Sally's7-great Grandparents:
Lewis Bryan ca 1660 - ca 1740/1 | his
parents
& Elizabeth Hunter | her parents
of Surry Co VA & Bertie Co, NC
This is my working hypothesis - the way I see it as of this moment!!
came to Bertie Co in 1713. He was the son
of John Bryan of Nansemond Co. VA.
15 Oct 1715 -
Chowan Ct - Lewis Bryan proved rights for ye importation of
Symon, William, Edward, Jannett, Lewis, Elizabeth, Mary, Joanah, Sarah,
and Ann Bryan, Lewis Bryan, Jr and Elizabeth Bryan Jr. -- Chowan
Deed Book B #1 abst by MM Hofmann
Children of Lewis
Bryan and Elizabeth his wife: include
1. John Bryan ca 1685 - 1762 Bertie Co [probably the oldest son]
~"John
Bryan son of Lewis Bryan was appointed a justice with John Cotten and John
Hardy in 1720 by Governor Eden"~ Chowan Deed Bk F #1 p21
26 November 1720--"John
Bryan, Jr. and wife Mary" to Phineas Whitaker 100 acres bought from
John Drew in 1716. Wit. William Bryan. Great Book, p. 398.
2. Simon
Bryan ca 1687 - 1753 Bertie Co testate
moved to Pasq Co -
? married 1st unknown
?married 2nd Elizabeth Bailey [Amour]
married Ann [his widow] d bef 28 Jan
1757
3. William Bryan ca 1689 - 1744 Bertie Co - 4 sons and 2
daughters
married Catherine d. 1779
she married 2nd Aaron
Ellis d. 1769
4. Edward Bryan ca 1690 - will 1762
married Martha West will 1777
5. Jannett Bryan ca 1692 -
6. Lewis Bryan ca 1693 -
7. Elizabeth Bryan 15 Sept 1694 - 18 Jan 1753
married ca 1712 Thomas
Whitmell 1688 - 24 Nov 1735
married 2nd 1736 Robert
Hunter
8. Mary Bryan
9. Joanah Bryan
10. Sarah Bryan
11. Ann Bryan bef Oct 1715
Grandchildren
of Lewis Bryan and Elizabeth Hunter:
Children of Elizabeth Bryan and Thomas
Whitmel:
Children of
Edward Bryan [will 1762] and Martha West [will 1777]:
1. Mary Bryan
married bef 1777 George Lockhart
2. Martha Bryan dsp
3. Elizabeth Bryan dsp
4. Ann Bryan
married bef 1777 James Ryan
a. Edward Ryan
5. Sarah Bryan
married bef 1777 Thomas Baker
a. Edward Bryan Baker
b. Martha Baker
c. Susanna Baker
d. Elizabeth Baker
e. Sarah Baker
f. Mary Baker
6. Thomas Bryan dsp 1789
7. Edward Bryan dsp May 1799
8. Janette Bryan
married 1st bef 1777 Nathaniel Hill d aft
1777
married 2nd bef 1789 Thos. Whitmell Pugh
9. Winnefred Bryan 1762 -
married bef 1789 George Durant Reed
a. Edward Bryan Reed bef 1799 -
b. West Reed bef 1799 -
c. Durant Reed bef 1799 -
Children of
Simon Bryan and 1st wife:
1. Simon Bryan
Children of Simon Bryan and Elizabeth Bailey [Armour]:
1. David Bryan [will pr May Ct 1777]
a. Elizabeth Bryan
b. Mary Bryan
c. David Bryan
d. Joseph Bryan
e. Peggy Bryan
f. Rebecca Bryan
2. Joseph Bryan 23 Sept 1742 - 18 April 1807
married 11 Aug 1774 Mary Hunter 28 Dec 1744 -
10 Aug 1810
dau of Sarah Whitmell and Henry Hunter and widow of Henry Coffield and a
Dawson
a. Elizabeth Bryan 3 April 1775 - 28 July 1816
married George Outlaw of Bertie Co
b. Mary Whitmel Bryan 6 March 1776 -
married 1st John Hill
married 2nd Whitmel Hill Pugh
c. Sallie Hunter Bryan 15 Aug
1778 - 3 Mar 1818
married William Keais died Oct 1808 Washington, NC
d. Marina Brickell Bryan 2 Sept
1780 - 27 Jan 1822 TN
married John Edwards Turner
e. Joseph Hunter Bryan 9 April
1782 - d TN
married Sarah Burlingham
f. Harriet Bailey Bryan 26 Dec
1783 -1848 Warrenton, NC
married 1st James Tunstall
married 2 July 1823 Granville Co to Stark Armistead
g. Henry Hunter Bryan 23 Feb 1786 - 4
May 1835
married Betsey Averitt
h. Simon A Bryan 7 Feb 1788 - Nov 1828
married 17 Jan 1811 Mary Burlingham d 1815
3. Winnefred Bryan
Will of Simon Bryan
26 Nov 1751 - Bertie Co May Ct 1753 [abstract by David B Gammon]
"...in a very bad state of health..."
