Nancy Anne (Smith) Bryan (abt. 1728 - abt. 1760)

Born about 1728 in Colony of Virginia [uncertain]

Ancestors

Descendants

Died about 1760 at about age 32 in Johnston, North Carolina Colony

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Biography

Nancy (Smith) Bryan was a Virginia colonist.

Nancy "Anne" Smith was born to John Smith and Elizabeth Whitfield in Virginia around 1728 (assuming she was 20 when she married in 1748). She was probably born in Isle of Wight County, based on the statement that the Smiths were in that county in 1722. ^[1] The referenced Whitfield book, states that she was born about 1727 or 1728.^[2]

Marriage and Children

Nancy Anne married Needham Bryan II in 1748. The referenced Whitfield book, shows marriage date as 5 February 1748.^[2] They had the following known children:

1. Needham Bryan III, born 1750, married Sallie Hinton in 1768.^[3]
2. Kedar Bryan, born 1752 (married four times). ^[4]
3. Winifred Bryan, born 1754, married 1773, Hon. Nathan Bryan. son of Col. Hardy Bryan; he died in Philadelphia while attending Congress.
4. Nancy Bryan, born 1756, married 1780, Gen. Bryan Whitfield.

Death

She died about 1760 in Johnston, North Carolina.^[2]

Father John Smith's Estate

On 3 June 1794, In the Hamilton District Court, Territory of the United States south of the Ohio River, Anne (Smith) Bryan's brother, Samuel Smith, took legal action to settle the estate of their father John Smith Sr, who died intestate February 1793.^[5]

The "Bill of Complaint" against the heirs of John Smith Sr, included the heirs of Anne (Smith) Bryan and Needham Bryan.

Anne and Needham Bryan's son, Kedar Bryan, esquire, their only legal heir provided disposition to the "Bill of Compliant" on 13 August 1794.

Sources

1. ↑ "Notable Southern Families" published in 1918, Lookout Publishing Company, Chattanooga; Page 52 Armstrong, Zella.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Whitfield, Emma Morehead. Whitfield, Bryan, Smith and Related Families - Volume 2. Westminster, Maryland: The Times Incorporated, 1950. Page 213. Page 11 - Children
3. ↑ DAR records
4. ↑ Hathaway, James Robert Bent. "The North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register Volume 1, January 1900, page 579.
5. ↑ Knoxville Sup Crt RecBk.B 1797-1804, John Smith's Estate Papers, attached.

• North Carolina Hist Gen Reg, Vol 1 (1900), quarterly issues 1-4 bound: issue 4 (October), Page 577

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