Jesse Oliver Bryant, I - 1. Middle name? 2. [daughter] Bryant m. Charles Taylor

Hey cousins--

1. Middle name?

I haven't been able to locate any documentation for the middle name. I think this Jesse and Jesse Jr. have been confused with their descendant Jesse Oliver Bryant (Jesse Oliver Bryant, born 5 Jan 1818, died 18 June 1900, married Sara Ann Boyett in 1843).

Suggest removing the Oliver from Sr. and Jr.

2. [daughter] Bryant m. Charles Taylor

This Jesse allegedly had a daughter (possibly named Martha) who married Charles Taylor. If true, this couple would be my double 6th great-grandparents. I'd be grateful for any information anyone has.

There isn't much out there on this couple. W. W. Sellers in "A History of Marion County", 1902, has the following:

The Bryant family is an old family.Jesse Bryant is said to have been the first of that name in the county;he came from England, as it is said;he married a Miss Turbeville, supposed to have been the sister of Rev. William Turbeville, who, according to Bishop Gregg (pp. 70 and 71), came over about 1735, and settled at Sandy Bluff, on the Great Pee Dee, with the colony then and there settled, as their minister."Several brothers came with him, of whom sone descendants are now to be found in Marion."It may be presumed that sisters came too, and that one of them married old Jesse Bryant.Old Jesse had sons, William, Stephen and Jesse.Of these, William married Rebecca Miller;he lived and died some twenty-five or thirty years ago, on the road just above Ebenezer Church at the age of eighty-nine.Whether William, Stephen, or Jesse was the oldest, is not known.Jesse Bryant, son of the first Jesse, went West.

Old Billy Bryant raised a large family, four sons and several daughters.Of the sons, John M. Bryant was the oldest;he died some years ago at the age of eighty-three;he married a Miss Drew, below Marion, and raised a large family--sons. Eli, Solomon, David, Pinckney and Hugh Bryant;and daughters, Mrs. David Johnson, Mrs. Hardy Johnson and Mrs. Addison Lane.Eli Bryant went West.Solomon Bryant married a daughter of Rev. David Edwards, first, and then a Miss McDonald.I do not know who David married;he has a son, named Curtis Bryant.Pinckney Bryant married, had a large family and is dead;I don't know who his wife was.Hugh Bryant married a daughter of the late Rev. David Edwards, and has a family;these are now our fellow-citizens, and are contributing their share towards populating and improving the conditions of the county.John M. Bryant was a solid, number one man, honest, truthful and reliable.Stephen Bryant was the father or grand-father of F. D. Bryant, Esq, of the Marion Bar. ***One of the daughters of the first Jesse was the wife of the late Charles Taylor.*** One of the sons of old William Bryant, named William, was a Baptist preacher;he went to Horry, and became the head of a family there.Also, did Stephen, the father of F. D. Bryant.The writer is not reasonably certain that this account of the Bryant family is correct in every particular--it is, however, in accord with the information obtained.

--Amy