Bryan(t) families

Research notes

• Bryan and Bryant have been seen as the surname spelling in the same family.
• Do not confuse the families who arrived to New England with the families who arrived to the Virginia Colony.
• There is no descent from Tudor courtier Sir Francis Bryan, KB, ‘The Vicar of Hell’.

Settlers in America

Southern colonies

• Francis Bryan (disputed existence)
  • Morgan Bryan was not his son
• William Smith Bryan (disputed existence)
  • “William “Smith” Bryan - Do we have any evidence that William "Smith" Bryan actually existed?” (https://www.geni.com/discussions/195476?msg=1292274)

Northern colonies

• Johan "Ann" Doane, mother of
  • Thomas Bryant, of the Plymouth Colony
  • Stephen Bryant, of the Plymouth Colony
  • John Bryant, of Scituate

Mid-Atlantic colonies

Links

• https://www.geni.com/surnames/bryan This surname has several different origins. One origin of the name is from an Anglo-Norman name, de Brienne, derived from de Brienne from Brienne-le-Château. Being found in Brittany, it was used among the Breton followers of the Normans who appear in England and Ireland.
• https://www.geni.com/surnames/bryant The name "BRYANT" variations in spelling: Bryan; Bryant; Brien; Brian; Briant, and the son of Bryan.
• https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/bryan/about/background
• The Tudor Society/On this day /2 February – Sir Francis Bryan, the Vicar of Hell < link >
• “Sir Francis Bryan, Vicar of Hell – Ancestor of Daniel Boone’s Offspring?” (May 26, 2012) < link >
• "Seven Sons and Two Daughters of Morgan Bryan (1671-1763), "Irish Immigrant" and Some of Their Descendants" (not available online)
• Bryan Station (also Bryan's Station, and often misspelled Bryant's Station) was an early fortified settlement in Lexington, Kentucky.
• “Bryan Family History: Descendants of John and Sarah Bryan of Rowan County, North Carolina; Samuel and Margaret Bryan of Davidson County, Tennessee; Samuel and Charlotte Bryan of Maury County, Tennessee; Finus and Caledonia Bryan of Hill County, Texas.” By Robert Brooks Casey and Bernice (Brooks) Casey (2004). < PDF >
• http://goodrichconnection.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I311...
• Smith, D. Allen, "Descendants of Stephen Bryant of Plymouth, and of his Son-in-Law, Lt. John Bryant of Plympton" The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) Reference Volume 154 (2000), page 232. < AmericanAncestors >
• Pane-Joyce Genealogy
• Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal ..., Volume 3 By Ellery Bicknell Crane, p 11