Wife - one-third of my personal estate, there being nine Negroes belonging
to my children, some of which came by the death of their brother Jno. Amour.
the rest they hold by deed of gift, and the Negroes are named Perry, Hannah,
Feb, Sina?, Ben, Lyd, Joe, Jupiter, and Pina.
Son David - the land I bought of Michell Henry King.
Remaining two-thirds of my personal estate to be divided between my three
children, but if my wife is now with child this child shall have an equal
share.
EX: wife Ann Bryan, brother Edward Bryan, son David
Wit: Martha Bryan, Isabel [x] Deal, Jas. Lockhart, Lillington Lockhart.
Probate indicates
David Bryan, qualified as exr.
Aug 1753 - Inventory presented by David Bryan.
Edward Bryan and David Bryan petitioned for a division,
28 Jan 1757 Edward Bryan appd. gdn. of the orphan Joseph Bryan
right was given Henry Gibbon to take the property of the ded'd into
his possession
Division [undated] indicated the widow had died. The names of the Negroes
belonging to the estate were named Argill, Thornton, "Jenny from
Pasquotank," Jenny and Joe. [abstract by David B Gammon]
Ref: Hathaway's NCHGR vol 2 p325
The Whitmell Family Bible, 1726 from Historic Woodville
Whitmel of Bertie, Halifax & Warren Co by Lyndon H Hart III in Gammon's ENCF Vol 1.
Stuart Hall Hill's notebooks
Sally's 8-great Grandparents:
John Bryan ca 1630 - 1680/88
| his
parents
& ? | her parents
of Nansemond Co VA
Patented often on the Indian Creek branch of the Nansemond
River in the Upper Parish and close to the Isle of Wight County line; the
property extended toward Kingsale
a. 168 acres on 15 Oct 1652 adj John Garrett and William Story;
b. 200 acres on 18 Mar 1662 adj William Denson [whose widow Frances
outlived him 33 or 34 years [Chapman wills pp 14, 47] and Hugh Sanders ~
this 200 acres sold eventually to John Moore.
c. 350 acres adj Robert Johnson 8 Oct 1671 and "close to county
line"
d. 81 acres 6 Oct 1674 adj his own land, Henry Gay, and William Denson
e. 470 acres on 20 April 1682, inc. the 350 acres of the 1671 grant adj
Robert Johnson and Thomas Mason.
19 December 1741 -- Richard Gay to William Moore of Isle of Wight 170 acres (part of the
Thomas Mason patent of 1666, sold to Isaac Bolton in 1666 who sold to John
Bryan 14 December 1668 who "devised" to his son John Bryan 14
February 1680 who "devised" it to his "son" Samuel 23
Jan 1725 who conveyed to "brother" Walter who conveyed to his
"brother-in-law" Richard Gay). Isle of Wight Deed Book #
6, p. 102.
Children of John Bryan:
1. John Bryan[t] ca
1659 - bef 19 Dec
1741
land patent 1682
married Alice
Macland d. aft 1705 will of father
a.
Needham Bryant 23 Feb 1690 - 1770
married 11 Nov 1711 Annie Rombeau d. 16 Jan 1730
married 2nd Susannah Harrell d. 1752
married 3rd 1752 Sarah Woodward d bef May 1777
b.
William Bryant bef 1705 -
24 December 1722--William
Bryan of the Lower Parish deeded to his son-in-law Thomas Gay 95 acres
adjacent William Coggan and Phineas Whitaker that William had
brought from Phineas in 1720, land that John Moore devised to his
daughter Mrs. Jane Moore Carver Whitaker in 1702. Wit. John Moore,
Jr. of the next deed. Great Book, pp. 400, 510. [Thomas Gay was
the brother-in-law of __?__ Page, as noted in the will of Thomas Gay,
Sr. 1719/20, abstracted by Mrs. Chapman, p. 84.]
23 December 1724--John Bryan,
Sr. of the LP, Isle of Wight to son William Bryan 200 acres (part of the
1682 patent). Great Book. p. 685. Wit. Thomas Gale, Jr. [His sister
Mary Gale married Robert Bryan (Southampton will 1750), possibly a half
brother of William and a brother of the "full blood" of Walter
and Samuel Bryan. - e-mail from Barry Hayes]
c. John Bryant bef 1705 -of
Halifax Co NC
" lived on Cypress Swamp near the Nicholas Smith homestead"
married Elizabeth Joyner
d. Mary
Bryant bef 1705 -
married
Richard Gay
e. Alice Bryant bef 1705
-
married aft 1705 2nd
?
a.
