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Patience "Polly" Bryan 1742–1820 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1742

Birth Location: Culpeper, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1820

Death Location: Johnston, North Carolina, USA

Father: john Sr.

Mother: Cevel\Sevil Sheets

Spouse(s): Col. *

Children(s): Samuel Smith

Patience "Polly" Bryan was born in 1742 in Culpeper, Virginia, USA, the child of John Lewis Colonel Bryan Sr And Cevel Sevil Sheets. Patience "Polly" Bryan married Col John Smith Jr, and had children including Samuel Smith. Patience "Polly" Bryan passed away in 1820 in Johnston, North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • Patience "Polly" Bryan was born in 1742 in Culpeper, Virginia, USA, the child of John Lewis Colonel Bryan Sr And Cevel Sevil Sheets.
  • Patience "Polly" Bryan married Col John Smith Jr, and had children including Samuel Smith.
  • Patience "Polly" Bryan passed away in 1820 in Johnston, North Carolina, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

john Sr.
1721–1796
Birth Location: New Bern, Craven, North Carolina, USA
jS
Cevel\Sevil Sheets
1725–1819
Birth Location: Lewiston Woodville, Bertie, North Carolina, USA
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Spouses(s)

Col. *
1738–1813
Birth Location: Smithfield, Johnston, North Carolina, USA
C*

Children(s)

Samuel Smith
1771–1846
Birth Location: Smithfield Johnston North Carolina
SS

Patience Bryan's Ancestors

Self
Patience Bryan
1742–1820
Birth Place: Culpeper, Virginia, USA
Parents
john Lewis Colonel Bryan Sr.
1721–1796
New Bern, Craven, North Carolina, USA
Cevel\Sevil Sheets
1725–1819
Lewiston Woodville, Bertie, North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
Jacob Sheets
1705–1747
Schömberg, Freudenstadt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Patience Bryan's Descendants

1.
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Patience ("Polly") Bryan (1742–1820) m. Col. (John Smith Jr.) * (1738–30 May 1813)
  1. 1. Samuel Smith 1771–1846
    1. 1. Nancy Smith 1816–1850 m. Zachariah SIMS 1800–1859
      1. 1. Martha (Ann) Sims 1838–1903 m. Elijah (William) Hill 1823–1862
        1. 1. Mariah (Jane) Hill 1857–1935 m. Thomas (Jefferson) Moss 1851–1892

Patience Bryan's Timeline

2 Records

1742
1742
Birth of Patience "Polly" Bryan in Culpeper, Virginia, USA
Culpeper, Virginia, USA
1820
1820
Age 78
Death of Patience "Polly" Bryan in Johnston, North Carolina, USA
Johnston, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1742
    Event Place: Culpeper, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1820
    Event Place: Johnston, North Carolina, USA
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