Stephen BRYANT

Abt 1615 - 1693  (78 years)

• Name	Stephen BRYANT
  Birth	Abt 1615	Cranbrook, Kent, England
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	102171
  Reference Number	114938
  Reference Number	60
  WWW	https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/Bryant-59
  Death	11 Aug 1693	Duxbury, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
  Person ID	I223	Gummer
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	John BRYANT,   b. 28 May 1592, Kent, England d. 28 Apr 1638, Taunton, Plymouth Colony, New England (Age 45 years)
  Mother	Grace WAYFORD,   b. Abt 1582, Bampton, Devon, England d. 4 Dec 1648, Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	1608	England
  Family ID	F60	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Abigail SHAW,   b. Abt 1624, England d. 24 Oct 1694, Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	1646	Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, New England
  Children	+ 1. Abigail BRYANT,   b. Aug 1647, Scituate, Plymouth Colony, New England d. 12 May 1715, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, New England (Age 67 years)   2. John BRYANT,   b. 7 Apr 1650, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America d. 29 Mar 1736, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America (Age 85 years)   3. Elizabeth BRYANT,   b. 17 Oct 1651   4. Sarah BRYANT,   b. 1652, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 28 Nov 1659, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age 7 years)   5. Mary BRYANT,   b. 29 May 1654, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony d. Abt 11 Dec 1715, Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 61 years)   6. Stephen BRYANT,   b. 2 Feb 1657, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony d. 27 Apr 1723, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Age 66 years)   7. Sarah BRYANT,   b. 28 Nov 1659, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony d. 22 Mar 1697, Hull, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 37 years)   8. Lydia BRYANT,   b. 23 Oct 1662, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, New England d. 6 Feb 1736, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Age 73 years)   9. Elizabeth BRYANT,   b. 17 Oct 1665, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay d. Nov 1701, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay (Age 36 years)   10. Mehitable BRYANT,   b. 1669, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 4 Feb 1725, Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age 56 years)   11. Alice BRYANT,   b. 1670, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay d. 1691 (Age 21 years)
  Family ID	F58	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

  
  

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  Bryant-572 and Bryant-59 are not ready to be merged because: 2 different wives. is one wrong? or married twice? if married twice which wife goes with which children

  
  

