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Col. William Benjamin Bryan 1724–1761 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 31 Oct 1724

Birth Location: Snowfield Plantation, Lewiston Woodville, Bertie County, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 1761

Death Location: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States

Father: James BRYANT

Mother: Patience Dew

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Smith

Children(s): Elizabeth Bryan, Phebe BRYAN, Mary BRYAN, William (Bryant), Blake Bryan, Esther Bryan, Susannah Bryan, John Bryan, Simon Bryan, Mary Bryan, Arthur Bryan, Hardy Bryan, Louis Bryan, Frederich Bryan, Sarah Bryan, William Bryan, Thomas Bryant, Elizabeth Bryant, Philemon BRYANT, David Bryant, John Bryant, William Bryant

In 1724, Col. William Benjamin Bryan entered the world in Snowfield Plantation, Lewiston Woodville, Bertie County, North Carolina, USA, born to James William Bryant And Patience Dew. Col. William Benjamin Bryan married Elizabeth Ann Smith, and had children including Arthur Bryan, Blake Bryan, David Hardy Bryant, Elizabeth Bryant, Elizabeth Smith Bryan, Esther Bryan, Frederich Bryan, Hardy Jones Bryan, John Bryan, John Bryant, Louis Bryan, Mary Polly Bryan, Mary Polly Bryan, Phebe Bryan, Philemon Bryant, Sarah Bryan, Simon Bryan, Susannah Bryan, Thomas Bryant, William Bryan Bryant, William Bryant, William Jonathan Bryan. Col. William Benjamin Bryan passed away in 1761 in Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States.

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Biography

  • In 1724, Col. William Benjamin Bryan entered the world in Snowfield Plantation, Lewiston Woodville, Bertie County, North Carolina, USA, born to James William Bryant And Patience Dew.
  • Col. William Benjamin Bryan married Elizabeth Ann Smith, and had children including Arthur Bryan, Blake Bryan, David Hardy Bryant, Elizabeth Bryant, Elizabeth Smith Bryan, Esther Bryan, Frederich Bryan, Hardy Jones Bryan, John Bryan, John Bryant, Louis Bryan, Mary Polly Bryan, Mary Polly Bryan, Phebe Bryan, Philemon Bryant, Sarah Bryan, Simon Bryan, Susannah Bryan, Thomas Bryant, William Bryan Bryant, William Bryant, William Jonathan Bryan.
  • Col. William Benjamin Bryan passed away in 1761 in Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

James BRYANT
1684–1748
Birth Location: Isle of Wight, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America
JB
Patience Dew
1695–1748
Birth Location: Isle of Wight, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America
PD

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Smith
1729–1792
Birth Location: Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina, USA
ES

Children(s)

Elizabeth Bryan
1751–1845
Birth Location: Johnstown, Bertie, North Carolina, USA
EB
Phebe BRYAN
1763–1785
Birth Location: Rowan, North Carolina, United States
PB
Mary BRYAN
1767–1821
Birth Location: Snowfield Plantation, Bertie, North Carolina
MB
William (Bryant)
1747–1800
Birth Location: Springfield Plantation, Johnston County, North Carolina, USA
W(
Blake Bryan
1757–1820
Birth Location: Springfield Plantation, Johnston County, North Carolina, USA
BB
Esther Bryan
1760–1800
Birth Location: Springfield Plantation, Johnston County, North Carolina, USA
EB
Susannah Bryan
1763–1841
Birth Location: Springfield Plantation, Johnston County, North Carolina, USA
SB
John Bryan
1765–1817
Birth Location: Springfield Plantation, Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina, USA
JB
Simon Bryan
1751–1821
Birth Location: Craven County, North Carolina, USA
SB
Mary Bryan
1745–1821
Birth Location: Lewiston, Bertie County, North Carolina, USA
MB
Arthur Bryan
1749–1792
Birth Location: Springfield Plantation, Johnston County, North Carolina, USA
AB
Hardy Bryan
1753–1832
Birth Location: Springfield Plantation, Smithfield, Johnston Co., North Carolina
HB
Louis Bryan
1745–1780
Birth Location: Springfield Plantation, Johnston Co., North Carolina, USA
LB
Frederich Bryan
1758–1842
Birth Location: Johnson County, North Carolina, USA
FB
Sarah Bryan
1769–1861
Birth Location: Buncombe, Buncombe, North Carolina, USA
SB
William Bryan
1757–1780
Birth Location: Springfield Plantation, Johnston, North Carolina, United States
WB
Thomas Bryant
1744–1795
Birth Location: North Carolina, United States
TB
Elizabeth Bryant
1751–
Birth Location: –
EB
Philemon BRYANT
1779–1858
Birth Location: Bladen, North Carolina, USA
PB
David Bryant
1753–1820
Birth Location: Johnston, North Carolina, Colonial America
DB
John Bryant
1760–1841
Birth Location: Buckingham, Buckingham, Virginia, United States
JB
William Bryant
1756–
Birth Location: –
WB