Samuel Bryan
23 January 1725--John Bryan,
Sr. deeded to son Samuel Bryan 200 acres in possession of Thomas Mason,
the land "devised" to John Bryan by his father John Bryan 14
February 1680. Great Book, p. 685. Wit. Thomas Gale, Jr.
b. Walter Bryan of Iof W VA 1731
received land from brother Samuel 27 May 1728
20 April 1731--Walter Bryan of
the LP of Isle of Wight and wife Sarah [Johnson] Bryan to Edward Taylor
200 acres, southern branch of the Nansemond River (part of a patent to
John Bryan 20 April 1682 adjacent Thomas Mason) plus 30 acres (part of
the Mason patent given to said Walter Bryan by his brother Samuel 27 May
1728), the 200 acres given by William Bryan to his brother Walter Bryan
[possibly a half brother]. Wit. James Bryan and his wife Joan. Isle of
Wight Deed Book # 4, p. 110. e-mail from Dr. Barry Hayes
married
Sarah Johnson
c. Robert Bryan
married Mary
Gale
2. Lewis Bryan[t]
ca 1660 - ca 1740/1
married Elizabeth Hunter
3. Edward Bryan[t]
married Christina Council
a. John Bryan of Craven Co
NC 1741 will
On 26 December 1723, John Bryan of
"Bertie County, North Carolina" deeded to James Bryan the 200
acres, "willed by Hodges Council to his daughter Christian, wife of
Edward Bryan." Isle of Wight Great Book, p. 618.
i. James Bryan
witnesses of deed dated 27 May 1728
married
bef 27 May 1728 Joan
e-mail from Dr. Barry Hayes: This James Bryan was the grandson of
Edward Bryan and Christina Council and was the son of their son John.
On 20 April 1731, James Bryan and wife Joan deeded to his first cousin
Walter Bryan 200 acres adjacent Hodges Council, willed by Council to
daughter "Christina, wife of Edward Bryan." "Her
[Christina's] heir" John Bryan, Sr. "willed" it to said
James Bryan. Isle of Wight Deed Book # 4, p. 104. I think
both Edward and Christina were dead by then, but John Bryan, Sr. did not
"will" this land at all. I am
particularly interested in this line because Christina's sister Lucy
Council Wooten, wife of Richard Wooten, is a recently discovered
ancestress of mine.
b. Edward Bryan will 1746
New Bern NC
4. James Bryan[t] - ca Aug 1732 Bertie Co
married Elizabeth
land patent 1683
a. William Bryant
married Mary
Bridger
b. daughter
married John Dew
c. daughter
married Richard Braswell
d. James Bryant
e. Thomas Bryant
f. daughter
married Mathew Telar
e-mail from Barry
Hayes:
(1) 19
December 1741--Richard Gay to William Moore of Isle of Wight 170 acres
(part of the Thomas Mason patent of 1666, sold to Isaac Bolton in 1666
who sold to John Bryan 14 December 1668 who "devised" to his
son John Bryan 14 February 1680 who "devised" it to his
"son" Samuel who conveyed to "brother" Walter who
conveyed to his "brother-in-law" Richard Gay). Isle of
Wight Deed Book # 6, p. 102. [ Does this mean that your John Bryan made
a will in 1680? If so, did he die before the 1682 patent of John
Bryan [II?] and the 1683 patent of James Bryan? Could these patents be
to land devised to them by their father? The Patent of 1682 to John
(Nugent, II, p. 231, the patent to 470 acres, near Robert Johnson and
Thomas Mason) states that 150 acres of it was "granted him on 6
October 1672" ["him" sounds like John I; but
perhaps not, as father and son had the same name]. Perhaps
John I made a will in 1680 or just deeded the property. If at law
"devise" means to will, I have seen some conveyances
that use words "devise" and "deed" interchangeably.
In any case, John Bryan I was certainly dead by 1688 when Lewis Bryan's
deal with Henry Gay refers to "John Bryan, deceased" (Boddie,
Seventeenth Century, p. 601).
Needham was clearly a grandson of
John Bryan I. But who was his father? Needham's mother was obviously the
Alice named as the daughter in the will of Needham's maternal
grandfather "Macland [sic]" in 1705. I do not find an older
Needham who could have been his father and doubt that he existed. The
William Bryan whom so many Bryan researchers contend was the husband of an
Alice Needham and the father of Needham Bryan was an invention or the
subject of a family legend that Hathaway accepted "whole
cloth," and without any citations, when he wrote the North Carolina
Register a century ago. The oldest William that I can find in the
Southside Virginia records is the William, an older brother of Needham who, I think, was born about ten
years later than William. William, son of James and husband of Mary
Bridger, was a comtemporary of the other William. I can only
account for four possible sons of John I (John II, James, Lewis, and
Edward). Neither James and wife Elizabeth (his will 1731 in Bertie),
Lewis (whose importation into N.C. listed his children in 1715 except
his son John), nor Edward (who was married to Christina Council ca.
1690) could have been the father of Needham. Edward had a son John who
left his will in Craven County, North Carolina in 1741 and son Edward
who left his will in New Bern in 1746. Lewis had the son John who was
appointed a justice with John Cotten and John Hardy in 1720 in Bertie
County. Only
James did not have a son John.
In focusing on John Bryan II, son
of John I, I at first theorized that John I died in 1680;
that John II patented in 1682, died before 1713, and was the father of
Needham (cf. the Needham deed of 1713); and that John III (the
"Sr." in # 3 and 4 above) was the brother of Needham.
