John Bryan, I

A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA. DAR Ancestor # A016254

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JOHN ANDREW BRYAN of near Fairfield, Rockbridge County, Virginia; d. between 9th October and 9th December, 1779; m. Mary MORRISON; was a member of Capt. Peter HOGG'S Company of the Virginia troops serving under Washington at the Battle of Great Meadows and at the siege and surrender of Fort Necessity, 4th July, 1754. (Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, volume 1, page 279., Virginia State Records; also Washington Memoirs, 11, 111, Library of Congress.) He also served in the Revolutionary war in Capt. Thomas MERRIWETHER'S [p.106] Company, First Virginia State troops, March, 1777, to serve for three years. (Record United States War Department; his two sons Andrew Morrison BRYAN and John BRYAN were also in the Revolution in Captain LEFTWITCH'S Company, Colonel CHRISTIE. The latter John BRYAN, Jr., seeing service in the Battle of Brandywine, was wounded at Guilford Courthouse and was at Jamestown and at the capture of Cornwallis. (U. S. Bureau of Pensions.)

William and Margaret Bryan sent their son, John Andrew into the woods to cut a stick to make a handle for a hook used in weaving, and he was arrested for poaching. After much trouble and expense, his father got him clear, and immediately sailed for America, where, as he said, "timber was free and there were no constables". (from" Notable Southern Families", p. 40)

1. Some info on this family, except Catherine, from irishrose@home.com (Christine Metzner)

Additional information from book: William Bryan Sr. of Ballyroney, Ireland and Roanoke Settlement, VA and Some of his Descendants, Robert L. McGrew and David C. McMurtry, Mil-Mac Publishers, Lexington, KY, 2001.

2. John Andrew Bryan m. Mary Morrison and moved abt 1737 to Burden Colony near Fairfield, Rockbridge Co., VA. After living a few years in the Borden Colony they and their family proceeded to the Staunton River, where he became owner of land upon a part of which Salem is now situated. He later disposed of this land and moved down to a grant which he secured along the Great Road east of his father's holdings. He left the Staunton River, trading his land for "a pair of cart-wheels" and moved with his family to Campbell Co., VA. Here he bought 329 acres of Richard Stith and 439 acres of Benjamin Arnold. On the last named tract he at once erected a bark hut, he later built a house farther down on Molly's Creek. A lot on this place was used as a muster ground for years after the Revolution. (Colonial Families of US, Vol VI, by MacKinzie, pages 104 through 106.)

(New Jersey Archives, First Series, XXII, 36)((Map in Kegler, op.cit., opposite 562 shows land of John Bryan(t). Records of land grants on the Roanoke, Box XIII, 314) shows grant with date of August 16, 1756 to John Andrew Bryan.)

3. Was a member of Capt. Peter Hogg's Company of the VA troops serving under Washington at the Battle of Great Meadows and at the siege and surrender of Fort Necessity, 4th Jul 1754. (VA Magazine of History & Biography, vol. 1, pg. 279)(VA State Records)

4. John Andrew Bryan also enlisted in Capt. Thomas Merriweather's Company, VA State Troops - private, March 1777 to serve three years. (Rev. War, War Dept. records. Colonial Families of US., Vol VI, MacKinzie pg. 105)

5. Jeannette Darlington - “Any ladies decended from John Andrew's Grandson Andrew Bryan of Chillicothe MO, (who m. Isabelle Ross,) are entitled to become members of the D.A.R.”

On 18 Mar 1742 when John Andrew was 30, he married Mary Morrison, 2680, F, in Roanoke, VA.

1. Birth, death dates and burial place for Mary Morrison Bryan are unknown. She is probably buried in an unmarked grave somewhere in Campbell Co.

2. Children’s names are recorded in the family Bible now in possession of the Dinwiddie family of Charlottesville, VA. This Bible lists 2 Jeans, 2 Johns and 2 Margarets each with his/her own date of birth.

3. Marriage date from WorldConnect file of:

James D. Officer <jimdayton@aol.com>

They had the following children:

• 30 i. Margaret, 6061, F (1743-)
• 31 ii. William, 3695, M (1744-)
• 32 iii. Jean (Jane), 6063, F (1746-)
• 33 iv. Andrew Morrison, 3696, M (1748-1821)
• 34 v. Mary, 3697, F (1750-)
• 35 vi. Margaret, 3698, F (1752-)
• 36 vii. John, 6062, M (1754-)
• 37 viii. John, 3699, M (1756-1825)
• 38 ix. Jean, 3700, F (1761-)
• 39 x. Agnes, 3701, F (1763-)
• 40 xi. Catherine "Kittie", 643, F (1765-1844)

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JOHN ANDREW BRYAN of near Fairfield, Rockbridge County, Virginia; d. between 9th October and 9th December, 1779; m. Mary MORRISON; was a member of Capt. Peter HOGG'S Company of the Virginia troops serving under Washington at the Battle of Great Meadows and at the siege and surrender of Fort Necessity, 4th July, 1754. (Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, volume 1, page 279., Virginia State Records; also Washington Memoirs, 11, 111, Library of Congress.) He also served in the Revolutionary war in Capt. Thomas MERRIWETHER'S [p.106] Company, First Virginia State troops, March, 1777, to serve for three years. (Record United States War Department; his two sons Andrew Morrison BRYAN and John BRYAN were also in the Revolution in Captain LEFTWITCH'S Company, Colonel CHRISTIE. The latter John BRYAN, Jr., seeing service in the Battle of Brandywine, was wounded at Guilford Courthouse and was at Jamestown and at the capture of Cornwallis. (U. S. Bureau of Pensions.)

William and Margaret Bryan sent their son, John Andrew into the woods to cut a stick to make a handle for a hook used in weaving, and he was arrested for poaching. After much trouble and expense, his father got him clear, and immediately sailed for America, where, as he said, "timber was free and there were no constables". (from" Notable Southern Families", p. 40) 1. Some info on this family, except Catherine, from irishrose@home.com (Christine Metzner)

Additional information from book: William Bryan Sr. of Ballyroney, Ireland and Roanoke Settlement, VA and Some of his Descendants, Robert L. McGrew and David C. McMurtry, Mil-Mac Publishers, Lexington, KY, 2001.

2. John Andrew Bryan m. Mary Morrison and moved abt 1737 to Burden Colony near Fairfield, Rockbridge Co., VA. After living a few years in the Borden Colony they and their family proceeded to the Staunton River, where he became owner of land upon a part of which Salem is now situated. He later disposed of this land and moved down to a grant which he secured along the Great Road east of his father's holdings. He left the Staunton River, trading his land for "a pair of cart-wheels" and moved with his family to Campbell Co., VA. Here he bought 329 acres of Richard Stith and 439 acres of Benjamin Arnold. On the last named tract he at once erected a bark hut, he later built a house farther down on Molly's Creek. A lot on this place was used as a muster ground for years after the Revolution. (Colonial Families of US, Vol VI, by MacKinzie, pages 104 through 106.)

