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Jean Brevard

Jean Brevard

Male Abt 1685 - Abt 1768  (83 years)


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  • Name Jean Brevard 
    Nickname John 
    Birth Abt 1685  France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Abt 1768  Cecil County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 

    • Huguenot, from France - Many left for fear of persecution and went to Ireland.
      Jean immigrated to Maryland about 1712.
      Family plantation was named "Charles Camp"

      He was called John In America

      Jean Brevard was born in France about 1685. He appears next in Northern Ireland in the care of the McKnitt family. Soon after they left for Maryland and Jean married Jane McKnitt in 1713 in Maryland

      The Brevards migrated from Ireland with the Alexanders and the Wallaces.

      Title: Simpson and Allied Families
      Author: Dennis William Simpson
      Text: Sara C. Allen Rt.2 Box 327 Hiddenlite,NC.,28636
      Pg 181 to 195

      Simpson Pg 184 " Five sons and one daughter were the issue of Jean and Katherine McKnitt Brevard, of whom John, Robert and Zebuloh, and their married sister Elizabeth and her husband migrated about 1747 to the Yadkin and Catawabl. Adam and Benjamin remained in Maryland. Adam in Worcester county , married his maternal 1st cousin Mary McKnitt. Benjamin in Cecil County."
    Person ID I38916  Family
    Last Modified 15 Nov 2023 

    Family Katherine Mary McKnitt,   b. 10 Aug 1689, Manokin Hundred, Somerset County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Cecil County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Abt 1713  Cecil County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage He was ~ 28 years old - She was ~ 23 years old. 
    Children 
    +1. John Bravard,   b. Abt 1715, Cecil County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +2. Benjamin Bravard,   b. Abt 1717, Cecil County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1793, Cecil County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     3. Robert Bravard,   b. 10 Jan 1718, Cecil County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1790, Iredell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    –4. Adam Bravard,   b. Abt 1720, Cecil County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     5. Elizabeth Bravard,   b. Abt 1722, Cecil County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     6. Zebulon Bravard,   b. Abt 1724, Cecil County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F12088  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1685 - France
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1713 - Cecil County, Maryland
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Abt 1768 - Cecil County, Maryland
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