Obviously some of the deeds would have had to contain some
mistakes for that scenario to hold. But at least by that theory, John II
could qualify as the father of Needham (and William, John, Alice, and
Mary (wife of the Richard Gay in # 1, all named in the will of 1705) and
then John III could qualify as the father of Walter, Samuel, and Robert.
Then it occurred to me several days ago that there may be another
answer. John I died ca. 1680/88, but John II (the "Sr."
of # 3 and 4 above, still very much alive as late as 1725, and probably
died in Nansemond) had two sets of children by two wives. He had
the five children by (1) Alice who probably died soon after her father
made his will in 1705 and soon married (2) the mother of Samuel, Walter,
and Robert. What do you think?
Needham
Bryant 1690 - 1770
| his
parents
& 1711 Annie Rombeau ? - 1730/1
| her
parents
& ca 1731 Susannah Harrell d. 1752
| her
parents
& 1752 Sarah Woodward d bef May 1777
| her
parents
of "Snowfield" Bertie Co NC
Needham Bryant 23 Feb 1690 Isle of Wght Co VA - 1770
married 11 Nov 1711 Annie Rombeau d. 16 Jan 1730
Needham and all three of his wives are buried at "Snowfield" in
Bertie County
he also names grandsons Ezekiel Williams, Lewis Gardner, and Joseph
Garnigham
and bequeath a mare to Susannah Harrell and three pounds to young Jacob
Jernigan
17 February 1713--Needham
Bryan and wife Anne of the UP Nansemond County to James Nolliboy of the
LP Isle of Wight "for his love of his brother John Bryan"
(conveyed to Nolliboy for John Bryan?) 170 acres "bounded by Edward
Bryan and Mason" and "now in the possession of John
Bryan" ("part of a grant" to John Bryan
"deceased" on 20 April 1782). Isle of Wight Deed Book #
2, p. 265. This John Bryan would appear to have been the John Bryan, Jr.
of the previous two deeds.
Children of Needham Bryan and Annie Rombeau:
1. Rachel Bryan 10 June 1723 - Nov 1780
married 6 Nov 1741 William Whitfield 29 May 1715 - 31 Mar 1795
son of William Whitfield and Elizabeth Goodman
a. William Whitfield 1 June 1743 - Mar 1817
married Hester
Williams
b. Elizabeth Whitfield 16 Mar 1746 -
married 1765
Alexander Smith
c. Sarah Whitfield 16 April 1749 - 22 Jan 1780
married 1769 Col.
Joseph Greer
d. Bryan Whitfield 9 Feb 1754 - 3 Jan 1817
married 1st 1780
Nancy Bryan dau of Needham
married 2nd 1798
Winifred Bryan dau of Hon. Nathan Bryan
e. Charity Whitfield 6 April 1756 - 21 Aug 1818
married David Smith
f. Needham Whitfield 20 Feb 1758 - 6 Apr 1812
g. Rachel Whitfield 16 Sept 1760 -
married 1st McCabe
married 2nd James Whitfield
married 3rd John Hentage
married 4th Isaac Bryan son
of Col Hardy Bryan
h. Mary Whitfield 18 May 1763 -
married 1785/6 Kedar
Bryan son of Neeham [as 2nd wife]
i. Rev. Lewis Whitfield 1766 -
1849
married 1st Charlotte
Moore Bryan 2 April 1765 - 1798
dau of Needham Bryan and Charlotte Moore
married 2nd 9 Feb
1800 Tabitha
Atkinson
married 3rd 10 Nov
1816 Martha [Patsy]
Hinton [Bryan]
widow of John Bryan son of William Bryan and Elizabeth Smith
2. William Bryan 31 Oct 1724 Bertie Co NC - 1785
Johnston Co NC
a
member of the Provincial Congress 1775 and one of the officers appointed by
the Convention which organized the militia
married 1744 Elizabeth Smith
dau of John Smith and Elizabeth Whitfield
a. Lewis/Louis Bryan 4
Nov 1745 Johnston Co NC - 1780
married ca
1769 Sarah Hinton
dau of William Hinton ca. 1715/20-1761
i. Lewis Hinton Bryan 4 April 1780 - 1851
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e-mail 6/8/06
Sally, I am a descendant of Capt. Lewis Bryan (c. 1745) of
Johnston County, NC..... I have always thought
Lewis to have married Sarah Hinton d/o William Hinton as per
this deed made by Lewis's son Lewis Jr. in Bunconbe Co. NC in
1802.
HARDY BRYAN - deed book B-2, p. 85, 12 March 1802
LEWIS BRYAN of Buncomb Co. to JOHN RUSSELL of Johnston Co
for $1,000,
260 acres NS Neuse River on Marks Ck. adj. CHRISTOPHER
CURTIS & LEWIS BRYAN. . all that tract of land
deeded to me by my mother SARAH BRYAN, left to her by
her father WILLIAM HINTON, dec. in his LW&T.
Signed: LEWIS BRYAN, May Ct. 1802.
Wit: HARDY BRYAN, SAML LEE, JR.