Col. Bryan's Ancestors

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Col. Bryan
1724–1761
Birth Place: Snowfield Plantation, Lewiston Woodville, Bertie County, North Carolina, USA
Parents
James William BRYANT
1684–1748
Isle of Wight, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America
Patience Dew
1695–1748
Isle of Wight, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America
Grandparents
James (BRYANT) Sr.
1656–1731
Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
Elizabeth (Bertie) Lefevre
1661–1731
Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, France
John (II) Dew(USA)
1675–1744
Isle of Wright, Isle of wright, Virginia, USA
Susannah Shearer(USA)
1680–1744
Isle of wright, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
John Esq
1633–1678
Fannij Skijttemijr
1653–1700
Capt. Shearer
1630–1705
Elizabeth Parnell
1632–1687
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Colonel Burgesses
1600–1691
Elizabeth Bennett
1603–1676
George Shearer
1601–1691
Elizabeth Dew
1603–1635
John yet
1620–1687
Susannah 1616,
1616–1688

Col. Bryan's Descendants

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Col. (William Benjamin) Bryan (31 Oct 1724–1761) m. Elizabeth (Ann) Smith (5 Aug 1729–1 Jun 1792)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (Smith) Bryan 1751–1845 m. William Blackman 1746–1793 m. Josiah Sasser 1749–1781
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Bryan) Blackman 1784–1811
    2. 2. John Blackman 1787–1852
    3. 3. Elizabeth Sasser 1776–1830
    4. 4. Mary (Ann) Sasser 1771–1838
    5. 5. Mary Sasser 1780–1840
    6. 6. Mary ("Polly") Sasser 1772–1860
    7. 7. Mary (Ann) Sasser 1771–1838
    8. 8. Blake (Bryan) Sasser 1775–1856
    9. 9. John Sasser 1772–1817
    10. 10. Lewis Sasser 1773–1854
    11. 11. Mary ("Polly" Sasser) Stevens 1771–1862
    12. 12. Howell Sasser 1770–1835
    13. 13. John (Henry) Sasser 1778–1780
    14. 14. Susanna Sasser 1771–1838
    15. 15. Brittain Sasser 1775–
    16. 16. William Sasser 1777–1850
  2. 2. Phebe BRYAN 1763–1785
  3. 3. Mary ("Polly") BRYAN 1767–1821
  4. 4. William (Bryan) (Bryant) 1747–1800
  5. 5. Blake Bryan 1757–1820
  6. 6. Esther Bryan 1760–1800
  7. 7. Susannah Bryan 1763–1841
  8. 8. John Bryan 1765–1817
  9. 9. Simon Bryan 1751–1821
  10. 10. Mary (Polly) Bryan 1745–1821
  11. 11. Arthur Bryan 1749–1792
  12. 12. Hardy (Jones) Bryan 1753–1832
  13. 13. Louis Bryan 1745–1780 m. Sarah Hinton 1747–1815
    1. 1. Lewis (Bryan) Jr 1780–1851
    2. 2. William Bryan 1776–1777
    3. 3. Larry Bryan 1778–1833 m. Sally Hinton 1768–1820
      1. 1. Lewis (Hinton (A)) BRYANT 1802–1871
      2. 2. John (William BRYANT) Sr 1799–1860 m. Elizabeth Gibert 1803–1880
        1. 1. Caswell (G) Bryant 1829–1870
        2. 2. John (William BRYANT) Jr 1832–1908
        3. 3. William (Harrison) BRYANT 1820–1903
        4. 4. Mary (A.) BRYANT 1845–
        5. 5. Elizabeth (L.) BRYANT 1837–
        6. 6. Sarah (A.) BRYANT 1825–
        7. 7. Isaac BRYANT 1828–
        8. 8. Eliza (R.) BRYANT 1841–1917
      3. 3. Edmund BRYANT 1812–
      4. 4. Hardy BRYANT 1814–
        1. 1. Luke BRYANT 1842–1923 m. Ann Bryant 1840–1925
      5. 5. Nancy BRYANT 1811–
      6. 6. Lewiza ((Leiza) Elizabeth) BRYAN 1807–
      7. 7. William BRYANT 1801–1860
      8. 8. John (William) Bryant 1801–1839
    4. 4. Ridley Bryan 1773–1829
    5. 5. Edney Bryan 1771–1828
    6. 6. Sarah Bryan 1774–1836
  14. 14. Frederich Bryan 1758–1842
  15. 15. Sarah Bryan 1769–1861
  16. 16. William (Jonathan) Bryan 1757–1780
  17. 17. Thomas Bryant 1744–1795
  18. 18. Elizabeth Bryant 1751–
  19. 19. Philemon BRYANT 1779–1858
  20. 20. David (Hardy) Bryant 1753–1820
  21. 21. John Bryant 1760–1841
  22. 22. William Bryant 1756–

Col. Bryan's Timeline

3 Records

1724
31 Oct 1724
Birth of Col. William Benjamin Bryan in Snowfield Plantation, Lewiston Woodville, Bertie County, North Carolina, USA
Snowfield Plantation, Lewiston Woodville, Bertie County, North Carolina, USA
1761
1761
Age 37
Death of Col. William Benjamin Bryan in Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
1761
15 May 1761
Age 37
Col. William Benjamin Bryan - Probate in Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA
Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 Oct 1724
    Event Place: Snowfield Plantation, Lewiston Woodville, Bertie County, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Edgecombe, North Carolina
    Record Source: North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, Probate Records, 1730-1961; Indexes, 1760-1961; Author: North Carolina. Superior Court (Edgecombe County)

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1761
    Event Place: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source: North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, Probate Records, 1730-1961; Indexes, 1760-1961; Author: North Carolina. Superior Court (Edgecombe County)

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Probate
    Event Date: 15 May 1761
    Event Place: Edgecombe, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, Probate Records, 1730-1961; Indexes, 1760-1961; Author: North Carolina. Superior Court (Edgecombe County)
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