Name: Dr. Joseph Augustine BONDURANT

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Birth: abt 1719 Manakin, Goochland Co., VA

Death: 30 Jul 1806 Buckingham Co., VA

Father: Jean Pierre BONDURANT (1677-1735)

Mother: Ann L’Orange FAURE (1689-~1734)

Family Line:

Jean Pierre Sr. BONDURANT & Gabrielle DE BARJON

Jean Pierre BONDURANT (18 Jul 1677 - 1735) & Ann L’Orange FAURE (1689 - abt 1734)

Dr. Joseph Augustine BONDURANT (abt 1719 - 30 Jul 1806) & Agnes Elizabeth RADFORD (1725 - )

Anne BONDURANT (10 Nov 1745 - 1831) & Charles MAXEY (3 May 1743 - 1813)

Clairborne MAXEY (3 Mar 1769 - 29 Apr 1822) & Ann Olive TAYLOR (13 Feb 1776 - 20 Oct 1823)

Robert Taylor MAXEY* (9 Apr 1800 - 26 Dec 1875) & Ridley R NIXON (12 Nov 1800 - 9 Sep 1848)

Frances Nixon MAXEY (7 Apr 1827 - 19 Apr 1891) & Bartlett Yancy WALKER (1819 - aft 1906)

Cyrus WALKER* (7 Jan 1847 - Sep 1926) & Laura Etta MYERS (4 Jul 1853 - 28 May 1902)

Everett Elmer WALKER (6 Feb 1882 - 1948) & Linnie Ellen MACHLAN (1884 - 1974)

Elsie Maureen WALKER (1903 - 1983) & Leo Newton COFFEY (1901 – 1998)

Misc. Notes

See: The Maxeys of Virginia; Author: Edythe Maxey Clark; Publication: Gateway Press Inc Baltimore MD 1980

"The Radfords of Virginia and Kentucky" by Richard Brackman reports: "His will was proved 11 Aug 1806. His death was recorded in the Aug. 16, 1806 edition of the Argus newspaper, saying he died at age 87."

Reported: At least one web site claims he did service in the Revolutionary War.

Reported: Found 1782 Buckingham County Tax List with 21 slaves.

Connected Families:

A number of records related to Joseph Bondurant in Buckingham County can be found on ancestry.com – just search for his name. However one of these is interesting to cite, because it connects a number of my related families:

There were three "Legislative Petitions", all dated 7 Nov 1791, for Buckingham County, VA. One protested the establishment of a town called Greensville, and the other two proposed the construction of warehouses and a tobacco inspection at the mouth of Bent Creek. And these petitions include a lengthy collection of signatures, with several familiar names:

Joseph Bondurant Senior was one of the signers, and also signing were his sons William, Edward, and Joseph Junior.

Further, the signatures included Charles Maxey (who married Joseph Bondurant's daughter Anne), and Charles' brothers William and John. Also signing was a Thomas Maxey, whom I believe was the son of Charles' first cousin Nathaniel.

Finally, one petition was signed by Abner and William Coffee. I know about these two men, and the Coffey/Coffee DNA Project PROVES they are my relatives. However we don't know the name of their Most Recent Common Ancestor (MRCA), who lived back in Ireland some time in the 1600's. Best guess: This William is roughly my "Third Cousin Seven Times Removed", give or take a generation or two. (William is the son of Peter Coffee, born about 1716 in Ireland. I descend from Edward Coffey, who was already in America by 1699. DNA tests prove Edward and Peter were related, i.e., with a common Irish ancestor. William married Mary McAllister, and died in Buckingham County in 1798. "Abner" is William's oldest son.)

My "Bondurant/Maxey" ancestry line was united with my "Coffey" ancestry when my mother and father were married in 1925.

Marriage: 19 May 1745

Spouse: Agnes Elizabeth RADFORD

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Birth: 1725 Powhatan Co., VA

Father: John M RADFORD (1694-1773)

Mother: Elizabeth MAXEY (~1704-)

Misc. Notes

The husband of Agnes was proved by a deed of gift on 19 May 1747 of 125 acres “from John Radford of the County of Goochland to Joseph Bondurant and Agnes his wife, daughter of the said John Radford.” This land was sold by Joseph and Agnes on 28 Sebtember 1772.

Named as the wife of Joseph Bondurant and daughter of John Radford in a 19 May 1747 deed of gift from John to Joseph in Goochland Co. Her death date is questionable, she was named in the 26 Nov 1803 will of her husband.

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Children

Dr. Joseph Augustine BONDURANT (abt 1719 - 30 Jul 1806) & Agnes Elizabeth RADFORD (1725 - )

Sucky BONDURANT

Mary Agnes BONDURANT (abt 1745 - )

Anne BONDURANT (10 Nov 1745 - 1831) & Charles MAXEY (3 May 1743 - 1813)

William BONDURANT (abt 1747 - 1803)

Edward BONDURANT (bef 1749 - 1821)

Elizabeth BONDURANT (31 May 1752 - )

Joseph BONDURANT (abt 1755 - )

Lucy BONDURANT (abt 1756 - 1849)

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