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James Brookshire 1720–1790 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1720

Birth Location: Virginia, United States

Death Date: 1790

Death Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States

Father: James Jr

Mother: Sarah Simmons

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James Brookshire was born in 1720 in Virginia, United States, the child of James Brookshire Brookshaw Jr And Sarah Mannering Simmons. James Brookshire passed away in 1790 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States.

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Biography

  • James Brookshire was born in 1720 in Virginia, United States, the child of James Brookshire Brookshaw Jr And Sarah Mannering Simmons.
  • James Brookshire passed away in 1790 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States.

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James Brookshire's Ancestors

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James Brookshire
1720–1790
Birth Place: Virginia, United States
Parents
James Brookshire (Brookshaw) Jr
1690–1750
Somerset, Maryland, United States
Sarah (Mannering) Simmons
1692–1750
Sussex, Del or, Maryland
Grandparents
James Brookshaw
1650–1726
Cheshire, England
Mary (Eliza) Oharigan
1655–1727
England/Northern Ireland
Henry Mannering
1670–1737
St Peter St Paul Church, Yalding, Kent, England
Honour Mendham
1683–1752
East Carleton, Norfolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Nathan Sr
1615–1709
Louise MNU
1615–
Emanuel O'Harigan
1630–
Eliza Hilgers
1630–
John Mannering
1619–1671
Elizabeth Mancer
1619–1669
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Brookshaw
1590–1615
John Maneringe
1574–1659
Ann Burdene
1579–1659

James Brookshire's Timeline

2 Records

1720
1720
Birth of James Brookshire in Virginia, United States
Virginia, United States
1790
1790
Age 70
Death of James Brookshire in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1720
    Event Place: Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1790
    Event Place: Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States

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