....... Herman Hensley
from Barry Hayes
Lewis Bryan
(1746-1780) married
Sarah Hinton, daughter of William Hinton (ca.
1715/20-1761) and stepdaughter of Colonel Needham Bryan II,
brother of Colonel William Bryan, as discussed below.
Contrary to various reports, including the account in Hathaway,
Lewis Bryan did not marry a Nancy Ann Hinton. The true
identity of his wife is proved by a series of deeds in Johnston
County and Buncombe County where Sarah settled with her second
husband Edward Blurton. The son Lewis Hinton Bryan
(1780-1851), born on 4 April 1780 shortly after his father's
death, sold, on 12 March 1802 as Lewis Bryan of Buncombe County,
where he would leave his will, 260 acres in Johnston County that
William Hinton had left his daughter Sarah, Lewis Bryan's mother.
The property was adjacent Christopher Curtis who, as noted below,
married Lewis Bryan's first cousin, Esther Bryan, daughter of
Needham Bryan II by his third wife Charlotte Moore. . . .
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b. William Bryan July 1747 - Sept 1800 Bertie Co NC
married 1788 Elizabeth Gray
dau of William Gray and Frances Lee
i. Francis Lee Bryan 1779 - 1850 Windsor NC
ii. William Bryan 5
March 1781 - dy
iii. Elizabeth Bryan
26 March 1783 - 30 July 1840
iv. Ann Gray Bryan 5
Dec 1784 - 12 Oct 1864
married 1808 Sam Hyman of Bertie Co
v. Jane Smith Bryan
24 April 1786 - 18 Feb 1818
married 1812 Peter Boyd Martin
vi. Susannah Bush
Bryan 11 April 1791 -
vii. John Gray Bryan
1796 - 31 Oct 1830
viii. John Stevens
Bryan April 1797 - 1848 NY
married Lucy Haywood of Raleigh
ix. James Louis
Bryan 6 Aug 1799 - 26 Nov 1856
c. Arthur Bryan 12 May 1749 - rem to
Twigg Co GA
married ca 1780 Nancy McCullers
of Johnston Co NC
i. John Arthur Bryan
d. Elizabeth Bryan 28 May 1751 -
married Col. Josiah Sasser
i. Lewis Sasser
ii. Blake
Sasser
iii. William
Sasser
iv. Mary
Sasser 1775 -
married 28 Aug 1792 William Stevens
married 2nd ca 1800 Benjamin Bryan son of Needham II
moved to GA in 1818
married 2nd
1783 William Blackman of Johnson City NC
i. Elizabeth R Blackman 1784 - 1811
married Isaac Williams
e. Hardy Bryan 4 June 1753 -
married 1777 Winnefred McCullers
of Johnston Co NC
i. William Bryan 10 Sept 1779 -
ii. Hardy Bryan
10 Aug 1781 -
iii. Matthew
Bryan Dec 1783 -
iv. Gen Harry
Bryan 7 May 1786 -
married 1815 Susan Blackman
v. David Bryan
Dec 1790 -
married the widow of Edwin Smith
vi. John Gray
Bryan 1792 -
f. Blake Bryan 12 June 1759 -
married 1790 Elizabeth Blackshear
16 Sept 1765 - of Jones Co NC
i. Mary Bryan 1792 -
married 1814 Maj. Ezekiel Wimberley
ii. Elizabeth
Bryan 8 Dec 1795 -
married GA 1814 Joel Walker
iii. Joseph
Bryan 1798 -
married GA 1819 Mary Walker
iv. Blake
Bryan Jr dy
g. Esther Bryan 22 June 1760 -
married ca 1780 Jonathan Smith son of Col. Samuel Smith
i. Elizabeth Smith 1787 -
married 1802 Nathaniel Lane
ii.
Esther B Smith dsp
h. Susannah Bryan 25 Nov 1763 -
married ca 1783 John Bush of
Jones Co NC moved to GA
i. David Bush 1784 -
ii. Elizabeth
Bush 1785 -
married 1805 James Tooke
iii. Zilpah
Bush
married Mr. Baker
i. John Bryan 14 Jan 1765 -
married
1795 Patsy Hinton 25 July 1775 -
dau of Col. James Hinton and Delilah Hunter;
granddaughter of Col John Hinton and wife Grizelle Kimbrough
i. Bythan Bryan 1796 -
married 1825 Julia Smith
dau of Maj. Sam Smith Jr.
? 1. Wiley Bryan 20 Nov 1825
- 15 Dec 1895 near Rich Square 4 dau and one son
married 21 Dec 1847 Mary Ann Beale d 1874
dau of Jordan Beale
married 14 Sept 1880 Bettie
V Sessoms
ii. Nancy Bryan 1798 -
married 1827 James Hinton Smith
son of Edward Smith and Temperance Hinton
3. Needham Bryan 1715/26 - d between 23 Sept 1767 and May 1777
married 5 Feb 1747 Nancy Ann Smith d. ca
1760
dau of John Smith and
Elizabeth Whitfield
| from Dr. Barry Hayes
Colonel Needham Bryan
II
(1715/26?-ca. 1776/77) married (1) his first cousin and
sister-in-law Nancy Ann Smith on 5 February 1747.
