Mary (Lewis) Bryant (1625 - 1655)

Born 27 Dec 1625 in Brenchley, Kent, England

Ancestors

Wife of John Bryant Sr. — married 14 Nov 1643 (to 2 Jul 1655) in Scituate, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died 2 Jul 1655 at age 29 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony

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Biography

Mary (Lewis) Bryant immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Mary Lewis was a daughter of George and Mary (Doggett) Lewis, baptized 27 December 1625 at Brenchley, Kent, England.^[1][2] She emigrated with her family to New England, probably in the latter half of 1634. The family was located in Staplehurst, Kent, England, in 15 April 1934, when the Staplehurst parishioners were charged with responsibility for the care of Mary (Doggett) Lewis and her children.^[3] The Lewis family was also in that same parish on 25 May 1634 for the baptism of Edward, the last child of George and Mary (Doggett) Lewis born in England.^[4]

Mary Lewis, daughter of George, married John Bryant at Scituate, Plymouth Colony, on 14 November 1643. ^[2][5]

Mary (Lewis) Bryant died 2 July 1655 in Scituate, leaving her widowed husband, John, with six small children, ages 2 thru 11.^[6] Those six children of John Bryant Sr. (abt.1618-1684) and Mary (Lewis) Bryant (1625-1655) were:

1. John Bryant Jr. (1644-1708)
2. Hannah (Bryant) Stodder (1646-1702)
3. Sarah Bryant (1648-)
4. Mary Bryant (1650-1652)
5. Martha (Bryant) Sylvester (1652-aft.1726)
6. Samuel Bryant (1654-abt.1690)

Sources

1. ↑ “England, Kent, Parish Registers, 1538-1911,” database and searchable images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R58-GH2 : 13 January 2023), Marie the daughter of George Lewes; citing Register of Brenchley, A.D. 1560-1654, Kent Archives Office, Maidstone; FHL DGS 004989810, image 90 of 718.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume IV, I-L, (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005), pp. 281-284; database, AmericanAncestors ( https://www.americanancestors.org/DB394/i/0/281/0 : 21 April 2023).
3. ↑ Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Kent), West Kent Order Books 1625-1670, folios 53v and 56r; searchable images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R5N-9FF2 : accessed 15 January 2023), DGS 004991993, images 189 and 191; citing Kent Archives Office, Maidstone.
4. ↑ "England, Kent, Parish Registers, 1538-1911,", database and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR5C-9YJM : 13 January 2023), Edward Lewes, 1634; citing Staplehurst Parish Register, p. 259, Kent Archives Office, Maidstone; FHL DGS 004995127, image 21 of 1056.
5. ↑ “Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001,” database and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8979-7NXG  : accessed 13 January 2023), John Bryant and Mary the daughter of George Lewis of Barnstable, 14 November 1643; citing Town of Scituate, Births, Marriages, Death, 1640-1801, vol. 6, p. 13, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL DGS 007009271, image 19 of 264.
6. ↑ “Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001,” database and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-7FMZ : accessed 13 January 2023), Mary the wife of John Bryant; citing Town of Scituate, Births, Marriages, Death, 1640-1801, vol. 6, p. 233, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL DGS 007009271, image 140 of 264.

• F. Apthorp Foster, ed., Vital records of Scituate, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, Volume II - Marriages and Deaths, (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1909), p. 46 and p. 361; digital copy, InternetArchive Marriage p. 46, Death p. 361.
• Remington, George Lewis. Mary Doggett, Wife of George Lewis of Brenchley, Kent, and Scituate, Massachusetts. The American Genealogist, vol 72, July/October 1997, pages 321 ff.
• Otis, Amos. Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families, published online by Ancestry.com. The Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, 2005; original publisher: F.B. & F.P. Goss, Barnstable, Massachusetts, 1890.
• Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp Title: Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850 Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data - With some noted exceptions all marriage records in this collection can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and may be available through FamilySearch.com
• England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.Original data - Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, copyright 2002. Used by permission.
• Kent, England, Tyler Index to Parish Registers, 1538-1874 Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original data - Frank Watt Tyler. The Tyler Collection. Canterbury, Kent, England: The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies.

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Lewes-65 created through the import of Tom.ged on Jun 1, 2011 by Tom Elliott. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Tom and others.
• Thank you to Darin Neves for creating WikiTree profile Lewis-9936 through the import of Penelope Randolph Gardner Family Tree.ged on Sep 11, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Darin and others.
• Thank you to LJ Massey for creating WikiTree profile Lewis-10523 through the import of Lewis_Hannah_2013-11-11.ged on Nov 11, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by LJ and others.
• Lewis-11510 was created by Sandi Gammon through the import of GammonDirect.ged on Feb 15, 2014.