John “Smith” Bryan, of Nansemond

John Bryan, son of William Smith Bryan and Catherine Morgan , was born about 1625 in Claire, Ireland, and immigrated to Virginia about 1660, perhaps with his father. John Bryan died about 1711 in Norfolk, Virginia.

John had 10 brothers (Thomas,William, Morgan, David, Henry, Edward, Edmund, James, Richard, Francis) and 3 sisters (Lydia, Margaret, Catherine).

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John Bryan of Nansemond, Virginia married Sarah Berryman [?] in 1645. Some of their children are: Lewis Bryan, William and John.

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Proof of Descendency

What you find posted below is research that was done by Lindsay M. Brien and published in the DAR magazine in May 1956 on pages 509-510, also some of this same research was published in the National Genealogical Society publication in about 1960.

There are many deeds for John Bryan but this last one we will follow to his son William and to William's son, NEEDHAM BRYAN. Look at the dates of the deeds as the land passed down from one son to the next.

Not the son of Edward Bryan of Elizabeth City County