Greetings: I am a beginner in genealogy and am enjoying reading all the postings about the Bryan/Bryant family. I would like to find out more about my ggggrandfather, William Bryan/Bryant, who was reportedly born in Ireland on October 15, 1760, and died in Patrick Co., VA on June 29, 1848. His wife was Sarah (possibly Johnson) from Rockingham Co., NC, where they lived for awhile before going to VA, and where my gggrandfather, John Bryant Sr., was born abt. 1809. I would appreciate any suggestions as to how I might find out more about the Ireland connection. In the last few days, I read a posting about someone named John who is, I believe, doing DNA research, but I am not clear whether he has information about specific people such as this William. Also, I don't know how to reach him. I am wondering how to trace William Bryant/Bryant's ancestors in Ireland and how to find out when he came to America, etc. All ideas will be appreciated! Thanks for all you do. Sandy B. Taylor

Sandy - Saw you note on the net. I'm dead ened in my search which had been very brief. However in my short number of years doing this I have come to the conclusion that the majority of all Bryant sons were named William. Do you by chance know if any of your line ened up in Ga or Ala in the 1820's 30's or 1840's? Thank you for your help. Robert Bryant ----- Original Message ----- From: "A. Taylor" <sissyb@rev.net> To: <bryant@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 11:36 PM Subject: [BRYANT] William Bryant born in Ireland 1760 > Greetings: > > I am a beginner in genealogy and am enjoying reading all the postings > about the Bryan/Bryant family. > > I would like to find out more about my ggggrandfather, William > Bryan/Bryant, who was reportedly born in Ireland on October 15, 1760, and > died in Patrick Co., VA on June 29, 1848. His wife was Sarah (possibly > Johnson) from Rockingham Co., NC, where they lived for awhile before going > to VA, and where my gggrandfather, John Bryant Sr., was born abt. 1809. > > I would appreciate any suggestions as to how I might find out more about > the Ireland connection. In the last few days, I read a posting about > someone named John who is, I believe, doing DNA research, but I am not > clear whether he has information about specific people such as this > William. Also, I don't know how to reach him. I am wondering how to trace > William Bryant/Bryant's ancestors in Ireland and how to find out when he > came to America, etc. All ideas will be appreciated! > > Thanks for all you do. > > Sandy B. Taylor > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRYANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

No, all Bryant's didn't have sons named William, my grandfather Jonathan Alexander Bryant is my dead end. He was born in Alabama in 1858 and his father was George W. Bryant. I am thinking there are a lot of George W. Bryants from Georgia that lived in Alabama and possible fought in the Civil War and was killed. I guess I should hope that there would be someone else from this family with some info and that is looking but apparently there isn't. Christine Bryant Scott