After her death ca. 1760, he married (2) Mrs. Sophia Hinton,
the widow of William Hinton, who left his will in Johnston County in
1761. The proof of this second marriage, long ignored, will
follow. Colonel Bryan married (3), not (2), as long supposed,
Charlotte Moore ca. 1764. Mrs. Zella Armstrong in her
collection, Notable Southern Families, was clearly wrong when
she placed Colonel Bryan's death in 1784 and suggested that in 1780
his second wife became Charlotte Moore. The daughter by this
third marriage, Charlotte Moore Bryan, was born on 2 April
1765; her marriage was on 27 October 1782 to Reverend Lewis
Whitfield (1766-1849), son of William Whitfield, Jr. and
Rachel Bryan; and her death was on 9 March 1798. Reverend
Whitfield married (2) Tabitha Atkinson on 9 February 1800 and (3)
Mrs. Martha Hinton Bryan on 10 November 1816. Mrs. Martha
"Patsy" Hinton Bryan, the third wife of Reverend
Whitfield, was a granddaughter of Colonel John Hinton and wife
Grizelle Kimbrough and daughter of Colonel James Hinton (ca.
1749-after 1794) of "Silent Retreat," assemblyman,
senator, and justice of Wake County, and wife Delilah Hunter,
daughter of Colonel Theophilus Hunter of "Hunter's Lodge."
The first husband of Mrs. Patsy Hinton Bryan Whitfield was Reverend
Whitfield's double first cousin, John Bryan, son of William Bryan
and Elizabeth Whitfield Smith, as noted above.
The proof about the second wife, previously ignored by Bryan
researchers, is found in a deed, undated but received by the
Johnston County court in August 1769, wherein Joseph Hinton, son of
William Hinton deceased, received from Major Needham Bryan, guardian
of Joseph Hinton, Joseph's share of William Hinton's estate.
Needham's brother William Bryan witnessed, and Needham's son Needham
Bryan, Jr. and stepson Joseph Bryan signed the decree. Needham
Bryan and "wife Sophia" deeded land to "my
son" Needham Bryan, Jr., undated but probably shortly after
part of this property was patented in December 1763. The deed
to the land was probably filed, the date not indicated, before
Needham Bryan III had reached his majority ca. 1768/69. See
Deed Book E-1, p. 43. Sophia's name does not appear on another
document and had evidently died by early 1764 before the third
marriage.
Concerning the third wife Charlotte Moore, she was a probably
a great-granddaughter of Francis Denson whose will was witnessed in
Isle of Wight by Needham Bryan I in 1709. Charlotte may
have been a second cousin of the compiler's ancestor John Moore the
Hatter (ca. 1760-1843) and the daughter of Reverend John Moore
(1717-1803) who did not mention her in his will (Wake County
1795/1803) perhaps because she had died before he signed it.
Reverend John Moore, Jr. who left his will in Wake County in 1802
may have named his daughter Charlotte for her. It is
noteworthy that Mark Myatt (ca. 1749-1821), with whom Reverend John
Moore, Sr. was living, according to his will, at the time he signed
his will in 1795 and was executor of the Moore estate, was the
father of Alvin Myatt (1782-1818) who married Sarah Moore, daughter
of John Moore the Hatter.
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a. Capt Needham Bryan
III 1750 - 1787 Johnson Co NC
married
1768 Sarah [Sallie] Hinton
dau of Col. John Hinton II [ca 1720 -1784] and Grizelle
Kimbrough of Wake Co
i. Leonard Bryan 1769 -
married Elizabeth Green dau of Joseph Green
and Sarah Whitfield
ii.
Clement Bryan 13 Oct 1770 - 1839
married Edith Smith dau of Col David Smith and Charity Whitfield
iii. Benjamin Bryan
1771 NC - moved to GA in 1818
married ca 1800 Mary Sasser Stevens widow of William Stevens
iv. Sallie Bryan
1773 -
married
1793 Jack Hinton
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from Dr. Barry Hayes
Captain Needham Bryan III (ca. 1748/49-1787) married Sarah
Hinton, daughter of Colonel John Hinton II (ca. 1720-1784)
and Grizelle Kimbrough of Wake County and sister of John Hinton III
(1748-1818) who married Pherabee Smith, yet another daughter
daughter of Colonel John Smith and wife Elizabeth Whitfield.
The attempt by various researchers to connect Sarah's grandmother
Mary Hardy Bryan, wife of Colonel John Hinton I (ca. 1673-1731) of
the old Chowan Precinct, to our Hardy family of Isle of Wight seems
problematical. Some researchers claim that Grizelle Kimbrough
was the daughter "Gilly" of Nathaniel Kimbrough (ca.
1710-1781) who signed his will in Wake County on 12 July 1781;
probated December 1781. See Wake County Will Book # A, p. 141.
That conclusion seems problematical. Grizelle may have been
his sister. A Johnston County record of 10 July 1763 notes
that Needham Bryan's uncle William Bryan placed his youngest son
John "under the tuition and management of Nathaniel Kimbrough
until "the son shall arrive at the age of 21."
