Saturday, March 13th, 1729, The Pennsylvania Gazette
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Custom House, Philadelphia:
Entered Inwards:
Scooner Swallow, Nich. Boatlege, from North Carolina;
Brig. Amity, Charles Hargrave, from Barbadoes;
Sloop Ruby, William Pourman, from South Carolina;
Brig. Molley, Alexander Chamberlin, from Newcastle;
Sloop Catherine and Anne, Duncan Murray, from Maryland.
Entered outwards:
Sloop John, Anthony Peel, to Barbadoes;
Brig. Molly, Alexander Chamberline, to Newfoundland;
Sloop Ruby, William Pearman, Barbadoes;
Brig. Eliz. and Anne, Sam. Lobdal to St. Christophers;
Cleared for departure:
Ship Borden, William Hebert, to Madera;
Ship Lyon, Evan Bowen, to Jamaica;
Brig. Pennswood, Thomas Brally, to Barbadoes.
Saturday, October 2nd, 1729, The Pennsylvania Gazette
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Custom House, Philadelphia
Entered Inwards:
Sloop Hope, Elias Naudin, from Boston;
Sloop Dove, John Howel, from Antigua;
Brigt. Pennswood, Thomas Braly, from Madera.
Entered Outwards:
Schooner John, Thomas Wright, to Boston;
Brigt. Richard and William, W. Mayle, for Lisbon;
Ship Diligence, James Bayley, for Maryland.
Cleared for Departure:
Ship London Hope, Thomas Annis, for London;
Ship John and Anna, James Sherley, for Plymouth.
Thursday, December 9th, 1729, The Pennsylvania Gazette
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Custom House, Philadelphia:
Mary Anne, Michael Hearson, Antigua;
Joseph, Samuel Waterhouse, Antigua;
William, James Oswald, Madera;
Watts, William Wallace, Barbadoes;
William and Martha, William Heaves, Falmouth;
Pennswood, Thomas Braly, Barbadoes.
Saturday, April 2nd, 1730, The Pennsylvania Gazette
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Custom House, Philadelphia:
Dove, John Howell, Barbadoes;
Pennswood, Thomas Braly, St. Christopher's;
Scipio, John Bibby, Lisbon;
Dolphin, Richard Fortescue, Cape Fear;
George, Joseph Evans, Jamaica;
John, Charles Edgar, West Indies,
Olive Branch, Nicholas Legal, Jamaica;
Mary, John Sims, St. Christopher's.
Saturday, April 9th, 1730, The Pennsylvania Gazette
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Customs House: Philadelphia
Tryal, Hope Willet, Cape May;
Henrietta, Samuel Farra, Madera;
Pennswood, Thomas Braly, St. Christopher's;
Olive Branch, David Burch, West Indies;
Warren, John Tonge, Virginia;
Debby Gally, Thomas Lloyd, Jamaica;
Sea Flower, Philip Diz, Boston;
Trial, Hope Willet, Cape May;
Swallow, Nicholas Roach, Cape Fear.
Saturday, July 30th, 1730, The Pennsylvania Gazette
- Chester County, Pennsylvania
Custom House, Philadelphia:
Pennswood, Thomas Braly, St. Christopher's;
Swan, Isaac Cox, Burlington;
Mary Anne, Laborious Pearce, Jamaica;
London Hope, Thomas Annis, London;
St. Andrew, Jonathan Dunscomb, Bermuca;
Swan, Isaac Cox, Antiqua;
Mary, John Sim, Barbadoes;
Pennswood, Thomas Braly, Madera;
Amity, Michael Hearson, Antiqua;
Peggy, Ellis Davis, Virginia;
Catherine and Anne, Samuel Farra, South Carolina;
George, Joseph Evans, Barbadoes.
Tuesday, August 13th, 1730, The Pennsylvania Gazette
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Custom House, Philadelphia:
Freedom, James Nicholson, Dublin;
Lancashere Witch, Samuel
Spufforth, Bermuda;
Catharine and Anne, Dunkan Murray, Virginia;
Anna Maria, John Mead, Jamaica;
Swan, Isaac Cox, Antigua;
Rose, John Pharough, Barbadoes,
Thistle, Thomas Glentworth;
Pennswood, Thomas Braly, Madera.
