She married first to John Eastland on 29 October 1702 in Plymouth.[4] He was the widower of Elizabeth Jenny whom he married 17 October 1700 at Plymouth.[5] John died before 24 September 1726 in Plymouth when his estate was inventoried, and on 1 November following an allowance was made to his widow. The administrator of the estate was Capt. Ephraim Morton.[6]
Mary married secondly, after intentions were published in Plymouth and Kingston on 12 November 1726, Jonathan Bryant of Kingston.[7][8]
Jonathan was married first to Margery or Margaret West on 27 February 1700,[9] by whom he had Rebecca, Priscilla, Marcy, Mary, Jonathan and probably Abigail.[3] Jonathan was the son of John and Abigail (Bryant) Bryant, born Plymouth on 23 March 1677.[10] Jonathan was living in Kingston on 27 March 1742 when his son Jonathan Bryant, Jr., sold land there "now in possession of my father Jonathan Bryant."[11]
Mary Bryant died between 19 May 1733 and 24 January 1755.[12] No probate records are found in Plymouth County for Jonathan or Mary Bryant.[3]
Children by John Eastland born Plymouth (no children by 2nd husband):[13][3]
↑ 3.03.13.23.3 Ann Reeves and Alice W.A. Westgate, Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations, Thomas Rogers, Vol. 19 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), pp. 12, 34-35.
↑ D. Alden Smith, "The Descendants of Stephen Bryant of Plymouth, and of his Son-in-law Lt. John Bryant of Plympton,The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.), Vol. 154 (2000):48. (Link by $ubscription.)
↑ Reeves & Westgate, Mayflower Families -Rogers p. 34 (supplies no reasoning for these dates).
Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume Nineteen: Thomas Rogers, Ann T. Reeves, Volume: 19, Alice W.A. Westgate (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000) pp. 12, 34-35.
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