Grizelle Kimbrough Hinton's brother-in-law was the aforementioned
William Hinton whose widow Sophia became Captain Needham Bryan's
stepmother and whose daughter, Sarah Hinton, married Lewis Bryan,
son of Captain Needham Bryan's uncle, Colonel William Bryan and wife
Elizabeth Whitfield Smith. Sarah Hinton Bryan's aforementioned
brother Colonel John Hinton III (1748-1818) of "Clay Hill"
in Wake County and wife Pherabee Smith were the parents of Grizelle
Hinton Seawell. Grizelle Hinton Seawell married Judge Henry
Seawell of Wake County (ca. 1774-1835) whose son John Hinton Seawell
married Louisa Hendon, sister of the compiler's
great-great-grandfather James Albert Hendon (1807-1875). . . .
[Much left out here!] . . . Captain Needham Bryan signed
his will in Johnston County, North Carolina on 25 January 1787;
probated February 1787 (Johnston County Will Book # 1, p. 3).
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b. Kedar Bryan 1752 -
married ca
1781 Elizabeth Smith
dau of Alexander Smith and Elizabeth Whitfield
i. John Bryan 1784 -
married Eleanor Torrence
married 2nd
1786 Mary Whitfield 18 May 1763 - bef 1793
ii. Rachel Bryan 1787 -
married 1805 Gibson Sloane
married 3rd
1793 Betsy Jones no issue
married 4th
1800 Nancy Dickson
iii. Needham Bryan
iv.
Kedar Bryan
v. Robert Bryan
vi.
Nancy Bryan
vii. Catherine Bryan
viii. Elizabeth Bryan
c. Winnefred Bryan 1754 -
married 1773 Col. Nathan Bryan
[died in Philadelphia while attending the
Continental Congress]
i. Mary Bryan 1774 -
married Gen. William Croom
ii.
John Bryan 1776 -
married Miss Hatch
iii.
Nathan Bryan 1777 -
married Rachel Whitfield dau of Gen Bryan Whitfield
iv.
Winifred Bryan 1778 -
married 1797 Gen Bryan Whitfield [2nd wife]
v.
Needham Bryan 1781 -
d. Nancy Bryan 1756 -
married
1780 Gen. Bryan Whitfield
i. Bryan Whitfield Jr 1782 -
married 1810 Elizabeth Turner
ii. Needham
Whitfield dy
iii. Rachel
Whitfield
married 1st Nathan Bryan
married 2nd William Herring
iv. Nancy
Whitfield
married 1815 John Cobb
v. Patsy
Whitfield
married William Coom??
married 2nd Mrs. Sophie
Hinton
widow of William Hinton will 1761 Johnston Co NC
married 3rd ca 1764 Charlotte Moore of Sampson Co
e. Charlotte Moore Bryan
2 April 1765 - 9 March 1798
married 27
Oct 1782 Rev. Lewis Whitfield
1766 - 1849
son of William Whitfield Jr and Rachel Bryan
Needham Bryan and 2nd wife Susannah Harrell [d. 1752] had no
children
Needham Bryan and 3rd wife 1752 Sarah Woodward [d bef May 1777] had
no children
Will
of Needham Bryan 23 Sep 1767 - prob Mar Ct 1770 Bertie Co
"...being very sick in body. ."
- wife Sarah one feather bed and furniture, one horse, side saddle and
bridle.
- my grandson William Bryan, the son of William Bryan - my still and
smith's tools
- my four grandsons: Ezekil Williams, Lewis Gardner, and Joseph Jarnighan
and my daughters son William her first born
- to Susana Harrell
- to young Jacob Jarnighan.
- lend all to wife and grandson but after her widowhood - all to be
divided to my three children: Needham Bryan, William Bryan and daughter
Rachell Whitfield
-son in law William Whitfield.
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In Bertie, on 15 May 1777, Pursuant to the Dimentions of an order of
the Inferior Court of Pleas and Quarters Sessions....the second Tuesday
in May [1777]... We the Subscribers met examined audited and setled the
accounts of WILLIAM BRYAN Exec. of NEEDHAM BRYAN deceased and find a
ballance due to the said deceased's estate of four hundred and eighty and
eight pounds thirteen shillings and nine pence proclamation money -
which we have divided and set apart agreably to the last will and
testament of the said deceased to the administrator of NEEDHAM BRYAN son
of the said deceased for his part and shair of the said deceased's estate
one hundred and sixty two pounds seventeen shillings & eleven pence...
and the same amount for their shares "To Rachel Whitfield daughter of
the said deceased". This is signed by Noah Hinton, Samuel Moore, and
Thomas House. We may assume the recent death of the elder Needham
Bryan's widow Sarah, in 1776 or early 1777, terminating her life
interest and allowing final settlement of the estate.
