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Robert Cager Brashears 1703 – 1782 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 FEB 1703/04

Birth Location: Prince George's, Maryland, USA

Death Date: 2 FEB 1782

Death Location: Guilford, Guilford, North Carolina, USA

Father: Samuel Brashear

Mother: Ann Jones

Spouse(s): Charity Dowell

Children(s): Robert Brashears, Jesse Brashears, Charity Brashear, Zaza Brashears, Ann Brashears

In 1703, Robert Cager Brashears entered the world in Prince George's, Maryland, USA, born to Samuel Brashear and Ann Jones. In 1708, Robert Cager Brashears resided in Virginia. Robert Cager Brashears married Charity Dowell, and had children including Robert Samuel “The Rolling Stone” Brashears, Jesse Brashears, Charity Brashear, Zaza Brashears, Ann Nancy Brashears. Robert Cager Brashears passed away in 1782 in Guilford, Guilford, North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1703, Robert Cager Brashears entered the world in Prince George's, Maryland, USA, born to Samuel Brashear and Ann Jones.
  • In 1708, Robert Cager Brashears resided in Virginia.
  • Robert Cager Brashears married Charity Dowell, and had children including Robert Samuel “The Rolling Stone” Brashears, Jesse Brashears, Charity Brashear, Zaza Brashears, Ann Nancy Brashears.
  • Robert Cager Brashears passed away in 1782 in Guilford, Guilford, North Carolina, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Samuel Brashear
1673 – 1740
Birth Location: Calvert, MD, USA
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Ann Jones
1673 – 1740
Birth Location: Talbot, Maryland, USA
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Spouses(s)

Charity Dowell
1704 – 1787
Birth Location: Calvert, Maryland
CD

Children(s)

Robert Brashears
1731 – 1816
Birth Location: Brashear Meadows, Prince George, Maryland, USA
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Jesse Brashears
1734 – 1788
Birth Location: Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
JB
Charity Brashear
1719 – 1834
Birth Location: –
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Zaza Brashears
1747 – 1817
Birth Location: Buffalo Creek, Orange or Rowan Co., North Carolina
ZB
Ann Brashears
1734 – 1807
Birth Location: –
AB

Robert Brashears's Ancestors

Self
Robert Brashears
1703 – 1782
Birth Place: Prince George's, Maryland, USA
Parents
Samuel Brashear
1673 – 1740
Calvert, MD, USA
Ann Jones
1673 – 1740
Talbot, Maryland, USA
Grandparents
Robert Brashear
1646 – 1712
Prince Frederick, Calvert, Maryland, British Colonial America
Elizabeth (Florence) Fowke
1650 – 1685
Va
William Jones
1655 – 1702
Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA
Dorothy Cager
1642 –
Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
Great-Grandparents
Robert Jones
1633 – 1710
Joanna Osgood
1644 – 1706
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Robert Brashears's Descendants

