This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BRIANT, BRYANT, BRYANS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HAC.2ACE/764.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I know all about that 'brick wall', mine is parents of James T. Briant/Bryant, b. 1790, VA. He m. Rachael Alderson in Botetourt Co, VA in 1815. I wish I could help you. It is possible that we are connected, since there were so many Bryants in Buckingham. I thnk James T.'s father must have been a William Bryant -- but which one?? If we connect anywhere, maybe we could exchange info. Cousin Mary in OK