Two books indicate Eleanor O'Bryan's father is Philip, son of Matthias, son of Matthias O'Bryan.  Snatches of O'Daniel, Hamilton, and allied ancestry and history in Maryland and Kentucky Somerset, Ohio: Rosary Press, 1933, 103 pgs Origins of Clements-Spalding and allied families of Maryland and Kentucky Authors: Clements, J. W. S. City of Publication: Louisville Publisher: Standard Press Date: 1928   I have these books if you need more information.   Also, if anyone has a library connection, you can get an ID to access Heritage Quest which is where I got the two referenced books.   Happy New Year to you all,   Betty --- On Thu, 12/20/12, K Mills <justwannabe_kat@yahoo.com> wrote: From: K Mills <justwannabe_kat@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY] O'Bryan in Maryland To: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com, mdstmary@rootsweb.com Date: Thursday, December 20, 2012, 7:53 AM Would love to swap info. Trying to settle an age old question of whether my ancestress Eleanor O'Bryan was related to Phillip or William. She and Samuel Abell had children in St. Mary's County, MD, Many Abells left for Nelson then Washington County, KY ca 1790. Being female with no will or land of her own, she was only mentioned in the early Catholic records as godparent at birth of slaves in Jesuit archives. Sorting out the O'Bryans has been a headache. I have direct Irish Ancestry from Co. Roscommon from another line, so this would be fun. < , |/ < ' /|     Kat Mills    --- On Wed, 12/19/12, gc-gateway@rootsweb.com <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> wrote: From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY] O'Bryan in Maryland To: MDSTMARY-L@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 9:21 PM This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: TheresaOBryanWilson Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.maryland.counties.stmarys/410.1701.6.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I received entire chart from my brother (deceased 1/12) of our line of O'Bryans from Co Armagh, to MD, Nelson Co, finally Daviess County, KY. Have been trying to find out more about the Ship Russ and any info on Philip O'Bryan's history in Ireland prior to immigrating to USA. Thanks Theresa O'Bryan Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDSTMARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MDSTMARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message