1.
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Robert (Cager) Brashears (19 FEB 1703/04 – 2 FEB 1782) m. Charity Dowell (19 FEB 1704 – 7 DEC 1787)
  1. 1. Robert (Samuel “The Rolling Stone”) Brashears (20 AUG 1731 – 15 JAN 1816) m. Phoebe Nicks (8 JUN 1738 – 15 JAN 1811)
    1. 1. Phillip Brashears (17 DEC 1755 – 10 NOV 1815) m. Elizabeth Satterfield (20 JAN 1759 – 1812)
    2. 2. Samuel Brashears (6 AUG 1763 – 25 DEC 1829) m. Margaret Eakin (18 AUG 1762 – 5 MAY 1855)
    3. 3. Issac Brashears (23 OCT 1760 – 25 JUL 1833) m. Elizabeth Adkinson (12 MAY 1760 – 25 JUL 1833) m. Mary Basham (1809 – 1862)
    4. 4. Mary Brashears (13 MAR 1776 – 12 JUL 1819) m. Daniel (Jenkinson) Mason (1770 – 17 AUG 1839) m. Robert Gilliland (12 APR 1776 – 21 SEP 1797)
      1. 1. Mary (Polly) Mason (1799 – ) m. Alexander Mason (1803 – 1850)
      2. 2. Elijah Mason (4 JUN 1802 – 18 APR 1875) m. Mary Gardner (ABT 1813 – 30 JAN 1888)
      3. 3. Lettice Mason (1798 – 1840) m. Alfred (L) Haggard (2 DEC 1792 – 14 AUG 1819)
      4. 4. Patience (Ruth Independence) Mason (DEC 1797 – 1865) m. George Ramsey (1785 – 1863)
      5. 5. Thomas (Jefferson) Mason (1 DEC 1806 – 16 APR 1892) m. Eliza (J) Keer (1817 – 1890)
      6. 6. John (Brashears) Mason (12 OCT 1804 – 15 JUL 1881) m. Mary (E.) McFall (1812 – )
      7. 7. Robert (Samuel) Gilliland (5 JAN 1794 – 13 DEC 1862) m. Caroline (M.) Center (1807 – 1837) m. Peggy McCabe (1794 – 1826) m. Elizabeth Absten
      8. 8. Jane Gilliland (17 SEP 1795 – 21 SEP 1873) m. Gray Haggard (1785 – 27 SEP 1853)
    5. 5. Bassil Brashears (8 MAY 1781 – 10 AUG 1826) m. Margaret (Peggy) Horton (9 MAY 1771 – 24 SEP 1856)
    6. 6. Rebecca Brashears (9 JAN 1771 – 12 JUL 1859) m. Elias Roberts (5 MAR 1760 – SEP 1806)
      1. 1. John (Calvin) Roberts (3 MAR 1795 – APR 1873) m. Elizabeth Blackwell (10 SEP 1796 – 5 JUL 1867)
        1. 1. Samuel Roberts (5 JUN 1837 – 9 JUN 1910)
        2. 2. Elias (Robert) Roberts (27 OCT 1818 – 1902)
        3. 3. Bazzel Roberts (20 MAY 1839 – 17 FEB 1877)
        4. 4. Phillip Roberts (31 MAY 1829 – BEF 1848)
        5. 5. Asa (Ellis) Roberts (18 FEB 1835 – 8 OCT 1887)
        6. 6. Amanda Roberts (27 APR 1831 – 1 OCT 1917)
        7. 7. Hugh Roberts (24 AUG 1833 – 23 APR 1916)
        8. 8. Francis (Marion) Roberts (3 DEC 1825 – 18 AUG 1863) m. Margaret (Ann) Lyle (22 MAR 1824 – 26 MAY 1875)
      2. 2. Phillip Roberts
      3. 3. Robert (Samuel) Roberts
      4. 4. Edward (C) Roberts
    7. 7. Nancy Brashears (11 MAY 1773 – 12 JUL 1850) m. Zaccheus Roberts (12 MAY 1753 – 29 DEC 1826)
      1. 1. Brasher Roberts
      2. 2. Nancy Roberts
      3. 3. Isaac Roberts
      4. 4. Elizabeth Roberts
  2. 2. Jesse Brashears (1734 – 1788) m. Elizabeth Prather (6 MAY 1740 – 30 JUL 1804)
  3. 3. Charity Brashear (1719 – MAY 1834) m. Moses Lamb (1762 – 16 OCT 1847)
  4. 4. Zaza Brashears (9 JUN 1747 – 1817) m. Elizabeth Adkinson (1756 – 1797)
    1. 1. John (Johan) Brashears (1785 – 1 MAR 1854) m. Celia Whitsett
    2. 2. Zaza Brashears (1785 – 1853) m. Polly Rice (1787 – )
    3. 3. Jesse Brashears (1780 – 11 FEB 1840) m. Minny Compton (ABT 1789 – )
    4. 4. Asa Brashears (1777 – 1827) m. Elizabeth Linder (ABT 1773 – )
    5. 5. Mary Brashears (1776 – 1810) m. James Rankin (1757 – 1812)
      1. 1. Mary Rankin (1800 – 29 DEC 1868)
    6. 6. Elizabeth Brashears (1787 – 24 FEB 1866) m. Michael (P) Stracener (1786 – 20 APR 1856)
    7. 7. Basil Brashears (1790 – 11 FEB 1840)
  5. 5. Ann (Nancy) Brashears (17 APR 1734 – 1807)