Saturday, December 3rd, 1730, The Pennsylvania Gazette
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Custom House, Philadelphia:
Ship Joyce, William Ford, Boston;
Brigt. Keith, Stephen Hoskins, Surinam;
Penswood, Thomas Braly, Madera;
Thistle, Thomas Glentworth, Antigua;
Sloop Tace, Benjamin Haskins, South Carolina;
Swallow, Nicholas Roach, Cape Fear;
Charming Betty, William Burroughs, Cape Fear;
Priscilla and Naomi, John Hinman, Jamaica;
Hester and Jane, Robert Trail, Jamaica;
Ship John Galley, John Ball, Antiqua;
Sloop Nancy, Samuel Booth, Mountserrat.
Tuesday, December 13th, 1730, The Pennsylvania Gazette
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Last Saturday Morning one Alexander Fortescue was found dead in his
Bed on board a Shallop. By a Person lately arrived here from the
Northern Parts of Virginia, we have an Account, that in May last
one John Pemberton kill'd a Buffalo upon Shunadore River, which
weigh'd after it was dress'd 1400 weight, and the Hide 300. There
was one kill'd there some time before, which weigh'd 1800; and in
those Parts 'tis said they frequently see ten or more of these
Creatures together.
Custom House -- Philadelphia,
Entered Inwards:
Ship Trial, Samuel Bickfred, from Jamaica;
Brigt. Sarah and Mary, Henry Coombs, from Burlington;
Factory, John Ramadge, from St. Lucia.
Entered outwards:
Ship Molly, Samuel Cornock, for South Carolina;
Brigt. Mary, John Price, for Boston;
Keith, Stephen Hoskins, for Jamaica;
Pennswood, Thomas Braly, for Lisbon.
Cleared out:
Ship Diligence, Samuel Wood, to St. Christopher's;
New Bristol Hope, Thomas Chalkly, to Barbadoes;
Dragon, Charles Hargrave, to Barbadoes;
Brigt. John, Charles Edgar, to Barbadoes;
Snow Mary Anne, Laborious Pearce, to Jamaica;
Sloop Elizabeth and Anne, Richard Wheldon, to Jamaica;
Charming Betty, William Burroughs, to Cape Fear;
Tace, Benjamin Hoskins, to South Carolina.
Contributor Note:
My own ancestor, John Bralley, was in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1761,
when Benjamin Franklin's Pennsylvania Gazette listed his name among others
who had uncollected letters at the Post Office in Philadelphia. Our family
tradition holds that he was from Cork, Ireland. He relocated to Octorara
Hundred, Cecil County, Maryland before 1766, because his name begins to
appear in local records there. We believe he married Mary Guy around 1764
or so. She might have been the daughter of Samuel Guy and Rebecca Kelly of
Philadelphia. They, too, moved to Cecil County, Maryland. Capt. Thomas
Brally (and variously Brawley, Braly, etc.), Master of the Pennswood, was
quite active in the shipping business in Philadelphia in the early 1700's.
He was interred in the burying ground of Christ Church in Philadelphia on
Wednesday, February 5th, 1733, according to the parish records. His name
disppears from the records at this time. Any relationship between my own
family and Thomas Brally is still conjectural at this point. There are a
few clues, though. The family were on the Virginia frontier by 1770,
settling in Montgomery County, Virginia (which later became Wythe County).
In 1833, James Bralley, firstborn son of the immigrant John Bralley and Mary
Guy, built on the family plantation, a Methodist Episcopal Church and named
it the Olive Branch. It is interesting to note that another brigantine
sailing at the same time as Thomas Brally's Pennswood and often moored side
by side, was the Olive Branch. I wonder if this church, still in use today,
actually commemorates a vessel that brought my ancestor to the New World?
Edgar Bralley
