Benjamin Bryant (1771 - 1841)

Born 1771 in Machias, Washington, Maine [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (Chase) Bryant — married 11 Apr 1793 in Machias, Maine

Descendants

Died 1841 at about age 70 in Maine

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Biography

Benjamin Bryant was born about 1773; likely in Machias, Washington, Maine, but possibly on Campobello Island.^[1] He was the son of Samuel Davis Bryant and Elizabeth (Harmon) Bryant. He married Anna Chase on March 22, 1793.^[2][3] In 1800,^[4] 1810,^[5] and in 1820,^[6] they lived in Plantation No. Eleven (now Cutler) Washington, Maine. The family was still in Cutler in 1830,^[7] but by 1840 lived in Eastport, Washington, Maine.^[8] He died there on January 6, 1841.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Boston Evening Transcript gives Benjamin's birth as August 17, 1773 on Campobello Island.
2. ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F48P-DZW : 4 December 2014), Benjn. Bryant and Anna Chase, 22 Mar 1793; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 11,562.
3. ↑ This marriage is given a different date - May 14, 1794 - in 2 other sources:
   • Chase and Chamberlain, p. 146 states that Benjamin Bryant of Eastport, ME married Nancy Chase;
   • Boston Evening Transcript states Nancy and Benjamin married on that date in Machias.
4. ↑ [1800 Census - Washington County, Maine.]
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH24-H4S : accessed 24 December 2017), Benjamin Bryant, East Machias, Washington, Maine, United States; citing p. 636, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 12; FHL microfilm 218,683.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHG9-JRX : accessed 24 December 2017), Benj Bryant, Plantation 11, Washington, Maine, United States; citing p. 279, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 37; FHL microfilm 281,241.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPG-2SV : 24 August 2017), Benjamin Bryant, Cutler, Washington, Maine, United States; citing 262, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 47; FHL microfilm 9,701.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHT6-ND2 : 15 August 2017), Benj Bryant, Eastport, Washington, Maine, United States; citing p. 88, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 152; FHL microfilm 9,709.
9. ↑ Boston Evening Transcript.

See Also:

• Anderson, Joseph Crook, ed. Maine Families in 1790. Rockport, ME: Picton Press. Vol. 6, pp. 57-58.
• Boston Evening Transcript. "Genealogy Column." Sept. 17, 1913. Item 3559.
• Chase, John Carroll and George Walter Chamberlain. Seven Generations of the Descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase. Haverill, MA: Picton, 1928.
• Stanley Wood, firsthand knowledge. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Stanley and others.