Robert Brashears's Timeline

8 Records

1703
19 FEB 1703/04
Birth of Robert Cager Brashears in Prince George's, Maryland, USA
Prince George's, Maryland, USA
1708
7 OCT 1708
Age 5
Robert Cager Brashears resided here in Virginia
Virginia
1726
1726
Age 23
Robert Cager Brashears resided here
None
1748
ABT 1748
Age 45
Robert Cager Brashears resided here in North Carolina, British Colonial America
North Carolina, British Colonial America
1758
1758
Age 55
Robert Cager Brashears resided here in Maryland Colony, MD
Maryland Colony, MD
1761
6 DEC 1761
Age 58
Robert Cager Brashears resided here in Orange County, NC
Orange County, NC
1768
1768
Age 65
Robert Cager Brashears resided here in Rowan County, NC
Rowan County, NC
1782
2 FEB 1782
Age 79
Death of Robert Cager Brashears in Guilford, Guilford, North Carolina, USA
Guilford, Guilford, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 FEB 1703/04
    Event Place: Prince George's, Maryland, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Public Member Trees
    [2] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 17715.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: WAY
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [4] FamilySearch FamilyTree
    [5] FamilySearch FamilyTree, Troy L. Back and Leon Brashear, <i>The Brashear Story, A Family History: Containing A Partial Account of A Family that Has Been in America For Well Over Three Hundred Years</i> (N.p.: Sharpsville Advertiser, 1962), pp. 26, 31+ Chapter 4.
    [6] FamilySearch FamilyTree, Elis G. Jourdan, <i>Early Families of Southern Maryland</i> (Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1995), Vol. 4, p 184.
    [7] FamilySearch FamilyTree, Memory Aldridge lester, <i>Alldredge-Aldridge-Bracken-Nesmith Families and Their Kin</i> (Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Private, 1957), p. 195-196.
    [8] Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : 25 May 2022), Robert C. Brashear, ; Burial, ; citing record ID 118891774, <i>Find a Grave</i>
    [9] Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index", <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : Wed Apr 02 15:10:25 UTC 2025), Entry for Robert Cager Brashears.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Sugar Grove, Roane County, Tennessee, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] Public Member Trees
    [2] Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : 25 May 2022), Robert C. Brashear, ; Burial, ; citing record ID 118891774, <i>Find a Grave</i>
    [3] Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index", <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : Wed Apr 02 15:10:25 UTC 2025), Entry for Robert Cager Brashears.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1728

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1 MAY 1732
    Event Place: Prince George County, Colonial Maryland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 2 JUN 1742
    Event Place: Prince George County, Colonial Maryland

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: ABT 1748
    Event Place: North Carolina, British Colonial America
    Record Source: Public Member Trees

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 6 DEC 1761
    Event Place: Orange, North Carolina, British Colonial America

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1768
    Event Place: Rowan, North Carolina, British Colonial America

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: BET 5 AND 7 MAY 1782
    Event Place: Guilford County, North Carolina

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Occupation

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 FEB 1782
    Event Place: Guilford, Guilford, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Public Member Trees
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [3] Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : 25 May 2022), Robert C. Brashear, ; Burial, ; citing record ID 118891774, <i>Find a Grave</i>
    [4] Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index", <i>FamilySearch</i> ( : Wed Apr 02 15:10:25 UTC 2025), Entry for Robert Cager Brashears.
    [5] FamilySearch FamilyTree, Charles Brashears, <i>Brashear(s) Family History, Vol. 1: Descendants of Robert & Benois Brasseur, R.S. Brashear 1731 Maryland of Nansemond & some descendants in TN, KY, MO, TX, etc,</i> (San Diego, CA: Charles Brashears, 5025 Old Cliffs Rd, San Diego, CA

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 11 OCT 1711
    Event Place: Prince George's, Maryland, British Colonial America

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1740
    Event Place: Prince George's, Maryland, British Colonial America

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1755
    Event Place: North Carolina, British Colonial America

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Occupation

    Genealogy Event 18
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 6 DEC 1761
    Event Place: Orange County, NC
    Record Source: Public Member Trees

    Genealogy Event 19
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1768
    Event Place: Rowan County, NC
    Record Source: Public Member Trees

    Genealogy Event 20
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 7 OCT 1708
    Event Place: Virginia
    Record Source: Public Member Trees

    Genealogy Event 21
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1726
    Record Source: Public Member Trees

    Genealogy Event 22
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1758
    Event Place: Maryland Colony, MD
    Record Source: Public Member Trees
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