Edward Bryan, II

Profile PIx - VA Bryan Plantations of Isle of Wight forbears.

Will dated January 28, 1745, proven May 9, 1746, Craven County. Sons: JOHN BRYAN (220 acres land bought of Martin and Edward Frank, called "New Germany"), WILLIAM BRYAN (300 acres land, called "New Germany"), EDWARD BRYAN (lot in Newbern). Daughter: PENELIPY BRYAN (lot in Newbern). Wife: ANN BRYAN (one plantation, called "paradice"). Executors: ANN BRYAN (wife), HARDY BRYAN (brother), LEWIS BRYAN (brother). Witnesses: WM. WHITFORD, JANE HAND, RICHARD HART. Will proven before E. HALL, Chief Justice of North Carolina.

full version: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/craven/wills/bryan02.txt

See also The Family of Josiah Green Alston and Caroline Hatcher at Rootsweb:

https://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=7213&id=...
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Source: THE PAMLICO NEWS, Vol. 26, No.12, March 24, 1993, in an
article by Nancy Winfrey

• Family: Family - it is not known when Edward & Christian migrated to North Carolina-

1. Edward Bryan Jr. b: 1690 - m: Anne Collier & died 1745 Craven County North Carolina ***will online.
2. Lewis Bryan b:1691 - m: Elizabeth Bryan a cousin, but nobody can prove which family she belongs to.
3. Hardy Bryan b: 1692 - m: Sarah Johnson & died before May 6, 1760 Craven County North Carolina ***will online.
4. William Bryan b: 1693 - m: Twice widowed Anne de la Mar b: 1692, and the widow of Joseph Stockey, and John Dawson - William & Anne had sons William, Lewis and Jesse, daughter Anne.
5. Council Bryan b: 1694 - DSP before 1726.
6. Mary Bryan b: 1697 - m: Edward Hare.
7. James Bryan b: 1700 - m: Native American and died Indian Nation (Tennessee) before 1750.
8. John Bryan b: 1706 - m: Rebecca Orton
• Information: 1664, Isle Of Wight County, Virginia. Christian was the daughter of Hodges Council and his wife, Lucy Hardy.
• Heir: 10 Apr 1699, Isle Of Wight County, Virginia. Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850 about Hodges Council
Name: Hodges Council
Date: 10 Apr 1699
Location: Isle of Wight
Notes: This probate record was extracted from microfilmed copies of the original Will Book.
Remarks: Hodges Council. Leg.-eldest son Hodges land on Blackwater, at his death to his son Hodges; son John the land I bought of Robert Lawrence and George Peirce; son Hardy; son Robert; daughter Christian the wife of Edward Bryan; daughter Lucy. Recorded i
Description: Testator
Book_Date: 2-409
Prove Date: 10 Apr 1699

Disconnected from incorrect parents Col. John Bryan and Elizabeth Oliver, who were born c1740 (wrong generation to be his parents).

This Edward might belong here:

Edward Bryan, II

Please note: Edward's wife was Ann Depp/Dept/Diept. Her first husband was Peter Hand. HIS (Peter's) first wife was Elizabeth Collier--which may be why this profile shows Ann Collier as the wife of Edward Bryan.