William
Bryant
aka Bryan, Brian
Born about in England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Jane (Lloyd) Eaton
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Jane Charlotte (Bryant) Aston and Martha Eaton Bryant
Died about
at about age 22
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Jun 2016
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Biography
William Bryant was a convict after the Third Fleet transported to New South Wales
William Bryan/Bryant (alias Brian ) was a convict who arrived on the ship "Pitt" on 14/2/1792. He was charged with stealing woollen cloth, the property of John Jackson , somewhere near Tottenham. Sentenced to 7 years transportation.
His first wife was a Margaret Maloney to which he had 1 son.
He then met with Jane Ison and had 2 daughters.
It is said (in Leo Cross' book) that Jane Ison re-married a William Eaton and that her daughter
Martha Bryan took on her step-father's name and became Martha Eaton. Leo Cross puts forward a theory that William Bryan / William Brian / William Eaton are the same people.
This could be possible as someone may be confused with the famous convicts William and Mary Bryant who escaped the colony in a small boat along with other convicts and their children.
It is thought that Bryant either died or returned to England as his sentence was up. No records found to corroborate either & no mention of him after this date.
Sources
- I. Family Research, see the book "The Antecedents of Thomas Cross and Martha Eaton and his Tree" written by Leo Cross and Mavis Eagles.
II. Jane Ison Family History Group. III. Rooney family tree on Ancestry.com
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~1.56%
Sharen (Gordon) Wood
:
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Lorraine Corkery :
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~0.78%
Michael Timmins :
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Categories: Convicts After the Third Fleet | Pitt, Arrived 14 Feb 1792