(New Jersey Archives, First Series, XXII, 36)((Map in Kegler, op.cit., opposite 562 shows land of John Bryan(t). Records of land grants on the Roanoke, Box XIII, 314) shows grant with date of August 16, 1756 to John Andrew Bryan.)

3. Was a member of Capt. Peter Hogg's Company of the VA troops serving under Washington at the Battle of Great Meadows and at the siege and surrender of Fort Necessity, 4th Jul 1754. (VA Magazine of History & Biography, vol. 1, pg. 279)(VA State Records)

4. John Andrew Bryan also enlisted in Capt. Thomas Merriweather's Company, VA State Troops - private, March 1777 to serve three years. (Rev. War, War Dept. records. Colonial Families of US., Vol VI, MacKinzie pg. 105)

5. Jeannette Darlington - “Any ladies decended from John Andrew's Grandson Andrew Bryan of Chillicothe MO, (who m. Isabelle Ross,) are entitled to become members of the D.A.R.”

On 18 Mar 1742 when John Andrew was 30, he married Mary Morrison, 2680, F, in Roanoke, VA.

1. Birth, death dates and burial place for Mary Morrison Bryan are unknown. She is probably buried in an unmarked grave somewhere in Campbell Co.

2. Children’s names are recorded in the family Bible now in possession of the Dinwiddie family of Charlottesville, VA. This Bible lists 2 Jeans, 2 Johns and 2 Margarets each with his/her own date of birth.

3. Marriage date from WorldConnect file of:

James D. Officer <jimdayton@aol.com> They had the following children:

30 i. Margaret, 6061, F (1743-) 31 ii. William, 3695, M (1744-) 32 iii. Jean (Jane), 6063, F (1746-) 33 iv. Andrew Morrison, 3696, M (1748-1821) 34 v. Mary, 3697, F (1750-) 35 vi. Margaret, 3698, F (1752-) 36 vii. John, 6062, M (1754-) 37 viii. John, 3699, M (1756-1825) 38 ix. Jean, 3700, F (1761-) 39 x. Agnes, 3701, F (1763-) 40 xi. Catherine "Kittie", 643, F (1765-1844) show less

GEDCOM Note

Generation No. 1

1. ?1 BRYAN He married <UNNAMED>.

Children of ? BRYAN and <UNNAMED> are: i. DAVID2 BRYAN. 2. ii. WILLIAM BRYAN, b. 1686, Ballyrony, Ireland; d. 1790.

Generation No. 2

2. WILLIAM2 BRYAN (?1) was born 1686 in Ballyrony, Ireland, and died 1790. He married <UNNAMED>.

Notes for WILLIAM BRYAN: William Bryan was born in Denmark in 1685.He and his brothers emigrated

from Ireland to Bucks County, Pennsylvania about 1725.After staying there

for some time they moved down to Salem, Virginia ,which is a suburb of

Roanoke,Virginia today.He lived to be almost 104 years.

Posted by Christine Metznera on February 04, 1999 at 17:20:38: In Reply to: Re: Lady Margaret Bryana> posted by Joe Bryana on February 03,1999 at 19:48:33: This should answer Joe Bryans posting Some of this is from "Colonial Families of U.S., Vol VI, By MacKinzie, pages 104 thru 106. "Records of Agusta Co., VA 1745-1800 by Chalkley, pases 61, 151, 371, 428, 436" "Notable Southern Families'-by Armstrong and "The Bryans of Ballyroney" by Winfred Bryan Cole, reprinted from the bulletin of the "MO Historical Soc." , Apr. 1960.
4. Sir Francis Bryan II - son and heir of sir Francis Bryan I and his wife Lady Joan, married Ann, daughter of Sir William Smith.Sir Francis was born in IR, probably in Dublin, the son of an Englishman and an Irish mother. Now begins our Anglo-Irish ancestry
From his mother Lady Joan he inherited estates in County Claire.
Sir Francis II and his wife Ann had a son WILLIAM SMITH BRYAN who attemped to gain the throne of Ireland and was deported to the "new world".
5. WILLIAM SMITH BRYAN - was deported from IR in Circa 1630 by Lord Oliver Cromwell as a "troublesome subject". He lost not only his title but his lands. Together with 11 sons and a shipload of chattels, including horses and other live-stock, he landed at Gloucester Beach Virginia.(Throughbred records credits him with being among the first to bring horses to America.) his sons and Grandsons (supposedly a total of 21) settled Gloucester Co. the wife of William Smith Bryan is unknown. His eldest son was Francis Bryan III
6. Francis Bryan III - Was b. in IR Circa 1630. He returned to IR from VA and tried to regain the Co. Clare estates left by his Great Grandmother Lady Joan (Fitz-Gerald) Bryan. He was perscuted by the goverment and was obliged to seek refuge in Denmark. He was premitted to return to IR about 1638, and it is said to have been standard bearer to William of Orange at the Battle of the Boyne.
He married Sarah Brinker(Bunker?), a cousin to the Princess of Orange. Francis Bryan died in Belfast, IR in 1694. He had two sons Morgan b. 1671 Denmark d. 1763 m. Martha Strode And WILLIAM BRYAN b.1685 Co. Down, IR. d. 1789 m. Margaret_______?
7. William Bryan - b. 1685 was 104 when he died near Salem, VA or Roanoke City. William and wife Margaret lived at Ballyroney Co. Down, IR. They were Presbyterians and when they left for America they carried with them a document from their church dated 17 April 1718. STORY - William and Margaret Bryan sent their son, John Andrew into the woods to cut a stick to make a handle for a hook used in weaving, and he was arrested for poaching. After much trouble and espense, his father got him clear, and immediately sailed for America, where, as he said, "timber was free and there were no constables". (from" Notable Southern Families", p. 40)
It is not known for certain how many children were born in IR and made the sailing with their parents. For sure John Andrew Bryan was born in IR sometime before 1717.
William and Margaret first settled in Pennsylvania, then West New Jersey and later moved to VA. William Bryan is listed many times in deed , Records, etc. in Agusta Co. VA. Records, including disposition of land to his sons.
Known Children of William and Margaret

John Andrew Bryan b. 1717 Down Co. IR. d. Dec. 9 1779 m. Mary Morrison b.(NOTE: they had a son William Bryan (who is No. 9 on my list)b. 1744 Bur Co. VA m. Mary ______?> They also had a son they named William M. Bryan b Apr. 23 1784) 

James Bryan b. 1719 Down Co. IR

David Bryan b. 1721

Mary Bryan b. 1723 m. Phillip Bush

WILLIAM BRYAN JR. b.Apr. 02 1750 d. Jul 1805 m. 1st Margaret Watson 2nd Elizabeth_______?

