 59 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Margery Hunt,   b. Abt 1711, of, Prince George, Md
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	03 Dec 1737	Calvert Co., Maryland
  Family ID	F11023	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	George Freeland, Capt,   b. Abt 1734, of, West Florida, Fl
  Married	Abt 1788	West Florida, Fl
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F11032	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Jesse Brashears,   b. Abt 1734, of, Prince George, Md ,   d. 1787, West Florida, Fl  (Age ~ 53 years)
  Married	08 Dec 1760	Prob. Maryland ?
  Children	1. Philip Brashears,   b. Orange, Gilford Co., Nc  [Natural]   2. Elizabeth Brashears,   b. Orange, Gilford Co., Nc  [Natural]   3. Routh Brashears,   b. Orange, Gilford Co., Nc  [Natural]   4. Samuel Brashears,   b. Orange, Gilford Co., Nc  [Natural]   5. Asa Brashears,   b. Orange, Gilford Co., Nc  [Natural]   6. Zadock Brashears,   b. Abt 1761, Orange, Gilford Co., n.C. ,   d. Sumter Co., Ala.  [Natural]   7. Jesse Esse Brashears,   b. Abt 1785, ,Orange, Nc  [Natural]
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F11031	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Elizabeth married Jesse Brashear. Some researchers believe she married in Maryland, but we are not sure. Records lead us to believe that she was married in Maryland or in N.C. ca. 1760. We do know that her father, Phillip, was wealthy and traveled from Maryland to as far South as North Carolina and his son Phillip II, traveled as far south as South Carolina (and settled in Pickens Dist.,S.C.). From records that have found, we assume that Elizabeth and Jesse may also have traveled between Maryland , N.Carolina, S.Carolina and Fla. The Praters (Prathers) and Jesse Brashear were of the Colonial Gentry and very well placed individuals of the period, free to travel without the restriction of funds or authority. The Praters were plantation owners and conducted business up and down the coast. Jesse Brashear may have had members of his family in Fla. ? ? Some of the Brashear family researchers have told me that the records indicate that he and Elizabeth had children in Maryland. It is certain that they were married and Elizabeth died in Fla. To help you understand a little about the history of this part of Fla. I have included the following information: The Spainish had a Colony there shortly after 1539 and then the French established a colony in 1564. The French and Spanish fought over it for years when in 1607 the English extended there domain into Flordia. The English extended there hold on parts of Fla. in 1670 with their indian allies and by 1763 Fla. was formally a British Colony. This includes what is now part of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. One reason the research on the Brashear family becomes so difficult and information is almost impossible to find may be the fact that they were living in this part of the country when many records changed hands so often or were distroyed. Jesse Brashear died cira 1788 and Elizabeth (Prater) Brashers remarried George Freeland Sr. She died cira 1804 in W.Fla. Gary Benton Prather