Tag: Bridwell family

The Claim that George Birdwell (bef. 1725-1781) Was a Bridwell from Stafford County, Virginia: DNA Evidence?

January 20, 2025

Or, Subtitled: DNA Doesn’t Lie In a previous posting, I noted that after researcher Edythe Rucker Whitley linked George Birdwell (bef. 1725-1781) to a Bridwell family of Stafford County, Virginia, in research she undertook in the 1950s for Texas descendants of George Birdwell, it has been persistently claimed that George was a Stafford County Bridwell, … More The Claim that George Birdwell (bef. 1725-1781) Was a Bridwell from Stafford County, Virginia: DNA Evidence?

Children of George Birdwell (bef. 1725 – 1781) by His First Wife

January 16, 2025

Or, Subtitled: “Thirty Lashes on her bare back well Laid on” In this posting, I’d like to start winding down my discussion of my family line stemming from George Birdwell (bef. 1725 – 1781) by providing an outline of basic information about his children. As two previous postings have shown (here and here), George is … More Children of George Birdwell (bef. 1725 – 1781) by His First Wife