John Andrew, James, david and William Bryan Jr. served in the Revolutionary War. They also fought in the French and Indian War and received land bounty certificates.
8. John Andrew Bryan - b. 1717 M . Mary Morrison and moved to Burden Co., near Fairfield, Rockbridge Co., VA After living a few years in Borden Colony, they and their families proceeded to the Staunton River, where he became owner of land upon a part of which Salem is now situated. He left the Staunton River trading his land for "a pair of Cart-wheels" and moved with his family to Campbell County, VA. Here he bought 329 acres of Richard and 439 acres of Benjamin Arnold. On the last named tract he at once erected a bark hut, he later built a house farther down on Molly's Creek. A lot of this place was used as a muster ground for many years after the Revolution.
He inlisted in Capt. Thos. Merriweather's Co., Va. State Troops - private, March 1777 to serve 3 years. Rev . War. War Dept. Records. Col. Familiesof U.S., Vol VI. Mac Kinzie Pg. 105.
( Any ladies decended from John Andrew's Grandson Andrew Bryan of Chillicothe MO, (who m. Isabelle Ross,) are entitled to become members of the D.A.R.)
Children of - John Andrew & Mary Morrison

William Bryan b. Apr. 20 1744 m. Mary______

Andrew Morrison Bryan b. Apr 25 1748 m.Mary Akers

Mary Bryan b.May 27 1750

Margaret Bryan b. Mr. 4 1752 m. Daniel Mitchell

John Bryan b. Dec. 19 1756 m. Catherine Evans

Jane "Jean" Bryan b. May 16 1761 m. John Davidson (Davis?)

Agnes Bryan b. Aug. 9 1763 m. John Akers 

Catherine Bryan b. Oct. 21 1765 m. Samual Cole

9.WILLIAM BRYAN - (eldest son of John Andrew Bryan and his wife Mary Morrison) b. 1744 m.Mary_______? (I will not go into his history now as it is quite extensive.)
10. Andrew Bryan - b.Second son of John Andrew Bryan and Mary Morrison ( have four pages of history on him.)
Hope this helps Joe, As you can see there are a lot of William's.

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My Records show her as Sarah Brinker, Cousin to William of Orange, King of England.

in Reply to: Re: Lady Margaret Bryan posted by Joe Bryan on February 03, 1999 at 19:48:33:

This should anwser Joe Bryans posting Some of this is from "Colonial Families of U.S., Vol VI, By MacKinzie, pages 104 thru 106. "Records of Agusta Co., VA 1745-1800 by Chalkley, pases 61, 151, 371, 428, 436" "Notable Southern Families'-by Armstrong and "The Bryans of Ballyroney" by Winfred Bryan Cole, reprinted from the bulletin of the "MO Historical Soc." , Apr. 1960. 4. Sir Francis Bryan II - son and heir of sir Francis Bryan I and his wife Lady Joan, married Ann, daughter of Sir William Smith. Sir Francis was born in IR, probably in Dublin, the son of an Englishman and an Irish mother. Now begins our Anglo-Irish ancestry From his mother Lady Joan he inherited estates in County Claire. Sir Francis II and his wife Ann had a son WILLIAM SMITH BRYAN who attemped to gain the throne of Ireland and was deported to the "new world". 5. WILLIAM SMITH BRYAN - was deported from IR in Circa 1630 by Lord Oliver Cromwell as a "troublesome subject". He lost not only his title but his lands. Together with 11 sons and a shipload of chattels, including horses and other live-stock, he landed at Gloucester Beach Virginia.(Throughbred records credits him with being among the first to bring horses to America.) his sons and Grandsons (supposedly a total of 21) settled Gloucester Co. the wife of William Smith Bryan is unknown. His eldest son was Francis Bryan III 6. Francis Bryan III - Was b. in IR Circa 1630. He returned to IR from VA and tried to regain the Co. Clare estates left by his Great Grandmother Lady Joan (Fitz-Gerald) Bryan. He was perscuted by the goverment and was obliged to seek refuge in Denmark. He was premitted to return to IR about 1638, and it is said to have been standard bearer to William of Orange at the Battle of the Boyne. He married Sarah Brinker(Bunker?), a cousin to the Princess of Orange. Francis Bryan died in Belfast, IR in 1694. He had two sons Morgan b. 1671 Denmark d. 1763 m. Martha Strode And WILLIAM BRYAN b.1685 Co. Down, IR. d. 1789 m. Margaret_______? 7. William Bryan - b. 1685 was 104 when he died near Salem, VA or Roanoke City. William and wife Margaret lived at Ballyroney Co. Down, IR. They were Presbyterians and when they left for America they carried with them a document from their church dated 17 April 1718. STORY - William and Margaret Bryan sent their son, John Andrew into the woods to cut a stick to make a handle for a hook used in weaving, and he was arrested for poaching. After much trouble and espense, his father got him clear, and immediately sailed for America, where, as he said, "timber was free and there were no constables". (from" Notable Southern Families", p. 40) It is not known for certain how many children were born in IR and made the sailing with their parents. For sure John Andrew Bryan was born in IR sometime before 1717. William and Margaret first settled in Pennsylvania, then West New Jersey and later moved to VA. William Bryan is listed many times in deed , Records, etc. in Agusta Co. VA. Records, including disposition of land to his sons. Known Children of William and Margaret John Andrew Bryan b. 1717 Down Co. IR. d. Dec. 9 1779 m. Mary Morrison b.(NOTE: they had a son William Bryan (who is No. 9 on my list)b. 1744 Bur Co. VA m. Mary ______?> They also had a son they named William M. Bryan b Apr. 23 1784) James Bryan b. 1719 Down Co. IR David Bryan b. 1721 Mary Bryan b. 1723 m. Phillip Bush WILLIAM BRYAN JR. b.Apr. 02 1750 d. Jul 1805 m. 1st Margaret Watson 2nd Elizabeth_______? John Andrew, James, david and William Bryan Jr. served in the Revolutionary War. They also fought in the French and Indian War and received land bounty certificates. 8. John Andrew Bryan - b. 1717 M . Mary Morrison and moved to Burden Co., near Fairfield, Rockbridge Co., VA After living a few years in Borden Colony, they and their families proceeded to the Staunton River, where he became owner of land upon a part of which Salem is now situated. He left the Staunton River trading his land for "a pair of Cart-wheels" and moved with his family to Campbell County, VA. Here he bought 329 acres of Richard and 439 acres of Benjamin Arnold. On the last named tract he at once erected a bark hut, he later built a house farther down on Molly's Creek. A lot of this place was used as a muster ground for many years after the Revolution. He inlisted in Capt. Thos. Merriweather's Co., Va. State Troops - private, March 1777 to serve 3 years. Rev . War. War Dept. Records. Col. Familiesof U.S., Vol VI. Mac Kinzie Pg. 105. ( Any ladies decended from John Andrew's Grandson Andrew Bryan of Chillicothe MO, (who m. Isabelle Ross,) are entitled to become members of the D.A.R.) Children of - John Andrew & Mary Morrison William Bryan b. Apr. 20 1744 m. Mary______ Andrew Morrison Bryan b. Apr 25 1748 m.Mary Akers Mary Bryan b.May 27 1750 Margaret Bryan b. Mr. 4 1752 m. Daniel Mitchell John Bryan b. Dec. 19 1756 m. Catherine Evans Jane "Jean" Bryan b. May 16 1761 m. John Davidson (Davis?) Agnes Bryan b. Aug. 9 1763 m. John Akers Catherine Bryan b. Oct. 21 1765 m. Samual Cole 9.WILLIAM BRYAN - (eldest son of John Andrew Bryan and his wife Mary Morrison) b. 1744 m.Mary_______? (I will not go into his history now as it is quite extensive.) 10. Andrew Bryan - b.Second son of John Andrew Bryan and Mary Morrison ( have four pages of history on him.) Hope this helps Joe, As you can see there are a lot of William's. Christine metzner Re: William Bryan possible bro. of Morgan Posted by Richard Pearson on December 31, 1998 at 19:35:59:

