Zenas
Bryant
Born in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of John Bryant
and Abigail (Churchill) Bryant
Husband of
Mary (Ruggles) Bryant
— married
2 Oct 1777 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Father of
Phebe (Bryant) Swift
Died
at age 81
in Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Feb 2024
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Biography
Zenas was born in 1853 in Plympton, Massachusetts to John and Abigail (Churchill) Bryant, their sixth of seven children.[1] In 1775 he responded to the Lexington alarm as a drummer.[2][3] In 1777 he married Mary/Molly Ruggles in Kingston.[4] They settled in Plympton and had ten children, five sons and five daughters. Zenas was widowed in 1819. He appears on Revolutionary war pension rolls in 1831.[5] He died in Plympton in 1835, aged 81.[6]
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCG5-3HM : 15 January 2020), Zenus Bryant, 1753.
- ↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q5WC-JL3Z : Thu Oct 05 00:56:44 UTC 2023), Entry for Zenas Bryant, 19 Apr 1775.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2D-MR68 : Wed Oct 25 22:12:33 UTC 2023), Entry for Zenas Bryant, 19 Apr 1775.
- ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28L-M5P1 : 24 November 2022), Zena Bryant and Molly Ruggles, 1777.
- ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-LQJV : Sat Dec 09 06:30:28 UTC 2023), Entry for Zenas Bryant, 04 Mar 1831.
- ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKD-K335 : 30 May 2020), Zenas Bryant, 1835; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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