Family of John Bradshaw & Margaret Downey

of Maze, Co. Down

17-Jun-08

Husband

John Bradshaw

Farmer/Weaver

Born:

Abt. 1762

Blaris, Co. Down

Married:

Bef. 1785

Died:

11 July 1829

Maze, Blaris, Co. Down

PRONI - D671/R8/33

Buried:

Father:

Unknown

Mother:

Unknown

Wife

Margaret Downey

Born:

Bef. 1765

Died:

Maze, Blaris, Co. Down

Buried:

Father:

Unknown

Mother:

Unknown

Children

Name

William Bradshaw

Baptised:

02 April 1786 

Maze, Blaris, Co. Down

PRONI - mic I/63

1

Married:

Abt. 1810

Co. Down

Died:

28 August 1858

London Township, Ontario, Canada

Buried:

St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Arva, London, Ontario

Family Record

Spouse:

Ann Woods

Blaris, Co. Down

Name

Samuel Bradshaw

Born:

23 January 1791

Maze, Blaris, Co. Down

PRONI - mic I/63

2

Married:

Died:

Abt. 1836

Upper Maze, Blaris, Co. Down

Spouse:

Name

Anne Bradshaw

Baptised:

23 April 1793

Maze, Blaris, Co. Down

PRONI - mic I/63

3

Married:

Died:

Spouse:

Name

Esther Bradshaw

Baptised:

08 May 1809

Maze, Blaris, Co. Down

PRONI - mic I/63

4

Married:

Bef. 1831

Died:

Spouse:

George Stevenson

8 May 1831 - George the son of George Stevenson and

 Esther Bradshaw, Lisburn

PRONI - mic 1/63 vol. 7

Notes on John Bradshaw:

Lord Downshire's Kilwarlin Estate Rental - Books
Reference: D/671/R8/2 D671/RB/7
Dates: 1804 - 09, May 1816, 1824 - 25 & 1829 -30
Location: Maze
Name: John Bradshaw
Lease Date: 1806, Lease Terms: His own life , Area: 4.A 3.R 39.P
Comment Increased land 1805 Expired 10 July 1829

Kilwarlin Leases - D/671/L8/42B
John Bradshaw, I Nov 1805 for his own life aged 43 - 6 acres (near land of Hugh Toppin)

Family of William Bradshaw & Ann Woods

of Middlesex, Ontario, Canada

24-Jun-08

Husband

William Bradshaw

Farmer/Weaver

Reference

Born:

02 April 1786

Maze, Blaris, Co. Down

PRONI - mic I/63

Married:

Abt. 1810

Migrated

Died:

24 August 1858 (72 yrs)

London Township, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada

See Notes

Buried:

Father:

John Bradshaw

Farmer, Maze, Blaris, Co. Down

PRONI - D671/R8/33

Mother:

Margaret Downey

Wife

Ann Woods

Born:

abt. 1786

Migrated:

Died:

17 July 1870 (76 yrs)

Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada

Buried:

Father:

Mother:

Children

Name

John Bradshaw

Baptised:

30 June 1811

Maze, Blaris, Co. Down

PRONI - I/3/1

1

Married 1:

Bef. 1852

Married 2:

Died:

London Township, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada

Buried:

Souse 1:

Spouse 2:

Marion Smibert

Name

Elizabeth Bradshaw

Born:

Baptised:

15 August 1813 (3 wks old)

Hillsborough Parish Church, Co. Down

PRONI - mic I/62A

2

Married:

18 February 1846

London Township, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada

See Notes

Died:

07 September 1882

London Township, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada

Spouse:

Richard Hale

Name

James Bradshaw

Baptised:

Abt. 1818

Maze, Blaris, Co. Down

See Notes

3

Married:

Died:

Canada

Spouse:

Name

William Bradshaw

Born:

22 June 1822

Maze, Blaris, Co. Down

PRONI - mic I/62A/1

Baptised:

23 June 1822 (1 day old)

Hillsborough Parish Church, Co. Down

Church Record in Local  Custody

4

Married:

Died:

Canada

Spouse:

Name

Samuel Bradshaw

Baptised:

03 October 1824

Blaris, Co. Down

PRONI - mic I/63

5

Married:

Died:

Canada

Spouse:

Name

Richard Bradshaw

Farmer

Baptised:

04 April 1828

Maze, Blaris, Co. Down

PRONI - T679/107

6

Married:

16 February 1859

Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada

See Notes

Died:

23 October 1879

Adelaide Township, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada

Buried:

Strathroy Cemetery, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada

Spouse:

Matilda Lougheed

Name

Anne Jane Bradshaw

Baptised:

05 February 1830

Upper Maze, Blaris, Co. Down

PRONI - T679/107

7

Married:

Canada

Died:

Spouse:

Richard Gordan

Name

Sarah Bradshaw

Baptised:

13 January 1833

Upper Maze, Blaris, Co. Down

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8

Married:

Canada

See Notes

Died:

Spouse:

Emphraim Stoney, Thomas Harrison

Notes on William Bradshaw:

Lord Downshire's Kilwarlin Estate Rental - Books
Reference: D/671/D8/8/37, D/671/R8/7 & D/671/A1/61
Date:          1804 - 09, 1816, 1829 -30 & 1824 - 1834
Location: Maze
Name: William Bradshaw

Notes by Prof. Joseph Wearing, descendant of  Richard Bradshaw and Matilda Lougheed;

William Bradshaw and his wife Ann Woods came to London Twp in 1837 from Maze in Ireland Co. Down with their eight children John, Elizabeth (married Richard Hale), James, William, Samuel, Richard, Anne Jane (married Richard Gordon), Sarah, (married first, Ephraim Stoney, then Thomas Harrison)

William died 24 August 1858. The tombstone says 14 August 1858, age 72. Ann died 17 July 1870, age 76. They are both buried in St. John's Anglican Cemetery, Arva, London Township, plot 17Nb under a salmon granite obelisk. It is located west of the church and is.one of the tallest in the cemetery.