In Reply to: William Bryan possible bro. of Morgan posted by Patricia J Mount on December 31, 1998 at 17:02:10:

I show Francis Bryan III and Sarah Brinker had 4 sons:

1. Morgan Bryan b. 1671 Denmark d. 4/3/1763 Mocksville, Rowan Co., NC

2. William S. Bryan b. 1684 Ballyrong, Belfast, Ireland d. 1789 Salem, VA

3. Cornelius Bryan

This is all the information I have on them except for Morgan..

However when William Smith Bryan was excilled to American 1n 1650 he brought with him his nine sons and three daughters and settled in Glouchester Co., VA and as far as I know only Francis Bryan III went back. Therefore you could be possibly looking for one of his grandchildren by one of these other sons.

(I read in one version that the Bryans came first to Va,returned to Ireland then came back through Pa?) Albert Bruns 'notes from user home page of Violet G Raczek

William Bryan with his wife Margaret and family migrated from Bainbridge, County Down, northern Ireland in the year 1718, bringing with them a letter of commendation from the Ballyroney Presbyterian Church. After sojourns in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, he moved into Virginia around the year 1730 and finally settled in the Roanoke community about the year 1746. This became his home until his death in 1789 at the age of 104 years. They were both buried in the grave yard that is on the Bryan Homestead, or the Great Springs place in Salem, VA.

William Bryan m. Margaret Watson. Sent his little son, John, to the woods to cut a stick for the handle of a hook used in weaving, and he was arrested for "poaching". After much trouble and expense he got him cleared and immediately sailed for America in 1718, where, as he said, "Timber is free and no constables." They were from Ballyrony, County Down, the neighboring town of "Bryansford" being named from some of the family. About 1745 he, with his son, James and David Bryan, a son, or a brother, and probably others of the family, moved to and were the first settlers at present Roanoke. He settled at "Lake Spring" and David at "Big Lick" both now suburbs of Roanoke City.

He and his son William settled on a fine body of land in Roanoke Valley in 1749, building their cabin beside Lake Spring. He had made a preliminary visit to the section in 1746. The town reservoir is at the top of a high tower on the ridge out of which Spring Lake flows. On the narrow, level top of the reservoir hill, overlooking the town of Salem, is an old graveyard. At the east end is a monument in memory of Willam Bryan I, William Bryan II, and Margaret Bryan, wife of William II, "erected by a grateful descendent, Thornton Whaling, D. D." Margaret Bryan was born 1724; died in 1804. "

Child of WILLIAM BRYAN and <UNNAMED> is: 3. i. WILLIAM3 BRYAN, b. 1725; d. 1806.

Generation No. 3

3. WILLIAM3 BRYAN (WILLIAM2, ?1) was born 1725, and died 1806. He married MARGARET WATSON.

Notes for WILLIAM BRYAN: William Bryan II was born in Bucks County,Pennsylvania in 17.He moved with

his family to Salem, Virginia.Warned by friendly indians of a massacre

his family left for some time returning either to Pennsylvania or New

Jersey.He studied Theology at Princeton and probably met and married his

wife Margaret Watson at this time.He returned to Virginia and later

fought in the American Revolution.

The following from Genforum

Posted by Violet Gail Raczeka> on January 07, 1999 at 11:28:32: In Reply to:Re: William Bryan possible bro. of Morgana> posted by Jenna Cain on January 01, 1999 at 20:38:59: The info I have on Wm. Bryan is that is was born abt. 1684 in Ballyrong, Belfast, Ireland and died in 1789 in Salem, Va. He married Margaret Watson in abt. 1710. They were both buried in the grave yard that is on the Bryan Homestead or the Great Springs place in Salem, Va. On one of my notes, "On the narrow, level top of the reservoir hill, overlooking the town of Salem is an old graveyard. At the end is a monument in memory of William Bryan I, Wm. Bryan II and Margaret Bryan, wife of Wm. Bryan II, "erected by a grateful descentent, Thornton Whaling D. D." Margaret was born 1724; d. 1804 (I believe these correspondents are confusing William Bryan who married Margaret? with William Bryan who married Margaret Watson.Nevertheless the note on the grave site is important.)Albert Bruns

Children of WILLIAM BRYAN and MARGARET WATSON are: 4. i. JAMES4 BRYAN. ii. JOHN BRYAN. iii. CATHERINE BRYAN, m. JOHN COLE. 5. iv. WILLIAM BRYAN, b. 1750; d. 1826.

Generation No. 4

4. JAMES4 BRYAN (WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, ?1) He married ELIZABETH VINEYARD.

Children of JAMES BRYAN and ELIZABETH VINEYARD are: i. MARGARET5 BRYAN, m. WILLIAM C. WILLIAMS. ii. ROBERT BRYAN. iii. WILLIAM BRYAN. iv. CHARLES JOHN BRYAN. v. SALOME BRYAN, m. MAXWELL. vi. PHILIP BRYAN. vii. SIX MORE>.

5. WILLIAM4 BRYAN (WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, ?1) was born 1750, and died 1826. He married MARTHA PATSY LOVE, daughter of SAMUEL JR. and MARY HAW. She was born December 24, 1747 in Charles County M, and died 1802 in Buckland, Va.

Notes for WILLIAM BRYAN: William Bryan was born in Salem, Virginia in 1750 .He fought in the American

Revolution.He was friends with Daniel Boone (Boone's wife Rebecca Bryan was

probably his 2nd cousin).He went with Boone into Kentucky(on the expedition

that Boone's son was killed and was said to have planted the first corn

field there.He didn't stay (but I think his son Thomas Bryan did).He settled

in Tennessee near what is today Knoxville.

