Individual Details

William Bryan, son of Needham Bryan Sr., married in 1744, Elizabeth Smith, daughter of John Smith and Elizabeth Whitfield (N.C. Hist. and Gen. Reg., I, 4, p.577.) Their children were 1. William Bryan Jr. was born in 1747 and died in 1800. He married in 1788 Elizabeth Gray, daughter of William Gray and Frances Lee of Bertie County. 2. Hardy Bryan 3. Elizabeth Bryan 4. Susannah Bryan 5. Arthur Bryan 6. Blake Bryan 7. Esther Bryan 8. John Bryan 9. Lewis Bryan married Nancy Hinton, daughter of Major John Hinton, of Wake County, North Carolina. ---- Hugh B. Johnston, Jr. Wilson, North Carolina."

Farmer
William Bryan was a delegate to the Hillsboro Convention, 27-Aug-1775; He represented Johnston County in the Provincial Congress, which met at Halifax, N. C., April 1776 and was commissioned a Lt. Colonel in the Continental Army.
Two William Bryans are listed as revolutionary War pensioner from N. C. The
pension numbers are: S8089 & S6699. I do not know if one of these is this William. The Town of Smithfield is located on what was William Bryans Farm.

Birth	Abt 31 Oct 1724
Marriage	Abt 1744	Johnston, North Carolina, British America - Elizabeth "Betsy" Smith
Death	28 Nov 1781	Johnston, North Carolina, United States

Spouse	Elizabeth "Betsy" Smith ( - )
Child	Lewis Bryan (1745 - )
Child	William Bryan Jr. (1747 - 1800)
Child	Arthur Bryan (1749 - )
Child	Elizabeth Bryan (1751 - )
Child	Hardy Bryan (1753 - )
Child	Blake Bryan (1757 - )
Child	Esther Bryan (1760 - 1800)
Child	Susanna Bryan (1763 - 1820)
Child	John Bryan (1765 - )
Child	Mary "Polly" Bryan (1767 - )

Father	Needham Bryan (1690 - 1770)
Mother	Anne Rambeau (1695 - 1730)
Sibling	Bryan ( - )
Sibling	Bryan ( - )
Sibling	Rachel Bryan (1723 - 1780)
Sibling	Col Needham Bryan Sr (1726 - 1784)