Margaret (West) Bryant (1678 - 1725)

Born 12 Mar 1678 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Jonathan Bryant — married 27 Feb 1700 (to about 23 Jan 1725) in Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 23 Jan 1725 at age 46 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts

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Biography

Death

23 JAN 1725

Margaret West was daughter of Peter West and Patience _______ who died 8 May 1725. Margaret was b. 12 Mar 1678 and married Jonathan Bryant of Plympton.^[1]

Margaret West 1678–1726 BIRTH 12 MAR 1678 • Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Marriage

Jonathan Bryant married Margaret West 27 Feb 1700 in Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay. ^[2] DEATH 23 JAN 1726 • Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA 7th great-grandmother

She was named in her father's will, dated 25 July 1717, and proved 17 March 1720/21. Peter West of Plympton named his wife Patience; daughters Mary, Margery, Esther, Rebeckah, Ruth (no surnames); granddaughters Ruth ___, Amy Curtis; sons Elisha & Samuel West to be executors. Witnesses were Samuel West, Martha West and Thankfull Dellano. Peter signed by mark. An inventory of his estate was taken 11 May 1721 which totaled £97 with debts of £64, and included one share of cedar swamp lying in the "great swamp."^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Francis West of Duxbury, Mass., and Some of his Descendants " New England Historical and Genealogical Register 60:143 Link at AmericanAncestors ($)
2. ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/r/253512855
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (20 May 2014), Probate records 1717-1724 and 1854-1862 vol 4-4Q > image 160 of 485; State Archives, Boston. Plymouth County Probate Records, Vol. 4:278-280, West, Peter, Plympton, Will, Admin & inventory.

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• Smith, D. Alden. The Descendants of Stephen Bryant of Plymouth, and of His Son-In-Law Lt. John Bryant of Plympton, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2000) Vol. 154, Page 47.