Notes for MARTHA PATSY LOVE:

MARTIN

MARTIN--(PORCHER) Registrants--Under the Dignity of Manorial Rights of Thomas Gerrard to St. Clement's Manor, and to BUSHWOOD, the part of St. Clement's given to dau--Susannah Gerrard when she m--Robt. Slye. Landed Gentry to the Briscoe lineage and allied families. Twelve Ancestors in service from Va. in Revo., 1776. Through the right of descent-- MARTIN--Anne Carrington, now Mrs. Christopher Gadsden Porcher. 2 Grace Court, Brooklyn, N. Y. Ch--Margaret Martin Porcher, Lila Porcher, now Mrs. John Peter German. Lineage--Through Dr. Thomas Gerard, Robert Slye, John Goldsmith, Dr. John Briscoe, Samuel Williamson and John Love of the Jury and Homage, Court Leet and Court Baron, held by Thomas Gerard, 1658, Chaptico Manor. Under dignity and Manorial Rights of Dr. Thomas Gerard of St. Clement's Manor through his dau--Susannah, who m--Robert Slye (d--1671), and Judith Gerard who m--John Goldsmith (d--1683), and had Priscilla Goldsmith, who m--her first cousin, Robert Slye, Jr. (d--1698), and had Susannah Slye, who m--Edward Briscoe (1685-1726). Edward Briscoe was son of Col. Phillip and Susannah (Swann) Briscoe, a dau--of Edward and Susannah Swann of Eagleton and Chestnutt Point. Edward and Susannah Briscoe had among others, Robert Briscoe (1718-1799), who m--his first cousin, Ann Wood (b--1718), dau--of Samuel and Ann (Briscoe) Davis Wood, widow of John Davis (d--1717), and had Col. Gerard Briscoe. Col. Gerard Briscoe (1737-after 1798) m--Margaret Baker, dau--of Col. John Baker (1695-1763), and had Mary Briscoe (1767-1808), who m--Dr. Cornelius Baldwin (1751-1827, original member of the Cincinnati). Their dau--Margaret Baldwin (1785-1826) m--Judge William Daniel (1770-1839) and had Mary Cornelia Daniel (1804-1843), who m--Mayo Cabell (1800-1869), whose dau--Cornelia Mayo Cabell (1840-1883) m--Rev. Thomas Ferdinand Martin (1826-1904), parents of Anne Carrington Martin, Registrant, wife of Christopher Gadsden Porcher. Anne Carrington Martin (wife of Christopher Gadsden Porcher) is dau--of Thomas Ferdinand Martin (1826-1904), son of Thomas Martin (1789-1838) and Mary Briscoe (Bryan) Boyd (1789-1873), widow of Major James Boyd and dau--of William Bryan (1746-1835) and Martha (Love) Lewis Bryan (1748-1802), widow of Captain John Lewis (1745-1785), son of Gen. Andrew Lewis (d--1781). Martha Love was dau--of Hon. Samuel Love (1720-1785) and Mary Haw Love (d--1748). Samuel Love was son of Samuel Love (d--1772), who was a son of Thomas Love (b--cir.--1665), and Sarah (or Margaret) Goldsmith, dau--of John and Judith Gerard Goldsmith. Judith Gerard Goldsmith was dau--of Dr. Thomas and Susannah (Snow) Gerard. John Goldsmith, in his will, 1683, mentions his son-in-law, Thomas Love. Samuel Love, Sr., in his will leaves "Partnership," surveyed for his father in 1695, to his son, Jose, and grandson, Charles Love, and leaves a part of "Westwood Manor" to son, Charles. Mary (Haw) Love was dau--of Christopher and Mary (Briscoe) Haw, the latter a dau--of Capt. John Briscoe (1678-1725), son of Col. Phillip and Susannah (Swann) Briscoe, and his wife, Eleanor Williamson (d--1752), dau--of Samuel Williamson. Col. Phillip Briscoe was son of Dr. John and Elizabeth (DuBois) Briscoe, who is said to have come to Maryland at the invitation of Cecilius Calvert, with the Arc and the Dove expedition. References: Trinity Church, Newport Parish Register; Samuel Wood's Bible; Brown's Cabells and Their Kin; Baldwin's Maryland Wills; Martin Record by Dr. Samuel Davies Martin, rewritten by Anne Carrington Porcher, 1935.

Children of WILLIAM BRYAN and MARTHA LOVE are: i. WATSON5 BRYAN, d. 1790. ii. THOMAS BRYAN, b. 1786; d. Missouri, America. iii. MARY BRISCOE BRYAN, b. 1788; d. 1862; m. (1) THOMAS MARTIN; m. (2) JAMES BOYD. iv. JOHN LOVE BRYAN, b. 1792, Knoxville, Tennessee; d. May 10, 1866, Granville, Ohio; m. (1) MARY BELLINGER; b. August 05, 1800; d. April 04, 1824, Bedford; m. (2) CALISTA GRISWOLD, Windsor, Ohio; b. January 15, 1807, Windsor, Conn; d. October 27, 1892, Granville, Ohio.

Notes for JOHN LOVE BRYAN: John Love Bryan

(1792-1866)

John Love Bryan was born near Knoxville, Tennessee in 1792 ?When he was

young he was sent to live with his uncle John Love, who was one of the

first US Congressman from Virginia.He attended Georgetown School and used

to go with his uncle to Congess where he heard Daniel Webster,Clay,Randolph

and other great debaters.

He became an Episcopal minister.His first wife died young and his son

contracted Tuberculosis as a teenager.He was advised to move out West.He

moved to Windsor in Ashtabula County,Ohio.There he had his own church

which is now owned by an historical society.He met a schoolteacher Calista

Griswold whose family had migrated from Connecticut by way of Vermont.

Later they moved their family to Granville,Ohio where they both

eventually died and were buried.

He was married first to Mary Bellinger .They had children;

Sarah Rutherford Bryan

John Love Bryan

He was married second to Calista Griswold.They had children;

Mary Boardman Bryan

William Henry Bryan

Martha Adelaide Bryan

Edwin Grey Bryan

Emmerette Jerusha Bryan

Edward Payson Bryan

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Family Members Parents Corneilius Bryan 1697 – 1751 Rebeckah Green 1701 – 1793

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Birth

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:: Date: 1720:: Place: Banbridge, Down, , Ireland<ref>Source: #S51 Page: Volume: 103; SAR Membership Number: 20422 Object: @M57@</ref> : Birth: :: Date: 1712 :: Place: Banbridge, Down, , Ireland : Birth: :: Date: 1712 :: Place: Banbridge, Down, , Ireland Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using 1720

Death

: Death: :: Date: 09 DEC 1799:: Place: Mollys Creek, Campbell Co., VA., USA<ref>Source: #S51 Page: Volume: 103; SAR Membership Number: 20422 Object: @M57@</ref> : Death: :: Date: 11 NOV 1799 :: Place: Mollys Creek, Campbell Co., VA., USA Found multiple copies of DEAT DATE. Using 09 DEC 1799Array

