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1. Edmond Bryan was born abt. 1412 in Cheddington, Buck, England. He Married Alice BURES in 1432, she was born 1416. Died ?.

1. SIR THOMAS BRYAN (2)
   

^2.SIR THOMAS BRYAN (EDMOND¹) was born 1438 in England. He married LADY MARGARET BOWSEY born 1418, daughter of Josh BOWSEY and Margaret BARNES in 1463.

1. SIR THOMAS BRYAN II (3)

^3.SIR THOMAS BRYAN, II (THOMAS² EDMOND¹)was born cir. 1464 and died between 01 Oct. 1508 and 30 Jan. 1517, probably in 1516. He was knighted by King Henry VIIin 1497, and was Vice Chamberlain to Queen Katherine of Aragon. He married LADY MARGARET BOURGCHIER (*), was born 1468, in Yorkshire, England. Daughter of SIR HUMPHREY BOURGCHIER and LADY ELIZABETH TILNEY, she was governess to first Princess Mary Tudor, later to Princess Elizabeth Tudor. She died in 1551/52.

1. SIR FRANCIS BRYAN (4)
   

^4.SIR FRANCIS BRYAN (THOMAS³ THOMAS² EDMOND¹)was born cir. 1490, in Childington, Bucks, England. He married LADY JOAN FITZ-GERALD 1548 in Childington, Bucks, England,(Dowager Duchess of Ormond) daughter of JAMES F. FITZGERALD and AMY O'BRIEN. Thomas died Feb. 02,1549/50, in Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland.

1. SIR FRANCIS BRYAN, II (5)
   

^5.FRANCIS BRYAN, II (FRANCIS⁴ THOMAS³ THOMAS² EDMOND¹)was born in 1549, in Claire, Ireland. He married ANNE SMITH 1580, in Claire, Ireland. ANNE SMITH was born abt. 1560, in Yorkshire, Claire, Ireland, daughter of Sir WILLIAM SMITH. Francis Bryan II held large estates in County Clare.

1. SIR WILLIAM SMITH BRYAN (6)

^6.SIR WILLIAM SMITH BRYAN (FRANCIS⁵ FRANCIS⁴ THOMAS³ THOMAS² EDMOND¹)was born abt. 1600 in Claire, Ireland. He married CATHERINE MORGAN, born 1604 in Claire, Ireland. Co. William Smith Bryan seemed to be Irish through and through. His followers dubbed him "Prince William of Irland" and during the Puritan rebellion he attempted to gain the throne of Ireland, and was deported by Cromwell in 1650. WILLIAM SMITH BRYAN, from whom the American family descends, was together with his family and possessions, exiled to the Virginia Colony for anti-English insurgent activities. The final 't' ('BRYANT') was added to the name at the time of the American Revolutionary War. Both died in Cloucester, Virginia.

1. SIR FRANCIS BRYAN, III (7)
   
   Generation No. 7

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WILLIAM BRYAN, b. abt. 1685, m. Margaret est. 1702-35, d. 1789 in Salem, Roanoke, VA.

MORGAN BRYAN (8)

Generation No. 8

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^8. MORGAN BRYAN (FRANCIS⁷ WILLIAM ⁶ FRANCIS⁵ FRANCIS⁴ THOMAS³ THOMAS² EDMOND¹ was born abt. 1671 in Denmark(deported with his father and family to the colony of Virginia by Cromwell). Morgan and his brother William came to Pennsylvania in 1718. There he married MARTHA STRODE abt. 1719 and settled near Winchester, PA and this is where all his children were born. When his children were grown, they and Morgan went on to North Carolina. Morgan died 1763 in Yadkin River, Rowan Co., NC. MARTHA STRODE was born possibly in Holland between 1678/1690. She died 1747/1762 in Rowan Co., NC. Morgan's last will in on file in Rowan County, NC. Will Book A, page 13.



Children of MORGAN and MARTHA BRYAN are:


1. JOSEPH BRYAN (9)
2. ELINOR BRYAN (LINVILLE), b. 1722
3. MARY BRYAN, m. Cornelius Howard.
4. COL. SAMUEL BRYAN, b. 1726, m. Masmilla Simpson, d. 1800.
5. MORGAN BRYAN II, b. 1728, m. Mary Forbes.
6. JOHN BRYAN, b. 1731.
7. WILLIAM BRYAN, b. Mar. 7 1733, m. Mary Boone, b. Nov 10, 1736, d. May 7, 1780 (killed by Indian raid on Bryan's Station).
8. JAMES BRYAN, b. 1735, m. Rebecca Enochs.
9. THOMAS BRYAN, b. 1737, m. Sarah Hunt.
   

