Individual Details

Samuel was a Tory colonel during the Revolution - the only member of his family to remain true to the English crown. After his lands were confiscated, he settled in New York.

Found online - this may very well be the Richmond Pearson who married Sally Haden:
In the summer of 1775 the residents of Rowan County's Yadkin Valley divided into factions over the crisis with England . Samuel Bryan, an owner of a significant plantation along the Yadkin River that included a mill, tavern, ferry, and fishery, was among the first prominent citizens to openly declare his allegiance to the crown. He and 194 other residents of Rowan and Surry counties sent an address of loyalty to the royal Governor Josiah Martin in the fall of 1775 . Shortly thereafter, Governor Martin charged Bryan and other loyalist leaders to embody their militias to support him and the crown. Bryan claimed to have raised a "great number of loyalists" and prepared to march them to Cross Creek (Fayetteville) to join the loyalist forces. According to legend, one of Bryan's subordinates, a Lt. Richmond Pearson, challenged his authority to use the militia to support the royal governor. A brawl ensued. Bryan lost the fight and many men of the company threw their support to the Whig cause. Nevertheless, Bryan, who still held considerable prestige among many men in the area, and his remaining followers, marched to Cross Creek where they joined the gathering loyalist army. The loyalists attempted to force their way to the seacoast and anticipated British relief. Converging Whig forces, however, routed the loyalist army on February 27, 1776 at Moores Creek Bridge. Many of Bryan's men were captured. Bryan, however, and a number of his followers escaped capture and made their way back to Rowan County . He and his followers spent the next year in hiding "in Obscure corners of the Country."

Birth	Ca 1721	Pennsylvania
Death	1800	New York

Father	Morgan Bryan (1671 - 1763)
Mother	Martha Strode ( - 1762)
Sibling	Joseph Bryan (1719 - 1805)
Sibling	John Bryan (1725 - 1780)
Sibling	Morgan Bryan (1727 - )
Sibling	Eleanor Bryan (1729 - )
Sibling	Mary Bryan (1731 - )
Sibling	William Bryan (1732 - 1780)
Sibling	James Bryan ( - )
Sibling	Thomas Bryan (1735 - 1790)