Will Abstract

:BRYAN, JOHN :Campbell Co., Va. Will filed Oct. 9, 1799. :s. William Bryan :s. Andrew Bryan :s. Morrison Bryan :s. John Bryan :d. Mary Bryan :d. Margaret Bryan :d. Agnes Bryan :d. Katrine Bryan:d. Jean Davis <ref>Clemens, William Montgomery. 1924. Virginia wills before 1799: a complete abstract register of all names mentioned in over six hundred recorded wills : copied from the court house records of Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, Loudoun, Prince William and Rockbridge Counties. Pompton Lakes, N.J.: Biblio Co.</ref>

Biography

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• Sources listed in Biography and under my Notes Colonial Families of the United States of America: Volume 7 ISSUE page 106 JOHN ANDREW BRYAN of near Fairfield, Rockbridge County, Virginia; d. between 9th October and 9th December, 1779; m. Mary MORRISON; was a member of Capt. Peter HOGG'S Company of the Virginia troops serving underWashington at the Battle of Great Meadows and at the siege and surrender of Fort Necessity, 4th July, 1754. (Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, volume 1, page 279., Virginia State Records; also Washington Memoirs, 11, 111, Library of Congress.) He also served in the Revolutionary war in Capt. Thomas MERRIWETHER'S [p.106] Company, First Virginia State troops, March, 1777, to serve for three years. (Record United States War Department; his two sons Andrew Morrison BRYAN and John BRYAN were also in the Revolution in Captain LEFTWITCH'S Company, Colonel CHRISTIE. The latter John BRYAN, Jr., seeing service in the Battle of Brandywine, was wounded at Guilford Courthouse and was at Jamestown and at the capture of Cornwallis. (U. S. Bureau of Pensions.) William and Margaret Bryan sent their son, John Andrew into the woods to cut a stick to make a handle for a hook used in weaving, and he wasarrested for poaching. After much trouble and expense, his father gothim clear, and immediately sailed for America, where, as he said, "timber was free and there were no constables". (from" Notable Southern Families", p. 40)1. Some info on this family, except Catherine, from irishrose@home.com(Christine Metzner)Additional information from book: William Bryan Sr. of Ballyroney, Ireland and Roanoke Settlement, VA and Some of his Descendants, Robert L.McGrew and David C. McMurtry, Mil-Mac Publishers, Lexington, KY, 2001. 2. John Andrew Bryan m. Mary Morrison and moved abt 1737 to Burden Colony near Fairfield, Rockbridge Co., VA. After living a few years in the Borden Colony they and their family proceeded to the Staunton River,where he became owner of land upon a part of which Salem is now situated. He later disposed of this land and moved down to a grant which hesecured along the Great Road east of his father's holdings. He left the Staunton River, trading his land for "a pair of cart-wheels" and moved with his family to Campbell Co., VA. Here he bought 329 acres of Richard Stith and 439 acres of Benjamin Arnold. On the last named tracthe at once erected a bark hut, he later built a house farther down onMolly's Creek. A lot on this place was used as a muster ground for years after the Revolution. (Colonial Families of US, Vol VI, by MacKinzie, pages 104 through 106.)(New Jersey Archives, First Series, XXII, 36)((Map in Kegler, op.cit.,opposite 562 shows land of John Bryan(t). Records of land grants on the Roanoke, Box XIII, 314) shows grant with date of August 16, 1756 toJohn Andrew Bryan.) 3. Was a member of Capt. Peter Hogg's Company of the VA troops servingunder Washington at the Battle of Great Meadows and at the siege and surrender of Fort Necessity, 4th Jul 1754. (VA Magazine of History & Biography, vol. 1, pg. 279)(VA State Records) 4. John Andrew Bryan also enlisted in Capt. Thomas Merriweather's Company, VA State Troops - private, March 1777 to serve three years. (Rev.War, War Dept. records. Colonial Families of US., Vol VI, MacKinzie pg. 105) 5. Jeannette Darlington - “Any ladies decended from John Andrew's Grandson Andrew Bryan of Chillicothe MO, (who m. Isabelle Ross,) are entitled to become members of the D.A.R.” On 18 Mar 1742 when John Andrew was 30, he married Mary Morrison, 2680, F, in Roanoke, VA. 1. Birth, death dates and burial place for Mary Morrison Bryan are unknown. She is probably buried in an unmarked grave somewhere in Campbell Co. 2. Children’s names are recorded in the family Bible now in possession of the Dinwiddie family of Charlottesville, VA. This Bible lists 2 Jeans, 2 Johns and 2 Margarets each with his/her own date of birth.

3. Marriage date from WorldConnect file of: James D. Officer <jimdayton@aol.com>

They had the following children: 30 i. Margaret, 6061, F (1743-) 31 ii. William, 3695, M (1744-) 32 iii. Jean (Jane), 6063, F (1746-) 33 iv. Andrew Morrison, 3696, M (1748-1821) 34 v. Mary, 3697, F (1750-) 35 vi. Margaret, 3698, F (1752-) 36 vii. John, 6062, M (1754-) 37 viii. John, 3699, M (1756-1825) 38 ix. Jean, 3700, F (1761-) 39 x. Agnes, 3701, F (1763-) 40 xi. Catherine "Kittie", 643, F (1765-1844)

Military==Case Files of Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Based onRevolutionary War Service, compiled ca. 1800 - ca. 1912

mage Info State: Virginia Veteran: Bryant, John Pensioner: [Blank] Service: Va. Pension Number: S. 12,299 Conflict Period: US Revolutionary War Views: 68 Add a correction Revolutionary War Pensions Publication Title: Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files Content Source: The National Archives Publication Number: M804 National Archives Catalog ID: 300022 National Archives Catalog Title: Case Files of Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Based on Revolutionary War Service, compiled ca. 1800 - ca. 1912, documenting theperiod ca. 1775 - ca. 1900 Publisher: NARA Record Group: 15 Short Description: NARA M804. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files. Roll: 0391

