1st wife of Edward Brantley

Name unknown. Married Edward Brantley after about 1645 (freedom from his indenture) and about 1648 (calculated birth date of children)

Edward Brantley's wife is not mentioned in his 1688 Isle of Wight will, so presume his wife had died before then.

Children 

•   1. John Brantley
•   2. Mary Brantley, md. Peter Deberry [unmarried as of date of father's will 30 March 1688]
•   3. Edward Brantley, Jr.,   b. ABT. 1648
• + 4. Philip Brantley,   b. ABT. 1651, Isle of Wight Co., VA ,   d. ABT. 1725, Isle of Wight Co., VA  (Age ~ 74 years)

Disputed Origins

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-313604

There is no documentation that confirms Elizabeth's maiden name as Clay or Corker, there are no references found thus far that gives her maiden name at all. I personally don't consider unsourced Ancestry pedigrees as any kind of evidence, especially when they are behind a paywall. DKM

Notes by Chet Snow, 1 April 2021:

2) An unsourced Find A Grave Memorial names Edward Brantley's wife as "Elizabeth Clay," b: 1680 - d: 1738 in Virginia. See Find A Grave: Memorial #141379927 - Elizabeth Clay Brantley.
3) An Ancestry.com Family Tree names Edward Brantley's wife as "Elizabeth Martha Clay," b: 1680 - d: 1738. It says her parents were: William Clay, 1640–1676; and his wife, Judith (Corker) Clay, 1654–1688. Both parents were born in Isle of Wight, Virginia. They married in 1671 in James City, Virginia. Judith was the daughter of Captain William Corker, b: 31 Jan. 1621 • James City, Virginia; d: 26 Feb 1677 • Jamestown, Virginia. See: deleted broken link to Ancestry (probably unsourced) family tree viewable at a public library or with paid subscription to Ancestry.com.

• Last Edited 15 July 2010 Citations

1. [S1084] D. LeAnn Skinner, "Descendants of Edward Brantley," Descendancy Chart, 6 September 2004, http:/http://www.dleanncpa.com/brantley.htm/, held by Skinner, D. LeAnn, PO Box 390, Henrietta, Clay County, Texas, USA.
2. [S315] "Patrick J McCann Jr (626 Monssen Dr., Dallas, Texas 75224, e-mail address) to Margaret Wayne Bernard", Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 14:14:13 -0600, Subject: Re: Louise Gaskin. Held by Richard Tonsing (4742 Bamboo Way, Fair Oaks, Sacramento County, California, USA).
3. [S1862] Ancestry.com, "Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850," [database online], 2004, Provo, Utah, http://www.Ancestry.com, held by Ancestry.Com, MyFamily.com, Inc., 575 Howard St, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA. Original data: Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965. Originally published in 1912. Crozier, William Armstrong, ed. Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County Records, 1721-1800. Being transcriptions from the original files at the County Court House of wills, deeds, administrators' and guardians' bonds, marriage licenses, and lists of revolutionary pensioners. New York, NY: Fox, Duffield & Co., 1905. The will abstracts for Isle of Wight and Norfolk counties were taken from microfilmed copies of the original Will Books. Some of these records may be found at the Family History Library as well as other libraries and archives. The originals may be found at the appropriate county courthouses. For individual sources please see the Notes section listed with each record, Book_Date: 4-157.

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