The will of Francis Brizendine of Southfarnham Parish and the County of Essex was dated 4 June 1776. Loving wife Elisabeth. Son Francis. Sons Thomas and Randolph Brizendine. Son Armsted Brizendine. Daughter Mary Bush. Daughter Susanna Brizendine. Daughter-in-law [sic] Dinah Chaney. Executors to be wife Elisabeth and son Thomas. Signed Francis his B mark Brizendine. Witnesses: John Broocke, Thomas Broocke. Proved 19 August 1776. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 13, pages 45-56.]

In about 1804, orators and oratrice Achilles Brizendine and Ann and Thomas Brizendine infants under 21 complained by Richard Miller. That Francis Brizendine their grandfather died about July 1776. The father of your orators and oratrice was his son Francis. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 21, item 21-C-45.]