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William Bryant Sr. aka Briant

Born 17 Jun 1741 in Brunswick, Virginia

Ancestors

Son of William Bryant and Elizabeth (Smith) Bryant

[sibling(s) unknown]

Husband of Sarah (Tolleson) Bryant — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Descendants

Father of Reuben Bryant, Judith (Bryant) Reid, Ruth Bryant, James Richardson Bryant, Ann Bryant, Martha Bryant, William J Bryant, Isham Bryant, Sarah (Bryant) Dillard, William Bryant, Johnston Bryant, Thomas J. Bryant, William Franklin Bryant and Nancy (Bryant) DIllard

Died about 1834 at about age 92 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

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1 Biography
2 Death & Burial
3 Research Notes
4 Sources

Biography

"The first ancestor of the Calhoun County Bryant family was William Briant, born ca. 1741 in Virginia. He was a Revolutionary War soldier. Serving during the entire war, he fought in the Battle of Cowpens and at Morganton."

Military:

Private William Bryant Sr. served with 4th North Carolina Regiment, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

William Bryant Sr. is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-123866
Rank: Private

He served during the Revolution as a Private in the North Carolina Continental Line and was awarded a pension (Pension # S29315) for his service on 24 March 1819. He fought in the Battle of Cowpens at Morganton. ^[1]

Goodspeed 1887; Alfred Briant, farmer and old resident of Huntingdon, was born in Spartanburg District, South Carolina, 1809, and is the son of Reuben and Nancy (Tolerson) Briant. The father was of Irish descent; he was born in Virginia, and followed farming. In his youth he went to South Carolina, where he married and remained until his career ended. He died at the advanced age of one hundred and three years, about 1870. His wife, Nancy Tolerson, was born in South Carolina; she died in 1813, at the age of about thirty-five. By this union they had ten children. Mr. Briant was married three times, and was the father of fourteen children.

Sergeant in the 4th NC Line Regiment. Moved to Greenville Co. SC in 1785. Revolutionary War Pension filed in 1818. ^[2]

Death & Burial

Death: 1834 Spartenburg SC Pacolet, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. SOURCE: THE HERITAGE OF CALHOUN (BENTON) COUNTY, ALABAMA 1999, pg 82 & 83.

Research Notes

Reuben has been removed as his middle name. Middle names were not common in the 1740's. All primary sources list him as William Bryant/Briant

Sources

↑ SAR https://sarpatriots.sar.org/patriot/display/123866
↑ Inactive Link www.angelfire.com/va/vernpage/bry0006.html

The Bryants of Spartanburg : beginning with William Briant (c.1741 VA c.1834 SC), by Jennings Bland Pope, 1914- (Main Author), published Austin, Texas, 1980
Find A Grave: Memorial #61607373

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:

Larry Bryan : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-FGC63623, FTDNA kit #528892, MitoYDNA ID T12334 [compare]
Lawrence Bryan : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-FGC54212, FTDNA kit #977532

It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:

~3.12% ~9.38% Doris (Spence) McCurdy : 23andMe, GEDmatch M567052 [compare] + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M567052 [compare], Ancestry member gean_mccurdy
~1.56% ~4.69% Peggy (McCurdy) Seidler : 23andMe, GEDmatch M785802 [compare] + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M785802 [compare], Ancestry member Seidler1
~1.56% ~9.38% David McCurdy : 23andMe, GEDmatch M076656 [compare] + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M076656 [compare], Ancestry member davidmccurdy33
~1.56% ~4.69% Dorothy McCurdy : 23andMe, GEDmatch M197310 [compare]
~1.56% Abigail (Banks) Dennison : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A653055 [compare], Ancestry member AbigailBanksD
~1.17% Michelle Wiseman : 23andMe + AncestryDNA, Ancestry member mWISEMANm
~0.78% Daniel Wilcox : 23andMe, GEDmatch M615755 [compare]
~0.78% Christine (Johnson) Williams : 23andMe, GEDmatch M219152 [compare]
~0.78% ~3.12% Leila Wise : 23andMe, GEDmatch M064802 [compare] + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A194120 [compare], Ancestry member lewakus + Family Tree DNA Family Finder
~0.78% Myrtis Bishop : 23andMe, GEDmatch M082605 [compare] + AncestryDNA, Ancestry member myrtisjane
~0.78% Bryant McAllister : 23andMe, GEDmatch M351300 [compare]
~0.78% Pat Fisher : 23andMe, GEDmatch M833647 [compare]
~0.78% Gregg Howell : 23andMe, GEDmatch M603551 [compare]
~0.78% J Bryant : 23andMe + AncestryDNA
~0.78% Barbara (Kitchens) Tisdale : AncestryDNA + MyHeritage DNA
~0.78% Leslie (Lowe) Ridgway : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A497597 [compare], Ancestry member leslielowe007
~0.78% Anonymous (Trimmier-Tremere) Trimmier : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dt1diver
~0.78% Paul Cauthen : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A754604 [compare], Ancestry member Rick_PaulCauthen
~0.39% Tyler Foster : 23andMe, GEDmatch XL1260296 [compare], yourDNAportal JON8a5ac2b8 + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch TP5038644 [compare], yourDNAportal JON8a5ac2b8, FTDNA kit #829131
~0.39% Karen White : 23andMe, GEDmatch M572446 [compare] + AncestryDNA, Ancestry member KarenWhiteMulkey + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B12775
~0.39% Pip Sheppard : 23andMe, GEDmatch A888563 [compare] + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A888563 [compare], Ancestry member tsheppard1960
~0.39% Cynthia (Bellow) Gerbig : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member sissy_gerbig94
~0.39% ~0.78% Deena (Cox) Gibson : AncestryDNA
~0.39% ~0.39% Janet (Salter) Rayfield : AncestryDNA
~0.39% Stephanie Baylis : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A321644 [compare], Ancestry member Baylisgirl
~0.39% Koye Henderlight : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WF4417281 [compare], Ancestry member Koyecooper18
~0.39% Shawna Green : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T305945 [compare], FTDNA kit #499034
~0.39% Fred Spires : MyHeritage DNA

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S McGrath

I put a similar comment under son Reuben's page, but what is the source for him being named William Reuben? The only primary documents I've seen give him the name William Briant/Bryant, I haven't seen him called Reuben or William Reuben anywhere? And for his son I have only seen him called Reuben and not William Reuben. In fact William later had another son he also named William. Could it be because both the father William and son Reuben married women named Tolleson that they got confused together somewhere along the way?

posted Dec 08, 2021 by S McGrath

[Living Lockhart]

Tina,

I put his current last name so that he will show up in both searches of either spelling...this is a good thing. :)

posted Feb 01, 2014 by [Living Lockhart]

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William Bryant Sr. (1741 - abt. 1834)

Contents

Biography

Death & Burial

Research Notes

Sources