Mary (Turner) Bryant (1745 - aft. 1807)

Born 31 May 1745 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Job Bryant — married 3 May 1764 (to after 27 Nov 1807) in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died after 27 Nov 1807 after age 62 in Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

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Disputed Parents

• According to the Mayflower Families "Silver book" on Edward Doty, Job Bryant's wife was Mary Turner born on 31 May 1745 in Middleboro, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay, the daughter of Japhet and Elizabeth (Morse) Turner.^[1]
• According to "The Descendants of Stephen Bryant of Plymouth and of His Son-in-Law Lt. John Bryant of Plympton,"^[2] D. Alden Smith states that Job Bryant married at Bridgewater, 3 May 1764, Mary Turner, daughter of Benjamin Jr. and Mary (Briggs) Turner.
• For purposes of this profile, the Mayflower Society will take precedence.

Biography

Mary Turner was born on 31 May 1745 in Middleboro, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay, the daughter of Japhet and Elizabeth (Morse) Turner.^[3]

Mary Turner was mentioned in her paternal grandmother's will, dated 26 Aug 1766:

To "my aforesaid daughter Elizabeth Pratt , & my fifteen grandaughters namely ... Mary Turner, ... all my household goods, & other estate not given away to be equally divided ...."^[4]

She may have married Job Bryant, the son of Ichabod and Ruth (Staples) Bryant, on 03 May 1764 in Bridgewater.^[5][1] (see Disputed Marriage, above.)

Job died after 27 November 1807, the date his will was signed. His will was proved 8 March 1808, and named wife Mary; Bryant children Nathan, Calvin, Job Staples, Samuel, David, Asa, Clement; daughter Anna Phillips, wife of Abiel Phillips; Thirza Dickerman, wife of Manassah Dickerman; and Harriet Dunbar, wife of David Dunbar. To son Oliver he bequeathed all his estate, Oliver to support his mother.^[1]

Mary Bryant died sometime after being named in her husband's will in 1807.^[1]

Bryant children, first five born Bridgewater, the rest born Brockton:^[1]

1. Anna, b. 12 Nov 1764; m. Abiel Phillips 1787 Easton
2. Nathan, b. 15 Sep 1766; m. Sarah Jordan 1790 Bridgewater
3. Calvin, b. 16 De 1768; m. Rebecca Morse 1791 Bridgewater
4. Job Staples, b. 19 Jul 1772; m. Lovicy Pratt 1793 Bridgewater
5. Thirza, b. 4 Oct 1774; m. Manassah Dickerman 1791 Bridgewater
6. Oliver, bp. 21 Dec 1777, d. 13 May 1827; m. Nabby Ames 1804 Bridgewater
7. Samuel, bp. 3 Sep 1780; m. Sally Downing 1800 Bridgewater
8. David, bp. 30 Sep 1781
9. Asa, bp. 30 Aug 1783; m. Mehitable or Betsey Snow 1810 Bridgewater
10. Clement, bp. 16 Apr 1786; m. Rachel Wheeler 1806 Athol
11. Harriet, bp. 16 Apr 1786; m. David Dunbar 1801 Bridgewater

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015. Edward Doty, Vol. 11, Part 3, pp. 221-2 (Link by $ubscription to AmericanAncestors.org.)
2. ↑ D. Alden Smith, "The Descendants of Stephen Bryant of Plymouth and of His Son-in-Law Lt. John Bryant of Plympton," (Part 6 Concluded) NEHGR Vol. 155(2001):199-200 (Link by $ubscription to AmericanAncestors.org.), citing Bridgewater VRs, 2:65; Albert Scott Bryant, Bryant Family Genealogy, (Turner, Me.: privately printed, ca. 1979), 18.
3. ↑ George Ernest Bowman, Middleboro, MA, Births, Marriages and Deaths, (The Mayflower Descendant, MA, 1900-1937), Births, Book 1, p. 260.

   Mary Turner the Daughter of Japheth Turner by Elizabeth his wife was born may the 31st : 1745.

4. ↑ George E. Bowman, "Hannah Hatch's Three Husbands," Mayflower Descendant Vol. XXI (Jul 1919), p. 101.
5. ↑ Bradford Kingman, "Marriages in the North Parish of Bridgewater (Now North Bridgewater), from January 1, 1742, to January, 1780 by Rev. John Porter," NEHGR Vol. 19:200.

   Job Bryant and Mary Turner, May 3, 1764