Generation No. 9

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^8. JOSEPH BRYAN (MORGAN ⁸ FRANCIS⁷ WILLIAM ⁶ FRANCIS⁵ FRANCIS⁴ THOMAS³ THOMAS² EDMOND¹ was born between 1718/1720 in Chester Co., PA. He married ALEE LINVILLE abt. 1748. He died between 1804/1805 in Kentucky. She died 1807 in Kentucky. His burial was in 1805 at Floyd's Fork, Shelby, Kentucky.



Children of JOSEPH and ALEE BRYAN (from "The Boone Family" by Spraker, page 509)are:


1. JOSEPH BRYAN, JR.(9)
2. SAMUEL BRYAN, b. abt. 1742
3. JOHN BRYAN (Youngest son)
4. REBECCA BRYAN, b. 07-02-1739. M. DANIEL BOONE 1755, d. 18-03-1813.
5. MARTHA BRYAN, b. 19-11-1740, in Exeter Township, Berks Co., PA., m. EDWARD BOONE. Martha Died Oct. 1780, killed by Indians.
6. MARY BRYAN, m. ? HOWARD.
7. SUSANNAH BRYAN, m. ? HINKLE.
8. AYLEE BRYAN, m. ? HOWARD.
9. PHEBE BRYAN, m. ? FORBIS.
10. CHARITY BRYAN, m. ? DAVIS.
11. ELENOR BRYAN, m. ? ADAMS.

Generation No. 9

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^9. JOSEPH BRYAN, II (JOSEPH ⁹ MORGAN ⁸ FRANCIS⁷ WILLIAM ⁶ FRANCIS⁵ FRANCIS⁴ THOMAS³ THOMAS² EDMOND¹ was born 1752, in Augusta Co., VA and died Mar. 1844 in Monroe Co., MO. He married SUSAN (SALLY) CALLAWAY (so far unproven) abt. 1782 in Fayette Co., KY. daughter of JOSEPH/STEPHEN CALLAWAY.




Children of JOSEPH BRYAN, II and SUSAN (SALLY) CALLAWAY are:


1. SAMUEL BRYAN
2. ALICE BRYAN
3. SARAH "SALLY" BRYAN (10)
4. MARY "POLLY" BRYAN
5. SUSAN "SUKEY" BRYAN
6. MINIRVA BRYAN

Generation No. 9

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^10. SARAH "SALLY" BRYAN (JOSEPH ¹⁰ JOSEPH ⁹ MORGAN ⁸ FRANCIS⁷ WILLIAM ⁶ FRANCIS⁵ FRANCIS⁴ THOMAS³ THOMAS² EDMOND¹ was born 1789, in Rowan Co., NC and died abt. 1829 in Oldham Co., KY. She married STEPHEN WHITE CALLAWAY Oct. 10, 1810 in Jefferson Co., KY. son of JAMES CALLAWAY.


Children of SARAH "SALLY" BRYAN and STEPHEN WHITE CALLAWAY are:




1. JOSEPH BRYAN CALLAWAY
2. SUSAN CALLAWAY
3. TEREY "ETTALINA" CALLAWAY
4. CASSANDRA CALLAWAY (11)
5. WILLIAM CALLAWAY
6. JAMES CALLAWAY
7. DUDLEY CALLAWAY

(*)Collins (1734), pp. 331-344 (see 6.i above for identification as daughter of Elizabeth Tilney). Glover-Foster (1875), pp. 62-63 (identification of Margaret's parents and husbands).

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From a State of Missouri, County of Monroe letter of administration on the estate of Joseph Bryan, Jr. filed by his son-in-law, Martin Grove, which names his heirs.

"State of Missouri, County of Monroe--I, Martin Grove, who makes application for Letters of Administration on the estate of Joseph Bryan, dec'd, do on Oath state that there is as heirs of said deceased the following heirs and Legatees to wit; Samuel Bryan, Susan Bower, Polly Grove, Alsey Love, Manervy Brown, children of said deceased who reside in the county and state aforesaid and Susan Mills, Joseph Callaway, Etiline Mathews, Casandry Haley children of Sary Callaway dec'd. who was a daughter of said Joseph Bryan deceased the two first names reside in Monroe County and the two last names in Randolph County and State of Missouri. And that the said Joseph Bryan died without a will so far as I know or believe and that I will make a perfect inventory of and faithfully administer all of the estate of the deceased and pay the debts as far as the assets will extend and the law ??? and account for and pay all assets which shall come to his knowledge or possession".


Sary (Sarah?) Callaway died before 1830 but all the others were in Monroe County in and around the town of Madison, as was Stephen W. Callaway. Alice lived in Sullivan Co., IL for a time prior to moving to Missouri in the 1840s.




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