Robert BRASSWELL/BRACEWELL  (1613 - 14 March 1667/8)

He was educated at Oxford and matriculated at Hart Hall on 22 Feb 1627/8 
at age 15. He graduated with a B.A. on 3 Nov 1631. He was the first of the 
family in Virginia, arriving in 1651. In 1653, he was elected to the House 
of Burgesses, but removed about a week later because his position as 
minister was felt to conflict with the government's policy of separation 
of church and state. He purchased 300 acres of land in Isle of Wight County
Virginia from Capt. John Upton in about 1652. In a deed wherin his son sold
land, he was described as "clerk", or minister of the Church of England. His 
will was dated February, 1668; probated 1 May 1668 in Isle of Wight Co., 
Virginia.

Sources: 
"Virginia Will Records", p.160, Judith McGhan, 1982.
Genealogical research papers and notes of Ms. Gerry Hill, Albany, GA.
"Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia", John Bennett Boddie, 
Wilmette, IL, 1938.
"Southside Virginia Families", Vol. I, pp.85-86, John Bennett Boddie, 
Redwood City, CA, 1955.
"Wills and Administrations of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, 1647-1800", 
p.6, Blanche Adams Chapman, Smithfield, Va. 1938. 1994.