Lieut. John Bryant was born on 17 Aug 1644 in Scituate, MA. [85] At the age of 5, John was baptized in the Second Church of Scituate, on 23 Mar 1650. [116] John died in Scituate, MA, on 26 Jan 1707/8; he was 63.[116]

Parents: John Bryant of Scituate (1618-1684) and Mary Lewis (1625-1655) his first wife. [2]

Married:

1. On 20 Mar 1677 when John was 32, to Mary Battle, daughter of Thomas Battle & Mary Fisher, in Dedham, MA.203 Born on 6 May 1650. At the age of <1, Mary was baptized on 12 May 1650. Mary died on 2 Nov 1732; she was 82. [203]

Children of John Bryant and Mary Battle:

1. John Bryant (29 Mar 1677/8-1 Mar 1715)
2. Jonathan Bryant (1 Jan 1679-)
3. Mary Bryant (3 Sep 1682-)
4. David Bryant (17 Aug 1684-21 Jan 1731)
5. Joshua Bryant (14 Nov 1687-)
6. Martha Bryant (1691-)

Will

• His will was proved February 12 1708 His estate was inventoried at three hundred and ninety five pounds. [4]

Notes

• John built the first saw mill on Herring brook, 1690, and shortly after a grist mill.[6]

Links

• http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr07/rr07_227.htm
• http://www.paintedhills.org/CATTARAUGUS/bryantfamily.htm
• http://goodrichconnection.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I3059&tree=1839

Sources

• The Bryant Family of Kent County, England and Plymouth, Mass., by Edna Bryant Cole
• Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal ..., Volume 3 By Ellery Bicknell Crane p 11

Citations

1. Cole.

• 85. “Scituate Births, marriages, and deaths,” transcribed by George Ernest Bowman, Mayflower Descendant, various volumes.
• 116. Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, 1909, two volumes.
• 6. Samuel Deane, History of Scituate, Massachusetts, from Its First Settlement to 1831.
• 203. Mike Stafford, “Josiah (Stover) Stafford & Allied Families,” http://pages.prodigy.net/mike-sta4d/josiahst/josiahst.htm, Oct 2001, (URL defunct 2005).