United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," Name: John Briant Event Type: Military Service Event Date: Mar 1777 Event Place: Virginia, United States Event Place: Virginia, United States Affiliate Publication Number: M246 Affiliate Publication Title: Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783. Affiliate Film Number: 94 GS Film Number: 000830373 Digital Folder Number: 007197021 Image Number: 00314 Citing this Record"United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6Y-F86V : 15 March 2018), John Briant, Mar 1777; citing Mar 1777, Virginia, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,373. Image Info State: Virginia Regiment: First State Regiment Record Type: Individual Full Name: Bryan, John Conflict Period: US Revolutionary War Branch: US Army Served For: United States of America Views: 31 Add a correction Revolutionary War Service Records Publication Title: Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War Content Source: The National Archives Publication Number: M881 National Archives Catalog ID: 570910 National Archives Catalog Title: Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War, compiled 1894 - ca. 1912, documenting theperiod 1775 - 1784 Date: 1775-1785 Publisher: NARA Record Group: 93 Short Description: NARA M881. Compiled service records of soldiers who served in the American Army during the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783. Roll: 0909 Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War, compiled 1894 - ca. 1912, State: Virginia Regiment: First State Regiment Record Type: Individual Full Name: Bryan, John Conflict Period: Us Revolutionary War Branch: US Army Served For: United States of America Views: 32 Add a correction Revolutionary War Service Records Publication Title: Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War Content Source: The National Archives Publication Number: M881 National Archives Catalog ID: 570910 National Archives Catalog Title: Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War, compiled 1894 - ca. 1912, documenting theperiod 1775 - 1784 Date: 1775-1785 Publisher: NARA Record Group: 93 Short Description: NARA M881. Compiled service records of soldiers who served in the American Army during the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783. Roll: 0909

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John Andrew Bryan, Sr. Birthdate: 1712 Birthplace: Ballyroney, Down, Ulster, Ireland Death: October 09, 1799 (87) Mollys Creek, Campbell County, Virginia, United States Place of Burial: Rustburg, Campbell County, Virginia, United States Immediate Family: Son of William Smith Bryan, I and Margaret Bryan Husband of Mary Bryan Father of William Bryan; Jean "Jane" Davidson; Andrew Morrison Bryan; Mary Bryan; John Andrew Bryan, II and 5 others Brother of Morgan Bryan; Mary Catherine Bush; William Smith Bryan, II;Margaret Bryan; Henry Bryan and 3 others Half brother of Mary Catherine Bush; Morgan Bryan; John Andrew Bryan; Bennett Bryan; Benjamin Bryan and 6 others Managed by: Francis Gene Dellinger Last Updated: January 22, 2019 interrelated Families of Liv. co., Missouri" by Doug Sampson, page 152states Generation 8. John Andrew Bryan married Mary Morrison and movedtoBurden County near Fairfield, Rockbridge County, VA; after living a few yearsin Borden Colony, they and their family proceeded to the Staunton River wherehe became owner of land upon a part of which Salem is now sit- uated; leftthe Staunton River, trading his land for "a pair of cartwheels" and moved withhis family to Campbell Co., VA; here he bought 329 acres of Richard Stith and439 acres of Benjamin Arnold. On the last named tract he at once erected abark hut; later built a house farther down on Molly's Creek. A lot on thisplace was used as a muster ground for many years after the Revolution;per book "Notable Southern Families Vol II,Armstrong.

Colonial Families, page 106 David Barton "The Bulletproof George Washington Chpt 2, page 11 1 May 1754 March to Great Meadows,constructs Fort Necessity on 24 May 1754. On May 27 captures a French detachment near Ft. N. Battle 3 July1754. Governor Denwiddie sent G. W., a young surveyor then, a remonstrance that French were not to intrude Ohio Valley...carrying it 500 miles thru the wilderness, at the age of 21 on Oct 31, 1753. Negotiations at Lake Erie failed. Now possession of the dispute territory was to be determined by the harsher methods of war. Troops, 11 weeks later, returned to Williamsburg, January 16th. In the meantime French occupies"The Fork" (Duquesne). Washington is made lieutenant colonel set out May 1, 1754 to recapture this site. Reaching Great Meadows, May 24th, 60 miles from Fort N. Washington's whole force scarcely numbered 400. On 3 July, Devilliers (French) men 1,200 surrounded the stockade builtby Washington (Fort N) Nine (9) hours in a rain storm and at 10 a.m. to dark, musket balls fired. About 30 men were killed. the Americans surrendered.

Copy attached to back of Doug Sampson's book. VETERAN: Enlisted in Captain Thomas Merriweather's Co., VA state troops; private, March 1777 to serve 3 years; Revolutionary War War DepartmentRecords; Col. Families of US, Vol VI MacKinzie page 105.105; all ladiesdescended from John Andrew's grandson Andrew Bryan of Chillicothe and Isa- belle Ross are entitled to become members of D.A.R. VETERAN: John died between 9th Oct and 9th Dec "1779" married Mary Morrison, was a member of Captain Peter Hogg's company of the Virginia troops under Washington at the Battle of Great Meadows and at seige and surrender of Fort Necessity on 4th July 1754. See Virginia Magazine ofHistory and BOrden Colony. Biography Vol I page 279. See Virginia State Records and see Washington Memoirs II, III Library of Congress. Served in Revolutionary War in Captain Thomas Merriweather's company, March 1777 ARCHIVES: Son, William Bryan North Carolina Land Grants and in Tennessee 1778-1791 Grants 691, page 16 to William Bryan 110 acres in Washington County, date 1786 joining Wood and Roberson lines. Grant #2116 to william Bryan 500 acres in Greene County, date 1788 on north side of the French Broad, page 45, Grant #2514 page 53 to William Bryan, 200 acres in Greene County, date 1791 on Fork of Little Chucky. Show Less

Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940(marriage of 1 of kids) Name: Thos. Bryant Spouse's Name: Mary Bryant Event Date: 11 Dec 1818 Event Place: Campbell, Virginia Spouse's Father's Name: John Bryant Other information in the record of Thos. Bryant and Mary Bryant Name: Thos. Bryant Spouse's Name: Mary Bryant Event Date: 11 Dec 1818 Event Place: Campbell, Virginia Spouse's Father's Name: John Bryant Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M86858-7 System Origin: Virginia-EASy GS Film number: 31050 Citing this Record"Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRWH-3DW : 11 February 2018), Thos. Bryant and Mary Bryant, 11 Dec 1818; citing Campbell, Virginia, reference ; FHL microfilm 31,050.

Pedigree Resource File Sex Male Birth from 1712 to 1717 County Down, Ireland Death 9 October 1799 Campbell County, Virginia PARENTS Father William S Bryan Mother Margaret Brockers CITING THIS RECORD"Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:93QK-VQV : accessed 23 July 2019), entry for John Andrew Bryan; file (2:2:2:MM95-J19), submitted 17 May 2000. SUBMITTED BY (2) 5/17/2000 pspreng2720717 5/17/2000 pspreng2720718 ANCESTRAL FILE Ancestral File Number 3MMJ-HLV PEDIGREE RESOURCE FILE Person Count 3,393 Submission ID MM95-J19

Marraige ==: Virginia Historical Society/Bible Index Cards - Engagement or Annoucement of Marriage or marriage contract or marraige may have occured onMarch 10, 1740<ref>Virginia, Bible Records -Bible records, Drawer 10,Bryan, Agnes to Burtt, Sarah, 1700-1900, Citation-"Virginia, Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007," database with images, FamilySearch Virginia Historical Records/Bible RecordsIndex Cards/Marriage of Mary Morrison to John Bryan : 7 July 2017), Bible records, 1700-1900 > Card Index, Bryan - Burtt > image 53 of 861; citing Virginia Historical Society, Richmond.</ref>

