Individual Details
John Bryant
(1618 - 20 Nov 1684)
From Samuel Deane’s History of Scituate, Massachusetts from it Settlement to 1831, published 1831 (Boston: J. Loring)
John Bryant, house carpenter, was a freeman in Scituate 1639. His farm was on the second Herring brook, ten rods east of the mill, and ancient orchard now [1831] marks the place.” On one Sunday morning, John Bryant entered the meetinghouse late. The Reverend William Witherle, after prayers, addressed him before the congregation saying: ‘Neighbor Bryant, it is to your reproach that you have disturbed the worship by entering late, living as you do, within a mile of this place and especially so, while here is Goody Barstow, who has milked seven cows, made a cheese, and walked five miles to the House of God in good season.’
John was presented at court 2 March 1642 for ‘drinking tobacco upon the highway.’ He was a member of Scituate’s Military Company in 1643, and admitted a freeman 15 Jan 1645. He served as a deputy to the general Court in 1657, 1677, and 1678; as a surveyor of highways in 1673, and was deacon of the Second Church of Scituate in 1669.
John Bryant, house carpenter, was a freeman in Scituate 1639. His farm was on the second Herring brook, ten rods east of the mill, and ancient orchard now [1831] marks the place.” On one Sunday morning, John Bryant entered the meetinghouse late. The Reverend William Witherle, after prayers, addressed him before the congregation saying: ‘Neighbor Bryant, it is to your reproach that you have disturbed the worship by entering late, living as you do, within a mile of this place and especially so, while here is Goody Barstow, who has milked seven cows, made a cheese, and walked five miles to the House of God in good season.’
John was presented at court 2 March 1642 for ‘drinking tobacco upon the highway.’ He was a member of Scituate’s Military Company in 1643, and admitted a freeman 15 Jan 1645. He served as a deputy to the general Court in 1657, 1677, and 1678; as a surveyor of highways in 1673, and was deacon of the Second Church of Scituate in 1669.
Events
| Birth | 1618 | Kent, Cranbrook, Sussex, England | |||
| Immigration | By 1638 | Scituate, Plymouth Colony | |||
| Marriage | 14 Nov 1643 | Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay - Mary Lewis | |||
| Death | 20 Nov 1684 | Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Lewis (1625 - 1655) |
| Child | John Bryant (1644 - 1730) |
| Child | Joseph Bryant (1646 - ) |
| Child | Hannah Bryant (1645 - ) |
| Child | Sarah Bryant (1648 - ) |
| Child | Mary Bryant (1649 - ) |
| Child | Martha Bryant (1651 - ) |
| Child | Samuel Bryant (1653 - ) |