Lemuel Bryant (abt. 1722 - 1754)

Born about 25 Feb 1722 in Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Barstow) Bryant — married 23 Aug 1749 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

Died 1 Oct 1754 at about age 32 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Lemuel was the son of Thomas Bryant and his first wife Mary Ewell Bryant. He was baptised February 25, 1722 in Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. ^[1]

Lemuel's mother died in 1724 and his father, Thomas, married Mary Barstow on May 14, 1735. Mary was the widow of Joseph Barstow, Jr. who had died in 1728. ^[1] One of her children was Abigail who would marry Lemuel Bryant. This would make them step-siblings.

Lemuel graduated from Harvard in 1739 and was ordained December 4, 1745. He became a distinguished clergyman in Braintree, Massachusetts.^[1]

Lemuel's father, Thomas Bryant, signed a will on December 15, 1748^[2] in which Lemuel was left " five & twenty hundred pounds old tenour to be paid at my decease by my Esr's." His brother Thomas was to pay part of that amount out of his share, " the aforesaid Eight Hundred Pounds to be reckoned as part thereof." Lemuel's brothers, Benjamin, Seth, Thomas and Peleg were all given land and were probably farming, but Lemuel, a clergyman, had little need for land.

In 1749, Lemuel signed a receipt for his share of his father's estate.^[3]

He married Abigail Barstow on 23 August 1749 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts. The marriage record indicates Lemuel was "of Brantrey" (Braintree).^[4]

He died on October 1, 1754 in Scituate, Massachusetts. ^[5]

Acknowledgements

This person was created through the import of Family.ged on 28 November 2010.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Ancestry.com. Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 [1]. Image 10; Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Mackenzie, George Norbury, and Nelson Osgood Rhoades, editors. Colonial Families of the United States of America: in Which is Given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families Who Settled in the American Colonies From the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775. 7 volumes. 1912. Reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1966, 1995. Page 101 &103, Family of LEMUEL BRYANT
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 [2]. Image 123 and [3] Image 124; Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. 15 December 1748, Scituate, Plymouth Colony; Will of Thomas Bryant (Briant)
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-F61X : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1749-1752 and 1848-1853 vol 12-12C > image 125 of 596; State Archives, Boston.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [4]. Image 783; Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Scituate, Plymouth, MA; Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to 1850; Boston Mass., 1909; Scituate Marriages; 23 August 1745; Mrs. Abigail Barstow and Rev. Lemuel Bryant
5. ↑ Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850 [5]. Image 797; Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018.Original data: Vital Records of Scituate, Massachusetts to the Year 1850; Published New England Historic Geneological Society; Boston, Mass. 1909; Scituate Deaths page 361; 1 Oct. 1754; Rev. Lemuel Cushing