Jonathan BRYANT b. 23 Mar 1677 Plymouth Colony, New England d. Aft 27 Mar 1742 Kingston, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay, New England: Gummer/Maurice/Proude/Keatinge History

1677 - Aft 1742 (> 65 years)

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Name	Jonathan BRYANT
Birth	23 Mar 1677	Plymouth Colony, New England
Gender	Male
Reference Number	2389005
Reference Number	2421341
Reference Number	60
WWW	https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/Bryant-962
Death	Aft 27 Mar 1742	Kingston, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay, New England
Person ID	I206	Gummer
Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

Father	Lieut. John BRYANT, b. Abt 1640, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, New England d. 26 Jan 1731, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, New England (Age 91 years)
Mother	Abigail BRYANT, b. Aug 1647, Scituate, Plymouth Colony, New England d. 12 May 1715, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, New England (Age 67 years)
Marriage	23 Nov 1665	Plymouth, Massachusetts
Family ID	F56	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Margaret WEST, b. 12 Mar 1678, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 23 Jan 1725, Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age 46 years)

Marriage 27 Feb 1700 Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Children

	1. Rebecca BRYANT, b. 6 Dec 1702, Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 28 Aug 1741, Kingston, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 38 years)
	2. Priscilla BRYANT, b. 3 Sep 1705, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
	3. Mercy BRYANT, b. 19 Aug 1706, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay d. 23 Sep 1774, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, (Age 68 years)
	4. Mary BRYANT, b. 24 Nov 1707
	5. Jonathan BRYANT, b. 11 May 1711, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay d. 1754, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay (Age 42 years)
+	6. Abigail BRYANT, b. 24 Jul 1716, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA d. 19 Jan 1782, Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA (Age 65 years)
	7. Barnabas BRYANT, b. Abt 1718, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Family ID F26 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 1 Aug 2024

Family 2	Mary PHINNEY, b. 3 Sep 1678, Barnstable, Plymouth Colony d. Bef 24 Jan 1755 (Age < 76 years)
Marriage	12 Nov 1726	Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Family ID	F249	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

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if Bryant was born in 1677, how was he married to his wife in 1676?????

