James Bryan1

b. 12 April 1764
James Bryan|b. 12 Apr 1764|p10669.htm|Bennett Bryan|d. 1787|p10667.htm|Rachel Shepherd||p10668.htm|||||||||||||

3rd great-granduncle of Ruth Minerva Fairfield.
5th great-granduncle of Laura Jane Munson.
Family Background:
Fairfield and Allied Families
1835 Signature
     James Bryan was born on 12 April 1764 in Sussex County, Delaware.2 He was the son of Bennett Bryan and Rachel Shepherd.1
     
     James Bryan served in the Revolutionary War as a private in the Delaware Line, having enrolled at age 15 (about 1779) near Milford, Sussex County, Delaware. He moved to Fort Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland, in 1795. In 1825 he moved to Union township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. He applied for a pension on 2 September 1834 in Fayette County at age 71. A Certificate of Pension was issued on 7 July 1837.2

Additional Data
James Bryan was mentioned in his father Bennett Bryan's will dated 28 October 1787 in Cedar Creek Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware. The one-third interest in the land left to his mother during her widowhood, was to go to James when her interest ceased.1

The Sussex County Orphan's Court appointed James Bryan guardian of his minor brother Jonathan on 9 November 1787.3

Citations

  1. [S1008] Public Archives Commission, Calendar of Sussex County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800 (Georgetown, Delaware: Public Archives Commission, 1964), Arch. vol. A60; Reg. of Wills, Liber D.
  2. [S1010] James Bryan file, no. S5304; Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900; micropublication M804 (Washington: National Archives).
  3. [S968] Karen Wunderlich Siezowski, online <http://home.xnet.com/~karens/Bennett.html>, Karen Siezowski (unknown location), downloaded 2006, citing Sussex County Orphan's Court records.