Individual Details
Lt. John BRYANT
(17 Aug 1644 - 26 Jan 1731)
Source: Plymouth Birth, Marriages and Deaths.
The Children of Leiut John Bryant & of Abigail Bryant his Wife. 1 Mary Born September ye 11th 1666
2 Hannah Born December ye 2d 1668. 3 Bethiah Born July ye 25 1670. 4 Samuel Born february ye 3d 1673. 5 Jonathan Born March ye 23 1677. 6 Abigaill Borne December 30th 1682. 7 Beniamin Borne December 16th 1688.
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The parentage of this John Bryant has not yet been established, but it is possible that he was
descended from the John Bryant who d. in Cohannack (Taunton), MA on Apr. 28, 1638 [will
abstract in NEHGR, 4:36]. In his will, proved June 17, 1638, this John Bryant bequeathed to
his son John all his goods and chattels, excepting a platter and a bottle which he gave to
Richard Paul. Paul was to take charge of the property of his son until John came of age. We
find mention of a John Bryant of Taunton in Plymouth court records, the first clear reference
being on June 3, 1652, when he was presented at court "for exchanging of a musket for a
fowling piece with the Indians" [Plym. Col. Rec., 3:10]. On Dec. 6, 1653 it was ordered that a
cow belonging to him be appraised, which appraisal was completed before Mar. 7, 1654 [Plym. Col. Rec., 3:42, 3:45]. A John Bryant was admitted a freeman on June 6, 1654, and another on June 8, 1655, one of whom was probably the John Bryant of Taunton [Plym. Col. Rec., 3:48, 3:77]. John Bryant was listed as a freeman of Taunton on May 29, 1670, and again early in 1684 [Plym. Col. Rec., 5:276, 8:205]. John Bryant was surveyer of highways for Taunton on June 1, 1675, and again on June 2, 1685 [Plym. Col. Rec., 5:166, 6:166].
The first clear reference to the John Bryant who m. Abigail Bryant (other than the record of their marriage in 1665) is from June 3, 1668, when Edward Gray was presented for "using reviling speeches to John Bryant, the son in law to Steven Bryant, of Plymouth, on the Lords day, as soone as they came out of the meeting" [Plym. Col. Rec., 4:187]. John was fined for an exactly similar action on Mar. 2, 1669 [Plym. Col. Rec., 5:16]. It's apparent that this John Bryant was not of the line of John Bryant, Sr. of Plymouth (who had a son John of his own, called "John, Jr." in court documents), or of the line of Stephen Bryant (whose daughter he m.). Further research is required to ascertain whether he was related to the Bryants of Taunton.
Events
| Birth | 17 Aug 1644 | Scituate, Plymouth, British America |  |  | |
| Baptism | 23 Mar 1650 | Scituate, Plymouth, British America | | | |
| Marriage | 23 Nov 1665 | Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America - Abigail BRYANT | | | |
| Property | 8 Aug 1677 | 30 acres laid out 23 July 1679 - Billington's hole near the Jones River, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 3 Mar 1678/79 | (Lt John Bryant was owed seven shillings from the estate of Thomas Doty) - Plymouth, Plymouth Colony | | | |
| Property | 1701 - 1713 | various land grants - Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Residence | Abt 1719 | (left homestead and moved) - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Property | 20 Feb 1718/19 | (Lt John Bryant sold his homestead to his son Benjamin) - Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Death | 26 Jan 1731 | Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America | |
Families
| Spouse | Abigail BRYANT (1647 - 1715) |
| Child | Mary BRYANT (1666 - 1700) |
| Child | Hannah BRYANT (1668 - 1725) |
| Child | Bethiah BRYANT (1670 - ) |
| Child | Samuel BRYANT (1673 - ) |
| Child | Jonathan BRYANT (1677 - ) |
| Child | Abigail BRYANT (1682 - ) |
| Child | Benjamin BRYANT (1688 - ) |
| Father | John BRYANT of Scituate ( - 1684) |
| Mother | Mary LEWIS (1625 - 1655) |
| Sibling | Hannah BRYANT (1646 - ) |
| Sibling | Sarah BRYANT (1648 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary BRYANT (1650 - 1652) |
| Sibling | Martha BRYANT (1651 - ) |
| Sibling | Samuel BRYANT (1653 - ) |
Notes
Birth
It's not certain that this is the same person.Baptism
It's not clear that this is the same person.Marriage
Source cites: Register, 9[1855]:315.Property
Source also cites: Plymouth Town Records, 1:155, 161-162Miscellaneous
The source cites: Mayflower Descendant, 4[1902]:233-234.Endnotes
1. "Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850: Scituate," database of images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (AmericanAncestors.org: accessed 3 April 2015), p 58, entry for Bryant, John, s. John, http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/massachusetts-vital-records-to-1850/image/?volumeId=7798&pageName=58&rId=141401605; citing transcription of Vital Records of Scituate Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, 1909, Boston.
2. "Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850: Scituate," database of images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (AmericanAncestors.org: accessed 3 April 2015), p 58, entry for Bryant, John, s. John, http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/massachusetts-vital-records-to-1850/image/?volumeId=7798&pageName=58&rId=141401605; citing transcription of Vital Records of Scituate Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, 1909, Boston.
3. "Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850: Plymouth Vol 1," database index with images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (AmericanAncestors.org: viewed 14 February 2015), p 665, entry for John Bryant married Abigaill Bryant, http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/massachusetts-vital-records-to-1850/image/?volumeId=14012&pageName=665&rId=253537871; citing transcription of Lee D van Antwerp (compiler) and Ruth Wilder Sherman (editor), "Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts to the Year 1850," Picton Press, Camden, Maine, 1993.
4. "Vital Records from the NEHGS Register," database index to images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, AmericanAncestors (: viewed 14 February 2015), vol 153, p 413+, D. Alden Smith, "The Descendants of Stephen Bryant of Plymouth, and of his Son-in-Law Lt. John Bryant of Plympton," .
5. "Vital Records from the NEHGS Register," database index to images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, AmericanAncestors (: viewed 14 February 2015), vol 153, p 413+, D. Alden Smith, "The Descendants of Stephen Bryant of Plymouth, and of his Son-in-Law Lt. John Bryant of Plympton," .
6. "Vital Records from the NEHGS Register," database index to images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, AmericanAncestors (: viewed 14 February 2015), vol 153, p 413+, D. Alden Smith, "The Descendants of Stephen Bryant of Plymouth, and of his Son-in-Law Lt. John Bryant of Plympton," .
7. "Vital Records from the NEHGS Register," database index to images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, AmericanAncestors (: viewed 14 February 2015), vol 153, p 413+, D. Alden Smith, "The Descendants of Stephen Bryant of Plymouth, and of his Son-in-Law Lt. John Bryant of Plympton," .
8. "Vital Records from the NEHGS Register," database index to images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, AmericanAncestors (: viewed 14 February 2015), vol 153, p 413+, D. Alden Smith, "The Descendants of Stephen Bryant of Plymouth, and of his Son-in-Law Lt. John Bryant of Plympton," .
9. "The Simon-Wallace Tree," database of a family tree, Ancestry.com, RootsWeb's World Connect Project (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=ssimonw&I11.x=0&I11.y=0: viewed 14 February 2015), entry for John Bryant, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ssimonw&id=I34300; citing Contact: sholom@aishdas.org.
10. "Vital Records from the NEHGS Register," database index to images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, AmericanAncestors (: viewed 14 February 2015), vol 153, p 413+, D. Alden Smith, "The Descendants of Stephen Bryant of Plymouth, and of his Son-in-Law Lt. John Bryant of Plympton," .