See Also ==:History of the Bryan-Cole family in America, by Winfred Bryan Cole, <ref>'History of the Bryan-Cole family in America, Reynolds Historical Genealogy Collection, Digitized by the Internet Archive, Archive.org, 2018, https://archive.org/details/historyofbryancoOOcole, History of The BRYAN -COLE FAMILY in America, By WINFRED BRYAN COLE, Arnold, Mo. Published by the Author 1962, sect/pg 27,28, additional book format https://archive.org/details/historyofbryanco00cole/page/n69, image pg 70 of 346.</ref>

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• March, 27th, 2015 * Shearer, James William. 1915. The Shearer-Akers family, combined with "The Bryan line" through the seventh generation; arranged to be continuable indefinitely, both as a genealogy and a picture gallery in each of the three lines, by blank pages inserted in the last four generations and index on which new names and pictures may be inserted at their proper places. [Somerville, N.J.]: [Press of the Somerset messenger].* Armstrong, Zella. Notable Southern Families. Vol. II. Chattanooga, Tenn.: Lookout Publishing, 1918.* Source: S1 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R1 * Repository: R1 Name: Ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number: * Source: S33 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R1 * Source: S51 Author: Ancestry.com Title: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT,USA; Date: 2011; Repository: #R1

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John Andrew Bryan Sr.

• Born 1 May 1724 in Ballymoney, Down, Ireland
• Son of William Bryan Sr. and Margaret (Strode) Bryan
• Brother of Mary Catherine (Bryan) Bush, James Bryan Sr [half], William Bryan Jr. [half], Margaret Bryan [half], David Bryan [half], James Bryan and Margaret Bryan
• Husband of Mary (Morrison) Bryan — married 18 Mar 1742 in Rockbridge, Virginia
• Father of Andrew Morrison Bryan, Margaret (Bryan) Gibson, John Andrew Bryan Jr., Jane (Bryan) Davidson, Agnes Susan (Bryan) Bagby, Catherine (Bryan) Cole and William Bryan
• Died before 9 Dec 1799 before age 75 in Mollys Creek, Campbell, Virginia, United States

Colonial Families of the United States of America: Volume 7 ISSUE page 106

JOHN ANDREW BRYAN of near Fairfield, Rockbridge County, Virginia; d. between 9th October and 9th December, 1779; m. Mary MORRISON; was a member of Capt. Peter HOGG'S Company of the Virginia troops serving under Washington at the Battle of Great Meadows and at the siege and surrender of Fort Necessity, 4th July, 1754. (Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, volume 1, page 279., Virginia State Records; also Washington Memoirs, 11, 111, Library of Congress.) He also served in the Revolutionary war in Capt. Thomas MERRIWETHER'S [p.106] Company, First Virginia State troops, March, 1777, to serve for three years. (Record United States War Department; his two sons Andrew Morrison BRYAN and John BRYAN were also in the Revolution in Captain LEFTWITCH'S Company, Colonel CHRISTIE. The latter John BRYAN, Jr., seeing service in the Battle of Brandywine, was wounded at Guilford Courthouse and was at Jamestown and at the capture of Cornwallis. (U. S. Bureau of Pensions.)

William and Margaret Bryan sent their son, John Andrew into the woods to cut a stick to make a handle for a hook used in weaving, and he was arrested for poaching. After much trouble and expense, his father got him clear, and immediately sailed for America, where, as he said, "timber was free and there were no constables". (from" Notable Southern Families", p. 40) 1. Some info on this family, except Catherine, from irishrose home.com (Christine Metzner) Additional information from book: William Bryan Sr. of Ballyroney, Ireland and Roanoke Settlement, VA and Some of his Descendants, Robert L. McGrew and David C. McMurtry, Mil-Mac Publishers, Lexington, KY, 2001.

2. John Andrew Bryan m. Mary Morrison and moved abt 1737 to Burden Colony near Fairfield, Rockbridge Co., VA. After living a few years in the Borden Colony they and their family proceeded to the Staunton River, where he became owner of land upon a part of which Salem is now situated. He later disposed of this land and moved down to a grant which he secured along the Great Road east of his father's holdings. He left the Staunton River, trading his land for "a pair of cart-wheels" and moved with his family to Campbell Co., VA. Here he bought 329 acres of Richard Stith and 439 acres of Benjamin Arnold. On the last named tract he at once erected a bark hut, he later built a house farther down on Molly's Creek. A lot on this place was used as a muster ground for years after the Revolution. (Colonial Families of US, Vol VI, by MacKinzie, pages 104 through 106.) (New Jersey Archives, First Series, XXII, 36)((Map in Kegler, op.cit., opposite 562 shows land of John Bryan(t). Records of land grants on the Roanoke, Box XIII, 314) shows grant with date of August 16, 1756 to John Andrew Bryan.)

3. Was a member of Capt. Peter Hogg's Company of the VA troops serving under Washington at the Battle of Great Meadows and at the siege and surrender of Fort Necessity, 4th Jul 1754. (VA Magazine of History & Biography, vol. 1, pg. 279)(VA State Records)

4. John Andrew Bryan also enlisted in Capt. Thomas Merriweather's Company, VA State Troops - private, March 1777 to serve three years. (Rev. War, War Dept. records. Colonial Families of US., Vol VI, MacKinzie pg. 105)

5. Jeannette Darlington - “Any ladies decended from John Andrew's Grandson Andrew Bryan of Chillicothe MO, (who m. Isabelle Ross,) are entitled to become members of the D.A.R.”

On 18 Mar 1742 when John Andrew was 30, he married Mary Morrison, 2680, F, in Roanoke, VA.

1. Birth, death dates and burial place for Mary Morrison Bryan are unknown. She is probably buried in an unmarked grave somewhere in Campbell Co.

2. Children’s names are recorded in the family Bible now in possession of the Dinwiddie family of Charlottesville, VA. This Bible lists 2 Jeans, 2 Johns and 2 Margarets each with his/her own date of birth.

3. Marriage date from WorldConnect file of: James D. Officer <jimdayton aol.com>

They had the following children: 30 i. Margaret, 6061, F (1743-) 31 ii. William, 3695, M (1744-) 32 iii. Jean (Jane), 6063, F (1746-) 33 iv. Andrew Morrison, 3696, M (1748-1821) 34 v. Mary, 3697, F (1750-) 35 vi. Margaret, 3698, F (1752-) 36 vii. John, 6062, M (1754-) 37 viii. John, 3699, M (1756-1825) 38 ix. Jean, 3700, F (1761-) 39 x. Agnes, 3701, F (1763-) 40 xi. Catherine "Kittie", 643, F (1765-1844)

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