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Passage: the tale of Sarah Bradley | Sarah
Bradley married an English sea captain when she was a mere 14 years of age. Her
husband died while at sea, and the young widow was persuaded by the wife of another
sea captain to join them on their journey to America. Her relatives allowed her
to take only a few clothes fearing that she might never return if she took them
all. When the ship harbored at Virginia, Jacob Sr. came to the ship to buy a servant
by paying their passage to America. In this case, the ship's captain was prevailed
upon to sell Sarah to Mr. Prillaman and she was brought to the Prillaman home
where she remained until her marriage to his first born son, Jacob, Jr.
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Prillaman Jr. was born in 1752 and was first married about 1775 to Barbara
Snidow, daughter of John Snidow and Elizabeth Helm. Jacob served as a Revolutionary
soldier soon after their marriage. It is not known exactly when Sarah arrived
at the Prillaman home or when Jacob and Sarah married. It is known that Jacob
and Sarah are listed in deed records as having sold several parcels of land in
1796 so it is assumed that Jacob's first wife died sometime before this date and
that he then married Sarah. Sarah and Jacob left Virginia for Ohio in 1808 |
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