The three principal heirs of Needham Bryan, Sr., as clearly indicated
in both the will and settlement, were sons WILLIAM and NEEDHAM, Jr., and
daughter RACHEL WHITFIELD. Payment to "the administrator of NEEDHAM
BRYAN son of the said deceased" indicates the death intestate of
NEEDHAM, JR., after date of the will, 23 Sept. 1767, and before the
settlement, in May 1777. This conflicts with 1784, given as year of
Needham, Jr's death by Zella Armstrong [see below]. The will does not
name the daughters who were mothers of "my fore Gran Sons", each
of the
four being cut off with a crown sterling, thus disinheriting these
daughters and or their heirs and avoiding division of the estate per
stirpes. The executor's accounting, as approved by the commissioners in
1777, includes payments of five minor monetary bequests: For four
grandson, "To pay Ezekiel wimberly [sic] shi Legacy" and,
tabulated in
immediate succession, "LEWIS GARDNER do do", "JOSEPH JERNAGAN
do do",
and "WILLIAM BRYAN son of ANN BRYAN do do", each 8 chillings, 4
pence
[the equivalent then in local currency of a crown sterling]; to "JACOB
JERNAGAN, Jr. do do" 3 pounds [Bertie Co., NC Inventories and sales of
estates, 1775-1790, Part I, pp. 18-19, in NC Archives, Arleigh;
photocopy in compiler's possession]. Possibly JACOB JERNIGAN, Jr., is a
son-in-law. SUSANNA HARRELL, legatee in the will, may be a favored
niece, namesake, and or god-daughter of NEEDHAM'S second wife, said to
have been born SUSANNA HARRELL. The compiler is uncertain whether one
of the above legatees and grandsons of NEEDHAM BRYAN, Sr., is really
EZEKIEL "WILLIAMS", as named in the will, or EZEKIEL "WIMBERLY",
as
listed in the final accounting.
Jewel Davis Scarborough, in a chapter on Bryans and Gardners of Bertie
[Southern Kith and Kin, vol. 2, The Davis Family and Their Connections,
1952, page 116-122], misinterpreted NEEDHAM BRYAN's will as though it
named three GARDNER grandson - EZEKIEL, WILLIAM and LEWIS GARDNER. With
inadequate justification, she then assigned these three as sons to
MARTIN GARDNER, Jr. of Bertie, although admitting that they are not
mentioned in the latter's will of 1784. LEWIS GARDNER appears in an
early Bertie record as a "headright', 9 Nov 1742: "WILLIAM GARDNER
proved his rights vis: WM. GARDENER, MARY GARDENER, USELFA GARDINER,
NEHOMI [NAOMI?] GARDINER, LEWIS GARDENER, MARY GARDINER, whites, Pegg,
black" [Bertie Co. NC Minute Book 1724-1743, pg. 193], presumably
WILLIAM as head of family, wife MARY, their four children, and a slave.
A conjecture, for further consideration, is that WILLIAM and MARY
GARDNER are son-in-law and daughter of NEEDHAM BRYAN, Sr., and LEWIS the
GARDNER grandson named in NEEDHAM's will. In 1793 a LEWIS GARDNER [died
1799] of Georgia gave ALEXANDER GARDNER power of attorney to sell two
tracts of land in Bertie (Columbia Co Ga, Deed Book B, pg. 202].
Incomplete, and not altogether in agreement, are some published notes
on the Bertie County Bryans: J.R.B. Hathaway, "Bryan Record",
North
Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 1, pg. 577-84; Worth
S. Ray, "The Bryan Family", Lost Tribes of North Carolina, pg.
655-58;
and Zella Armstrong, Notable Southern Families, vol. 2, pg. 50-57.
Malcolm E. Gardner
Arlington, Virginia
12 November 1969
John
Bryant bef 1705 - | his
parents
& Elizabeth Joyner
| her parents
of Halifax Co NC
John Bryant bef 1705 -of
Halifax Co NC
" lived on Cypress Swamp near the Nicholas Smith homestead"
married Elizabeth Joyner
Children of John Bryant and
Elizabeth Joyner:
1. William Bryan[t] d. 15 May 1761
Edgecombe Co NC
married ca 1740 Sarah Smith
a. John Bryan
married Sarah Hobby
b. Arthur Bryan
married Rhoda Hobby
c. Brittain Bryan
married Elizabeth Williams
d. Smith Bryan
married Lucy Barlow will Edgecombe Co 1811
married 2nd Martha Weeks
e. William Bryan will Edgecombe co 1797
2. Arthur Bryan[t]
married ca 1740 Mary Smith sister of Sarah
a. James Smith Bryan
18 March 1746 - 1785 Halifax will 1785
married Lucy ?
i. Mary Bryan
married Turner Joyner
ii. Sarah Bryan
married Ethelred Ellis
iii. James Bryan dsp 1805
b. Mary Bryan 1752 -
c. Priscilla Bryan Jan
1758
d. Nicholas Bryan dy?
e. Needham Bryan died 1785
married Jamima Daffin died 1808
she married 2nd 1796 John Williamson
3. Elizabeth
Bryan
married Dr. David Hopper d. 1735 intestate
the first physician on record in the Scotland Neck section
a. David Hopper
b. Hannah Hopper
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