This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VUB.2ACE/310.1.1.1 Message Board Post: My ancestor is actually the brother of the William Bryant you mentiion in your posting. But I have been working out the Bryant lines in Nash County to try to reach our next generation back. William Bryant's parents are William Bryant and Mary "Polly" Lewis. Two of their daughters also married Rice's. The two daughters were Elizabeth and Patsy. I believe the Patsy is the same Martha that you reference in your posting. This Patsy was married to John Rice. Elizabeth was married to Benjamin Rice. By the way, the Rice that married Mourning Bryant was Nicholson N. Rice. I have quite a bit of documentation on Rice's that I have picked up in my research. I am still trying to prove that the above Martha was the Patsy Rice mentioned in the will of the older William Bryant. How are you tied in to these lines?