John Bryant III (1742 - 1816)

Born 11 May 1742 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (Cade) Bryant — married 29 May 1769 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Husband of Hannah (Mason) Bryant — married 10 Aug 1779 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 1 May 1816 at age 73 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

John (Capt.-Lt.) Bryant was born on May 19, 1742, in Boston, Massachusetts, his father, John, was 24 and his mother, Lois, was 18. He married Ann Cade and they had one daughter together. He then married Hannah Mason and they had nine children together. He died on May 1, 1816, in Springfield, Massachusetts, at the age of 73, and was buried there.

John Bryant, first Springfield, Massachusetts Armory superintendent in 1794. He had lost his right arm at the Battle of Stony Point in the Revolution, settled in at Springfield, Massachusetts where he was a storekeeper at the Armory, and in 1794 succeeded his daughter's ( Hannah Mason Bryant Hatch ) father- in-law (Hannah's maternal grandfather Colonel David Mason), who had been a Boston artillery officer in the Revolution and was assigned by George Washington to establish an armory. David Mason had located the Springfield site, hired skilled workers and oversaw construction of the first laboratory facilities which were the precursor to the Armory. John Bryant did manage the armory, well, through difficult years of many budget cuts, lack of funds, and manpower reductions in the aftermath of the US revolutionary war.

John Bryant and Hannah Mason announced their intention to marry on July 17, 1779, in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.^[1] They were married on August 10, 1779, in either Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts^[2] or West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPNB-3BN : 12 December 2014), John Bryant and Hannah Mason, 17 Jul 1779; citing p 211, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, Springield City Hall; FHL microfilm 185,416.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH8R-2B9 : 13 July 2016), Capt. John Bryant and Hannah Mason, 10 Aug 1779; citing Marriage, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 818,081.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCD6-85J : 4 December 2014), John Bryant and Hannah Mason, 10 Aug 1779; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0496944 IT 5.

Published research of Pardon and Harriett Russell Head (direct descendent), Marshaltown Publishing, Marshaltown, Iowa, 1915. See Also: Colonial Families of the United States, page 152;

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BRYANT, JOHN DAR Ancestor #: A016329 Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank: LIEUTENANT Birth: 5-19-1742 BOSTON SUFFOLK CO MASSACHUSETTS Death: 5-1-1816 SPRINGFIELD HAMPDEN CO MASSACHUSETTS Service Source: MA SOLS & SAILS, VOL 2, P 730 Service Description: 1) CAPT-LT, CAPT BENJAMIN FROTHINGHAM, COLS MASON, CRANE