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Major James (Ryon) Ryan 1776–1817 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Bet. 1776–1786

Birth Location: Goochland Co, VA

Death Date: bef 10 Oct 1817

Death Location: Barren, Kentucky, United States

Father: John Raines

Mother: Unity Toney

Spouse(s): Molly Lemay

Children(s): William Ryan, Samuel PAGE

Major James (Ryon) Ryan was born in 1776 in Goochland Co, VA, the child of John Robert Raines And Unity D Toney. Major James (Ryon) Ryan married Molly Mary Lemay, and had children including Samuel Lemay Page, William B Ryan. Major James (Ryon) Ryan passed away in 1817 in Barren, Kentucky, United States.

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Biography

  • Major James (Ryon) Ryan was born in 1776 in Goochland Co, VA, the child of John Robert Raines And Unity D Toney.
  • Major James (Ryon) Ryan married Molly Mary Lemay, and had children including Samuel Lemay Page, William B Ryan.
  • Major James (Ryon) Ryan passed away in 1817 in Barren, Kentucky, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Raines
1733–1785
Birth Location: Goochland, Goochland, Virginia, USA
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Unity Toney
1731–1776
Birth Location: Goochland, Goochland, Virginia, Colonial America
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Spouses(s)

Molly Lemay
1761–1817
Birth Location: Goochland, Goochland, Virginia, United States
ML

Children(s)

William Ryan
1800–1877
Birth Location: Goochland County, Virginia, United States of America
WR
Samuel PAGE
1790–1845
Birth Location: Olmstead, Logan, Kentucky, United States
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Major Ryan's Ancestors

Self
Major Ryan
1776–1817
Birth Place: Goochland Co, VA
Parents
John Robert Raines
1733–1785
Goochland, Goochland, Virginia, USA
Unity (D.) Toney
1731–1776
Goochland, Goochland, Virginia, Colonial America
Grandparents
Sarah Whitehead
1701–1764
Lynchburg, Amherst, Virginia, United States
Charles Toney
1705–1776
New Kent, VA
Elizabeth Harris
1707–1800
St Peters, New Kent, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
William Toney
1666–1735
Mary Giles
1675–1757
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Toney
1634–1675

Major Ryan's Descendants

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Major (James (Ryon)) Ryan (Bet. 1776–1786–bef 10 Oct 1817) m. Molly (Mary) Lemay (1761–1817)
  1. 1. William (B) Ryan 1800–1877 m. Frances Edgar 1806–1850
    1. 1. Mary (Elizabeth) Ryan 1824–1906 m. David (Bowles) Sr. 1825–1911
      1. 1. Charles (Rand) Bowles 1856–1919 m. Annie (M) Simpson 1860–1890 m. Sara (Jane) Bowles 1855–1947
        1. 1. Leroy (Thomas) Bowles 1884–1949 m. Myrtle Smiley 1884–1979 m. Lucy Bowles 1901–1978
        2. 2. William (David) Bowles 1877–1965 m. Pearl (C) Ireland 1881–1948
        3. 3. William (Leslie) Bowles 1886–1931 m. Nellie (Blanch) Perry 1888–1964
        4. 4. Lenora Bowles 1881–1939 m. George (A.) Shields 1870–1948
        5. 5. Charles (E "Jack") Bowles 1898–1974 m. Margaret (E.) Bowles 1898–1960
        6. 6. Jonathan (Oscar) Rogers 1880–1936 m. Pansy (Pearl) Smallwood 1882–1950
        7. 7. Lee (Otis) Rogers 1877–1948
        8. 8. Oscar Rogers 1880–
      2. 2. William (H) Bowles 1847–1937 m. Mahala (J) Bowles 1850–1934
        1. 1. David (A) Bowles 1881–
        2. 2. Mary (B) Bowles 1877–
      3. 3. Geo (H) Bowles 1853–1925 m. Mollie (B.) Bowles 1860–1938
        1. 1. Georgia (A.) Main 1888–1964
        2. 2. Alvin (James) Bowles 1877–1946
        3. 3. Leonidas (David) Bowles 1880–1943
      4. 4. Amanda (Gimber) ling 1855–1926
      5. 5. David (L.) Bowles 1860–1918
      6. 6. Frances (E) Bowles 1846–1847
      7. 7. Rebecca (A) Bowles 1852–1852
    2. 2. George (Garland) Ryan 1826–1901
    3. 3. William (Felix) Ryan 1828–1911
    4. 4. Frances (Caroline) Ryan 1831–1832
    5. 5. Pvt (Robert William) Ryan 1836–1863
    6. 6. Sarah (Adaline) Ryan 1839–1856
    7. 7. Pvt (Joseph Hughes) Ryan 1846–1923
    8. 8. Amanda (J) Ryan 1845–1946
  2. 2. Samuel (Lemay) PAGE 1790–1845

Major Ryan's Timeline

2 Records

1776
Bet. 1776–1786
Birth of Major James (Ryon) Ryan in Goochland Co, VA
Goochland Co, VA
1817
bef 10 Oct 1817
Age 41
Death of Major James (Ryon) Ryan in Barren, Kentucky, United States
Barren, Kentucky, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Bet. 1776–1786
    Event Place: Goochland Co, VA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: bef 10 Oct 1817
    Event Place: Barren, Kentucky, United States
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