Matthew Bryson

MATTHEW BRYSON (aka MATHOW BRYSSOUNE)

Fake Genealogy

No less that twenty-three pedigrees published by MyHertitage claim that it was Matthew Bryson, here treated, who married Margaret Gibson at Edinburgh in Midlothian on or shortly after 27 December 1660. This is not possible, however, because Matthew Bryson, here treated, was only 11 years of age on this date. MyHeritage It follows, therefore, that Matthew Bryson, here treated, is not the same person as Matthew Bryson, Resident in Edinburgh

The Question of Identity

Matthew Bryson, here treated, is the son of John Bryson, Merchant in Glasgow and his wife Isabel Paterson He was born before 28 June 1649, the date upon which his baptism was registered at Glasgow in Lanarkshire, Scotland. [National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Baptisms, reference OPR.644/1/4]