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About Col. Needham Bryan
A Patriot of the American Revolution for NORTH CAROLINA with the rank of COLONEL. DAR Ancestor # A016273, Col. Patriotic Service, Patriotic Service. Johnson County Militia. Justice of the Peace. Member of Provisional Congress.
Needham Bryan, son of Needham Bryan and Annie Rambeau , was born October 31, 1726. On February 5, 1748, near Springfield, Virginia, he married first Nancy Smith (1728-1760, daughter of John Smith and Elizabeth Whitfield). Needham Bryan married second to Sophia, widow of William Hinton, and third to Charlotte Moore. He was a member of the colonial assembly in 1762 and again in 1771. He represented Johnston County in the Provincial Congress at New Bern, North Carolina, on August 25, 1774.
In 1776, during the American Revolution, he fought as a patriot under the command of Richard Caswell in the Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge.
On April 23, 1777, Needham Bryan introduced a bill in the Colonial Assembly to establish the town of Smithfield, VA. He died before May 1777.
- BRYAN, NEEDHAM SR
- Ancestor #: A016273
- Service: NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): CIVIL SERVICE, PATRIOTIC SERVICE, COLONEL
- Birth: 10-31-1726 BERTIE PCT NORTH CAROLINA
- Death: ANTE 5-28-1776 JOHNSTON CO NORTH CAROLINA
- Service Source: NCDAR, ROSTER OF SOLS FROM NC IN THE AM REV, PP 498-500, 502, 503; HAUN, JOHNSTON CO NC CO CT MINUTES,1767-1777, BOOK 2, PP 103, 104
- Service Description: 1) COL IN JOHNSTON CO MILITIA, JUSTICEOF THE PEACE, MEMBER OF PROVINCIAL CONGRESS IN AUGUST 1775
- Residence: 1) County: JOHNSTON CO - State: NORTH CAROLINA
- Spouse: 1) NANCY SMITH 2) CHARLOTTE MOORE
Link to Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge during the American Revolutionary War:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Moore%27s_Creek_Bridge
http://www.carsonjohnson.com/chapter07-bryan.htm
The Battle of Moore's Creek known participants pertaining to Needham Bryan II.
Johnston County Regiment of Militia detachment led by Col. Needham Bryan, Lt. Col. William Bryan, Maj. John Smith, and Maj. Samuel Smith, Jr., with five (5) known companies, led by: - Capt. Nathan Bryan - Capt. William Bryant - Capt. James Roach - Capt. John Stephens - Capt. Bryant Whitfield
Family
Comment: Wikitree claims Sophia (unknown) & Charlotte Moore were the same person.
https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/246464/I20099/needham-bryan/registry
Needham Bryan (NEEDHAM /BRYAN/ I, WILLIAM /BRYAN/, JOHN /BRYAN/, Jr., JOHN /BRYAN/, Sr.) was born 31 OCT 1726 in Snowfield Plantation, Lewiston, Woodville, Bertie County, North Carolina, and died BEF AUG 1777 in Johnson County, North Carolina.
He married
- Nancy Ann Smith on 5 FEB 1747 in Johnson County, North Carolina, daughter of John Smith, Sr and Elizabeth Whitfield. She was born ABT 1728 in Bertie County North Carolina, and died BEF NOV 1777 in Johntson County, North Carolina.
- Sophia on AFT JAN 1762. She died BEF 2 APR 1765 in Johnson County, North Carolina. She was William Hinton’s widow.
- Charlotte Moore on AFT 1764 in North Carolina. She was born in Sampson County, North Carolina.
Children of Nancy Ann Smith and Needham Bryan II are:
- Needham Bryan was born 1750 in Johnson County, North Carolina, and died 26 FEB 1787 in Smithfield., Johnston County, North Carolina.
- Kedar Bryan was born 1752 in Johnson County, North Carolina, and died JAN 1807 in Sampson County, North Carolina.
- Winifred Bryan was born 5 MAY 1755 in Johnston County, North Carolina, and died 5 APR 1785 in Jones County, North Carolina.
- Nancy Bryan was born 1756 in Johnston County, North Carolina, and died 1797 in Rockford, Lenoir County, North Carolina.
Children of Needham /Bryan II and Charlotte Moore are:
- Charlotte Moore Bryan was born 2 APR 1765 in Johnson County, North Carolina, and died 9 MAR 1798 in Wayne County, North Carolina.
Some errors (below). Needham Bryan, Jr. died before 1777, not 1784, and his 2nd wife was Sophia, widow of William Hinton; there are claims for a third wife, Charlotte Moore.
Death
Needham died probably in April of 1776; he did not leave a will. At the May Court 1776, Needham Jr. was appointed administrator of father's estate.[9] The referenced Whitfield book, incorrectly says he died in 1784.[1]
Needham Bryan's date of death is given as 1784 by Notable Southern Families. and the Whitfield Book. However, when his father's estate was settled in May 1777, Needham had already died (the estate paid the "administrator of Needham" and, although he had been named as an executor along with his brother William in his father's will, written in September 1767, William was the sole executor named in the 1777 court papers).
The will of Needham Bryan II's father Needham Bryan Sr., probated in 1777 in Bertie County, is not the only evidence that Needham II was deceased. The Johnston County court minutes of August 1777 gives the settlement of Needham Bryan II's estate and he is named as deceased in the same court records. The orphans of the said deceased Needham Bryan were also named in this estate settlement and they were mainly the children of his second wife Charlotte Moore.
Needham Bryan II's children from both his wives were:
- Needham Bryan III,
- Kedar Bryan,
- Winifred Bryan,
- Nancy Bryan,
- Charlotte Moore Bryan,
- Rigdon Bryan and
- Esther Bryan.
All these children were alive in 1777 when Needham Bryan II died.
There is a reason for Needham Bryan II's sudden death. He was poisoned and killed by one of his slaves named Jenney. Needham's brother William Bryan and William's oldest son Lewis Bryan were poisoned and killed by the same slave about two years later, in January 1780. The Johnston County court minutes in the November term 1780 gives an account of the trial, conviction and execution of the party accused of poisoning and killing Needham Bryan and other members of his family. The slave Jenny was burned at the stake in Smithfield, North Carolina for the poisoning and murder of the three members of the Bryan family.
<“THE NEEDHAM WILLIAMS INCIDENT”>
References
- J.R.B. Hathaway, "Bryan Record", North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. 1, pg. 577-84. <PDF>
- http://mywilliamssouthernroots.blogspot.com/2017/10/theorphilus-wil...
- His FindAGrave entry is https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80798452/needham-bryan
- https://bryantfamilytree.com/paternal-bryant-ancestors-from-sir-guy...
- https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bryan-1403
- <“ 7213 -- THE FAMILY OF JOSIAH ALSTON AND CAROLINE GREEN HATCHER”> Updated: 05-15-2019 07:05:23. Owner: Jean Hirsch
- <DAR Ancestor #: A016273>
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Col. Needham Bryan's Timeline
| 1726 |
October 31, 1726
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Snowfield, Bertie County, North Carolina, British Colonial America
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| 1745 |
November 4, 1745
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Springfield Plantation, Johnston, North Carolina, United States
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1750
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Onslow County, North Carolina, USA
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1752
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May 5, 1754
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1755
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Bertie, North Carolina, United States
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1757
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April 2, 1764
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Wayne County, North Carolina, United States
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