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[[Category:Kingston, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Plymouth, Massachusetts]]
== Biography ==
Jonathan Bryant was born in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony on March 23, 1677, the son of [[Bryant-956|John]] and [[Bryant-957|Abigail (Bryant) Bryant]].George Ernest Bowman, "Plymouth Births, Marriages and Deaths,'[https://archive.org/details/mayflowerdescend00mass/page/n437 ''MD'' Vol. 1:209-210].
Jonathan was married first to Margery or Margaret West on 27 February 1700,Bowman, "Plymouth VRs," [https://archive.org/details/mayflowerdescendv1314mass/page/758 ''MD'' Vol. 14:35].:''Jonathan Bryant was Married unto Margret West february 27 1700.'' by whom he had his children.
Jonathan married secondly, after intentions were published in Plymouth and Kingston on 12 November 1726, [[Phinney-213|Mary (Phinney) Eastland]] of Plymouth.[https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/14012/173/253516839 Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), ''Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts to the Year 1850,'' p. 173]. (Link by $subscription).:Intentions: ''[1726] Nov. 12 Jonathan Bryant of Kingstone & Mary Eastland of Plymouth.''NEHGS, [https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofki00king_0/page/n369 NEHGS, ''Vital Records of Kingston, MA, to the Year 1850'' (Boston, MA: NEHGS,1911), p. 186].:''Bryant, Jonathan and Mary Eslands of Plymouth, int. Nov. 12, 1726.'' She was was born in Barnstable, Plymouth Colony on 03 September 1678, the daughter of [[Finney-533|John]] and [[Rogers-2764|Mary (Rogers) Finney/Phinney]],"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-HP2?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DH-G5S%3A353349701%2C353366701%2C1005976002 : 13 July 2016), Barnstable > Barnstable > Town records 1640-1774 vol 1-2 > image 246 of 663; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
Barnstable Town Records, Vol. 1:377.:''John Phinny Jur. and Mary Rogers Married 10 of August 1664 ... his Mary born 3 Sept^r 1678.''George Ernest Bowman, "Barnstable, Mass., Vital Records," [https://archive.org/details/mayflowerdescendv1112mass/page/n297 ''Mayflower Descendant'' Vol. 11:130]Ann Reeves and Alice W.A. Westgate, ''Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations, Thomas Rogers,'' Vol. 19 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), pp. 12, 34-35. and the widow of [[Eastland-33|John Eastland]] whom she married on 29 October 1702 in Plymouth.George Ernest Bowman, "Plymouth, Mass., Vital Records," [https://archive.org/details/mayflowerdescendv1314mass/page/756 ''Mayflower Descendant,'' Vol. 14:34].:''John Eastland was Married unto Mary Finey octtober y^e 29^th 1702.'' John Eastland died before 24 September 1726 in Plymouth when his estate was inventoried, and on 1 November following an allowance was made to his widow."Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-FH3M?cc=2018320&wc=M6BX-WZ9%3A337878501 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1724-1731 and 1838-1842 vol 5-5T > image 136 of 596; State Archives, Boston.
Vol. 5:200-202, Estate of John Eastland.
On 21 December 1739, Jonathan witnessed a deed between Perez Waterman and his father, and Ignacius Cushing. The witnesses were Jonathan Bryant and Jo^th Bryant Jr.Donald Lines Jacobus, ''The Waterman Genealogy,'' (1939) Vol. 1:632-5 "Bryant Family". [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/409674-redirection Viewable on FamilySearch.org]
Jonathan was living in Kingston on 27 March 1742 when his son Jonathan Bryant, Jr., sold land there "now in possession of my father Jonathan Bryant."D. Alden Smith, "The Descendants of Stephen Bryant of Plymouth, and of his Son-in-law Lt. John Bryant of Plympton,''The New England Historical and Genealogical Register''. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: ''AmericanAncestors.org,'' New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.), [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11634/48/143494183 Vol. 154 (2000):48.] (Link by $ubscription.)
Mary Bryant died between 19 May 1733 and 24 January 1755.Reeves & Westgate, ''Mayflower Families -Rogers'' p. 34 (supplies no reasoning for these dates). No probate records are found in Plymouth County for Jonathan or Mary Bryant.
Children by first wife Margery/Margaret West (order uncetain):
#Rebecca
#Priscilla
#Marcy
#Mary
#[[Bryant-2747|Jonathan]]
#[[Bryant-2451|Abigail]] (probably)

=== Birth ===Jonathan, the son of Abigail and John Bryant, was born 23 March 1677 in Plymouth, Mass."Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F457-R99 : 9 February 2018), Jonathan Bryant, 23 Mar 1677; citing Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, p19; FHL microfilm 416,334.

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Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915

=== Marriage ===Jonathan Bryant married Margaret West 27 Feb 1700 in Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay. Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).

https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/r/253512855

=== Probate ===Administration on the estate of Mr. Jonathan Bryant late of Plymouth was granted to Capt. John Dyer of Plymouth, 29 Jan. 1730. The assets of the estate were reported as £663.9.3, the debts as £2091.19.1. On 19 May 1733, distribution of dower was ordered to "Mrs. Mary Bryant Relict Widow of Mr. Jonathan Bryant late of sd Plimouth Innholder Deceased." The estate being insolvent, there was of course no distribution to the children. Probate Rec. Plymouth County, 5-834, 839, 840; 6-282, 373, 337, 840.Waterman, Edgar Francis. ''The Waterman Family''. United States, E.F. Waterman, 1939, [https://books.google.com/books?id=VLhYAAAAMAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&pg=PA632#v=onepage&q&f=false 632].

== Sources ==

See also:
* Donald Lines Jacobus, ''The Waterman Genealogy,'' (1939) Vol. 1:632-5 "Bryant Family". [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/409674-redirection Viewable on FamilySearch.org]
* ''Mayflower Families Through Five Generations'', Volume Nineteen: Thomas Rogers, Ann T. Reeves, Volume: 19, Alice W.A. Westgate (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000) p. 34.
* <https://www.ancestry.com.au/family-tree/person/tree/42125756/person/380081686020/facts>* Smith, D. Alden. ''The Descendants of Stephen Bryant of Plymouth, and of His Son-In-Law Lt. John Bryant of Plympton'', [[Space:NEHGR|The New England Historical & Genealogical Register]] (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2000) Vol. 154, [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/14301/47/0 Page 47-8].