Catherine (Morgan) Bryan (abt. 1604 - 1680)

Born about 1604 in County Clare, Munster Province, Ireland

Wife of William Smith Bryan — married about 1624 in Denmark

Descendants

Died 1 Jun 1680 at about age 76 in Gloucester, Hampshire Co., Colony of VIrginia

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Disputed Ancestry

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Catherine Morgan is said to be the daughter of Thomas Morgan of Monmouthshire, Wales. Thomas was from a long line of Morgans who had lived in Monmouthshire for many generations. He was a member of the landed gentry, a Esquire; one step below a Knight, one up from a gentleman. He was not Sir Thomas. Thomas lived and died in Wales. There is no reason to believe that he lived in Ireland, the supposed place of Catherine's birth. In fact, the idea of a Welsh gentleman residing in the Irish Catholic held County of Clare seems to fly in the face of history. ^[1]

Thomas is not known to have lived in Denmark where Catherine is said to have married at age 15. (Based on the year of her first son's birth-1619) According to the book on the Morgan family, Thomas and his wife Catherine Herbert did have a daughter named Catherine but the book claims she married what must have been a cousin, Thomas Morgan. ^[2]She was not named in her father's will. ^[3]

It should be noted that the story of Catherine Morgan and William Smith Bryan is not supported by a single piece of documented evidence. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.jeaniesgenealogy.com/2019/02/william-smith-bryan-lesson-in-17th.html
2. ↑ Appleton Morgan, A History of the Family of Morgan; from the year 1089 to the present times, (New York, 1902) page 20.
3. ↑ The National Archives; Kew, England; Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 143
4. ↑ http://www.jeaniesgenealogy.com/2016/09/the-evolution-of-william-smith-bryan.html

Biography

BIRTH 1604 County Claire, Ireland DEATH 1 June 1680 Gloucester, Hampshire Co., VA, USA SOURCES (1)

Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree Ancestry.com : NOTES (1)

Quoted text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=60203510&pid=1338 CITING THIS RECORD

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3788-9GD : accessed 2016-09-21), entry for LADY CATHERINE /MORGAN/. PEDIGREE RESOURCE FILE PERSON COUNT

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• William Smith Bryan, son of Sir Francis Bryan II, was born in 1590; d. 1667. He married Catherine Morgan and was called "Prince William" by his followers. He was the father of eleven sons and three daughters. He was deported from Ireland because of his support for the Irish cause during the Puritan Revolution. He is said to have been "dropped" at Gloucester Beach, Va.

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