Please forgive the cross posting but I'm hoping I can reach someone out there who has researched this family. I descend from Mary Bryan Van Hoose (d/o ?William Bryan(t) b. ca 1750 and spouse of JOhn Van Hoose of Anson Co NC) through her son Jesse (spouse of Edy BROWN of Floyd Co KY). A grandson of Mary's in 1901 reported that Mary had the following siblings: Owen, John, William, and a sister married to a RECTOR. I have found an Owen Bryan appearing as O'Brient married to Patience Rector in Washington Co VA 5/15/1806. Patience's father, Bennet married Owen's sister Sally Bryant-2nd wife (per marriage record) in Washington Co Va 3/2/1808. One of Owen and Patience's sons married an Oxsher (Auxier) and a daughter married a Ramey and named her son Owen Ramey. I read that Bennet Rector was from Fauquier Co Va. When I looked back at the fauquier Co Va records I find that the Rector family had dealings with ARNOLDS, NEVILLES, BERRY, BERRYMAN, OWENS, HITT, HITE, BROWN (a Daniel Brown in particular), BRUIN, BENNET, YOCUM, LUKINS (LYKINS) to name of a few. If these look familiar to some its because they are the same names allied to Edy (married to Jesse Van Hoose and mentioned above) Brown's grandfather, Thomas C Brown of Hampshire Co Va and many appear in Hampshire Co records. Now for the several questions: *** Did the RECTORS settle in the GERMANNA colony then move points south (ie FARQUIER and WASHINGTON CO VA) AND points west (HAMPSHIRE COUNTY) or were the GERMANNA settlers originally from somewhere else in VA/PA/MD/DE and settled Germanna later? *** Does anyone known anything about William BRYANT (Rev. War soldier of VA) married to Mary OWEN with daughter Elizabeth married to Louis MERRYMAN? (I see bunches of Berrymans living near this family but no Merrymans). ****The HITE migration was from Chester Co PA south to FARQUIER if I"m not mistaken. But they are also in Hampshire Co VA as well. Did they go Chester to Hampshire to Farquier to Washington? ***** Remember I was looking for Manley Brown who appears in documents with Thomas C Brown in Bourbon Co (Mason Co) KY? I found him in FARQUIER along with a slew of Browns who have dealings with ARNOLD, SLAUGHTER, SANDERS, and all the above names as well. ***** Does anyone know who Owen, Mary, Sally, William and John BRYANT (O'BRIENT, BRYAN etc..) belong to? ** can someone post this on the Brown list as well for me? Thanks!