Hi All, Don, I think we spoke back when I was working on my line of O'Bryans as well. William O'Bryan (1763) was my 3rd great grandfather and Lewis O'Bryan was his brother. I based much of my research on a story my great grandmother told. She said our O'Bryans were English, not Irish and the "O" had been dropped. She said our first ancestor in Maryland was raised by a wealthy Col. According to a probate from Charles County in 1758 John Broyne died leaving his wife Catherine, sons: William, James, and Peter, and daughter: Jane Yates. If you look back to the inventory of Col John Bayne of Charles County in 1700 and in a list of servants, a John Broyne is listed. So there is my wealthy colonel. Then I find where Peter O'Bryan died PG County in 1793. William and Lewis are listed as sons. (I have wondered if they left Maryland to Kentucky in the second trip led by Clement Gardiner in 1800?) Back up to Peter's brother William. He married Elizabeth Douglass and they had a son named John. This John died in Charles County in 1783. He left a will and named a son Charles. Charles started the line of Brian's from Hardin County, Kentucky. I descend from them as well. This is all just my Opinion. Regards, Jamey McLoughlin -----Original Message----- From: mdstmary-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mdstmary-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Donald Drury Sent: Monday, December 31, 2012 12:58 PM To: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com; mdstmary@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY] O'Bryan in Maryland Hi to all, O'Bryans are not my direct line but they do connect with Drurys in Kentucky. I have some data on their Maryland ancestors and would be glad to share. The immigrant to Kentucky I have is Lewis O'Bryan (1757-1835) who married Mary Ann Blanford (1782-1846) d/o William Blanford (1756-1802) and Joanna Pidgeon (?-aft 1879) Most of my data is on his descendants. Regards, Don Drury ________________________________ From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: MDSTMARY-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, December 31, 2012 8:00:01 AM Subject: Re: [MDSTMARY] O'Bryan in Maryland This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: JeanneSwick84 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.maryland.counties.s tmarys/410.1701.6.1.1.1.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I, too, descend from the O'Bryans in MD/KY and would be so so happy to have your information. Is there a way to have it scanned or otherwise copied? I'd be happy to pay you for any associated costs so that it could be shared with the larger family history group of this family. Many thanks! Jeanne 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 ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.18450) http://www.pctools.com/ ======= ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 7.0.0.18, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.18450) http://www.pctools.com/ =======