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William Smith Bryan 1600–1667 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1600

Birth Location: Down, Clare, Ireland

Death Date: 1667

Death Location: Gloucester, Virginia

Father: Francis Bryan

Mother: Ann Smith

Spouse(s): Catherine Morgan

Children(s): John Bryan, William Bryan, Morgan Bryan, David Bryan, Henry Bryan, Edward Bryan, Edmund Bryan, James Bryan, Richard Bryan, Francis Bryan, Margaret Bryan

The story of William Smith Bryan began in 1600 in Down, Clare, Ireland. William Smith Bryan married Catherine Morgan, and had children including David Bryan, Edmund Bryan, Edward Bryan, Francis Bryan, Henry Bryan, James Bryan, John Bryan, Margaret Bryan, Morgan Bryan, Richard Bryan, William Bryan. William Smith Bryan passed away in 1667 in Gloucester, Virginia.

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Biography

  • The story of William Smith Bryan began in 1600 in Down, Clare, Ireland.
  • William Smith Bryan married Catherine Morgan, and had children including David Bryan, Edmund Bryan, Edward Bryan, Francis Bryan, Henry Bryan, James Bryan, John Bryan, Margaret Bryan, Morgan Bryan, Richard Bryan, William Bryan.
  • William Smith Bryan passed away in 1667 in Gloucester, Virginia.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Bryan's Ancestors

Self
William Bryan
1600–1667
Birth Place: Down, Clare, Ireland
Parents
Francis Bryan
1549–1640
Down, Clare, Ireland
Ann Smith
1560–1635
Down, Clare, Ireland
Grandparents
Francis Bryan
1517–1550
Cheddington, Buckinghamshire, England
Joan Fitzgerald
1521–1565
Desmond Castle, Kinsale, Cork, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Bryan
1487–1517
Margaret Bourchier
1468–1552
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Bryan's Descendants

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William (Smith) Bryan (1600–1667) m. Catherine Morgan (1604–Jun 1680)
  1. 1. John Bryan 1626–1687 m. Sarah LNU 1627–1685
    1. 1. William O'Brien 1655–1742 m. Alice Needham 1656–1729
      1. 1. Needham (I) Bryan 1690–1770 m. Anne Rombeau 1692–1730 m. Susannah Harrell –1752 m. Sarah Woodward 1725–1776
        1. 1. Rachel Bryan 1723–1780 m. William (Joseph) Whitfield 1710–1795
        2. 2. Hannah (Ann) Bryan 1700–1775 m. Martin (Gardner) Sr. 1698–1760
        3. 3. Elizabeth Bryan 1718–1741
        4. 4. Michael Bryan 1714–1794 m. Olive Hodge 1711–1750
        5. 5. William (B) Bryan 1724–1781 m. Elizabeth Smith 1724–1792
        6. 6. Needham Bryan 1725–1770 m. Charlotte Moore 1740–1819 m. Nancy Smith 1728–1760
        7. 7. Mary Bryan 1727–1741 m. William Gardner 1722–1755
        8. 8. William Bryan 1711–1784
        9. 9. Sarah Bryan 1714–1769
        10. 10. Samuel Bryan 1716–
        11. 11. David Bryan 1728–1760
        12. 12. Jesse Bryan 1730–1786 m. Nancy (Zipporah) Hinton 1738–1803
        13. 13. Barbara (Williams) Bryan 1736–1796
      2. 2. William Bryan 1697–1749 m. Catherine King 1698–1777
        1. 1. George Bryan 1731–
        2. 2. Sarah (Harrell) Bryan 1733–
        3. 3. William Bryan 1735–
        4. 4. Catherine Bryan 1736–
        5. 5. Jesse Bryan –1775
      3. 3. Joseph Bryan 1693–1760
      4. 4. Mary (W) Bryan 1695–1775 m. John Bush 1685–1728
        1. 1. Elizabeth Bush 1720–1810
        2. 2. Isaac (T) Bush 1722–1795
        3. 3. Mary Bush 1723–1760
        4. 4. Hardy Bush 1725–1758 m. Katherine Franck 1724–1787
      5. 5. Alice Bryan 1694–1756
      6. 6. Mary Bryan 1695–1775
      7. 7. Alice Bryan 1699–1705
    2. 2. Lewis Bryan 1660–1735
    3. 3. John Bryan 1650–1735
    4. 4. Edward Bryan 1653–1739
    5. 5. Joseph Bryan 1656–1725
  2. 2. William Bryan 1620–1680
  3. 3. Morgan Bryan 1621–1684
  4. 4. David Bryan 1622–1685
  5. 5. Henry Bryan 1623–1684
  6. 6. Edward Bryan 1624–1685
  7. 7. Edmund Bryan 1627–1690
  8. 8. James Bryan 1628–1693
  9. 9. Richard Bryan 1629–1689
  10. 10. Francis Bryan 1630–1694
  11. 11. Margaret Bryan 1631–1694

William Bryan's Timeline

2 Records

1600
1600
Birth of William Smith Bryan in Down, Clare, Ireland
Down, Clare, Ireland
1667
1667
Age 67
Death of William Smith Bryan in Gloucester, Virginia
Gloucester, Virginia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1600
    Event Place: Down, Clare, Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] Family Data Collection - Births
    [2] Family Data Collection - Births
    [3] Millennium File
    [4] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 4403.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CCC.
    [5] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 1123.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: RLR.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1650
    Event Place: Virginia
    Record Source: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Virginia; Year: 1650; Page Number: 16.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1655
    Event Place: Virginia
    Record Source: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Virginia; Year: 1655; Page Number: 294.

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1667
    Event Place: Gloucester, Virginia
    Record Source:
    [1] Family Data Collection - Deaths
    [2] Millennium File

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