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  [[Category:Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts]] [[Category: Puritan Great Migration Other Head of Household]] {{Puritan Great Migration}} == Biography == ===Disputed Parentage===From "New England Historical and Genealogical Register," Oct. 1999, pp. 413-433; Jan. 2000, pp. 41-46, article: "The Descendants of Stephen Bryant of Plymouth, and of His Son-in-Law Lt. John Bryant," by D. Alden Smith [KP: see children Abigail, John, and Stephen's notes for additional parts of this transcription concerning them not included in these notes with their father Stephen]:"'''There were six immigrants of the Briant-Bryant surname in seventeenth century New England: Stephen Bryant of Plymouth, Lt. John Bryant of Plympton, John Bryant of Scituate, John Bryant of Taunton, Abraham Bryant of Reading, and William Bryant of Boston.'''(1) Lt. John Bryant was the son-in-law of Stephen Bryant but no other relationship is known between these men. '''It has been claimed that Stephen was the son of John Bryant of Taunton, but no proof has been found.(2) '''Several compiled Bryant genealogies treat specific lines of Stephen Bryant's descendants,(3) and William B. Lapham's "Lt. John Bryant of Plymouth"(4) gives a brief discussion of some of Lt. John Bryant's (and therefore Stephen Bryant's) descendants.''' None of these works is comprehensive''' for the early generations, and '''few cite documentary sources'''.(5) The volume by Albert Scott Bryant '''intermixes the families of John of Taunton, John of Scituate, Abraham of Reading, and Stephen of Plymouth.''' ===Possible Parentage===Stephen Bryant was the second son of John Bryant and Anne unknown. {{Citation_needed}} Stephen's father John died before 1630 leaving his mother a widow with three boys, Thomas, Stephen, and John. John Doane a lawyer, was among the family friends and neighbors. John was a widower with a son also named John. John offered to give Anne's three boys a chance in the New World if she would marry him and go there with him. John was a capable man, highly regarded, and his influence would give the three Bryant boys opportunities they otherwise would not find. So Anne consented. The six of them boarded a little '''ship known as the Handmaid''', on August 10, 1630 and two months later, '''October 29, 1630, they landed in Plymouth Colony.''' Stephen Bryant was in Plymouth Colony, according to Kingman, as early the year 1632. He is certainly there in the year 1643; for in the list of males, in that colony, between the ages of 16 and 60, able to bear arms, August, 1643, his name is entered under the town of Plymouth, but it is afterwards, for some cause, stricken from the list. He is probably there the preceding spring, as land is purchased in his name on the 5th May 1643. "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9Z7-5Z7L?cc=2106411&wc=MCBR-538%3A361612701%2C362501301 : 22 May 2014), Plymouth > Deeds 1620-1651 vol 1 > image 116 of 239; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Deed from Edward Doty to Stephen Bryant and John Shaw Jr 5 May 1643 The births of children of his are recorded at Plymouth, from 1650 to 1665. He is propounded as a Freeman of Plymouth colony in 1653, and is admitted as such 6th June 1654. He is chosen Constable of Duxbury, 6th June 1654, and surveyor of highways at Plymouth 1st June 1658. He is a juryman 5th March 1660-1, and is chosen constable at Plymouth 1st June 1663. Stephen Bryant, in 1630, bound out by his stepfather, John Doane, To John Shaw, a friend of the Bryant and Doane families. This John Shaw had preceded the Doanes and the Bryant boys from Kent County, England, arriving at Plymouth Colony at least by 1627. On 22nd May 1627, he is listed in the colony records as one of 12 men drawing lots for the division of the responsibility for caring for the colony's common herd of cows and goats. 7th July 1630, John Shaw bought from John Winslow for 6 pounds a tract of firm land called Knave's Acre or Woodbee. With a step-father who is a friend of the colony's leaders, and a master who was prospering, Stephen is in an opportune position. In a book written by Governor William Bradford, called Plymouth Plantation, the following excerpt has to do with colony affairs in 1638: ".nominated and appointed Thomas Prence, Gent.; Governor William Bradford and Edward Winslow Gent.; and assistants of the government Stephen Bryant or Doane; John Doane, Thomas Willette Gent. and John Dunham to have the power and authority for these next four years to put forth and dispose of said stock of cows to the inhabitants of the poor of the said town of Plymouth as shall be thought fit to partake therein." Stephen and Abigail (Shaw) had eight children. two sons, John, and Stephen jr. and 6 daughters. Abigail, Mary, Sarah, Lydia, Elizabeth, and Mehittable. On 30 Jan 1663/4 John Shaw Sr of Plymouth deeded to "''my son-in-law Stephen Bryant of Plymouth all that, my whole share of land allotted unto me near unto Namassaket both upland and meadow, with all and singular, the appurtenances there unto belonging to the said Stephen Bryant and his heirs and assigns forever. Also, I do give unto my son-in-law, Stephen Bryant, another portion of land called by the name of Rehoboth, which land was formerly granted unto me lying on the south-side of Smelt River according as it is bounded and set out with all appurtences there unto belong to the said Stephen Bryant, his heirs, etc.'' "Bowman, George Ernest. "John Shaws Deeds to His Sons and to His Son-in-Law Stephen Bryant." The Mayflower Descendant, Volume X. Boston, MA: The Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1908. [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Mayflower_Descendant/BQLosquR29AC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA35&printsec=frontcover Page 35.]"Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89Z7-GKV?cc=2106411&wc=MCBR-PWY%3A361612701%2C362501701 : 22 May 2014), Plymouth > Deeds 1651-1681 vol 2-4 > image 272 of 677; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Of the six daughters the oldest, '''Abigail''', married Lieut. John Bryant of Plymouth. '''Mary''' and '''Sarah''' probably died young, or at least before marriage, as their names have not shown up in any of the records. '''Lydia''' married William Churchill on Jan. 17, 1684, and died a widow on Feb. 6, 1736. '''Elizabeth''' married Joseph King on Jan. 15, 1689, and '''Mehittable''' married Isaac King, probably Joseph's' brother, on Aug. 13, 1689. == Research Notes == * The first Sarah died young * Alice was alive 1691 * Mehitable had no children* He passed away after 1675 and is buried at Burial Hill, Duxbury, Plymouth, MA. === Additional Records ===* "Records of the town of Plymouth; v. 01, 1636-1705 [http://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/516690 FamilySearch] Plymouth, Massachusetts : Avery & Doten, 1889-1903 Pages 3-4 "At a meeting of the Townesmen of New Plymouth held at the Govnors the XVIth day of July 1638 all the Inhabitants from Jones River to the Eele River being * thereunto To consider of the disposition of the stock given (by Mr James Shurley of-London merchant) to the poore of Plymouth who had playnely declared by severall letters in his owne hand writing that his in-tent therein was * wholly to the poore of the Town of New Plymouth * wordes of the said Ires recorded it doth most playnely appear. And whereas there was some difference how farr the Town of New Plymouth doth now pperly extend because some have extended the same as farr as betwixt the said Rivers in regard the constablery and liberties of the said Towne extend themselves so farr yet after much agitation and allegations made It was concluded that the Inhabitants of the said Towne of New Plymouth dwelling betwixt the houses of Willm Pontus and John Dunham on the south and the outside of the new streete on the north side have power to order and dispose of the said stock of cowes so given as aforesaid And have thereupon nominated and appointed Thomas Prence gent Govr . Willm Bradford and Edward Winslow gent and Assistants of the Gov'nt, Stephen* 'John Done and Thomas Willet gent and John Dunhame • to have the power and authoritie for there foure next years to put forth and dispose the said stock of cowes to * the Inhabitants of the poore of the sd Towne of Plymouth as shalbe thought fitt to ptake therein, and by such * in their Judgment and discretion shalbe thought meete and according to the mind of the Donor in his fores'd letters declared And also by way of curtesye to supply the wants of some others wch doe inhabite wthin the liberties of said Towne if they shall thinke fitt." ''footnote *probably Stephen Bryant'' * This passage was also added as a footnote on page 271 of [https://archive.org/details/historyofplymout02brad/page/270/mode/2up History of Plymouth Plantation], 1620-1647 by Bradford, William, 1588-1657; Massachusetts Historical Society; Ford, Worthington Chauncey, 1858-1941, which was published in 1912 - only in this version the passage read (in part): "Stephen [Bryant or Doane]" == Sources == See also:* Shaw, Jonathan A., "John Shaw of Plymouth Colony, Purchaser and Canal Builder," ''NEHGR'' Vol. 151(1997):259-285. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11639/271/0 AmericanAncestors.org (by $ubscription)]* "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99Z7-5C2N?cc=2106411&wc=MCBR-538%3A361612701%2C362501301 : 22 May 2014), Plymouth > Deeds 1620-1651 vol 1 > image 185 of 239; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Deed from John Shaw to Stephen Bryant 19 June 1652 * "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9Z7-G6X?cc=2106411&wc=MCBR-PWY%3A361612701%2C362501701 : 22 May 2014), Plymouth > Deeds 1651-1681 vol 2-4 > image 332 of 677; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. Deed from Stephen Bryant to son-in-law John Bryant 24 Jan 1669/70* Geni.com https://www.geni.com/people/Stephen-Bryant-of-Plymouth-Colony/4395753980150064239?through=4395723405390070907* ''THE BRYANT FAMILY OF KENT CO., ENGLAND-PLYMOUTH, MASS.- BRYANT HILL, ELLICOTTVILLE, NY'' http://www.paintedhills.org/CATTARAUGUS/bryantfamily.htm] * "New. Eng. Hist. Gen. Register" Vol. 24 p. 315 * "New Eng. Hist. Gen. Register" Vol. 153 pp 613--626 * "History of duxbury MA." Winsor pp 238 239 * "Mayflower Families in New England" vol. 1 p. 412 * "Genealogical Record of Plymouth Families" p. 47 * "The American Genealogist" vol. 30 p. 13* Roots Web: John Shaw of Plymouth Plantation in Progress http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kenshaw2001&id=I010634&style=TABLE NOTE: Family tree; no sources found * https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166682237