__ __| | |__ _William Smith BRYAN _| | | __ | |__| | |__ | |--Morgan BRYAN | | __ | __| | | |__ |_Catherine MORGAN ____| | __ |__| |__
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"The Shearer-Akers Family Combined with the Bryan Line"
James William Shearer
Somerville, NJ, 1915
p11: "William Smith (?) Bryan, m. -----, A landholder in Ireland, probably Claire co. when
Cromwell Invaded Ireland in 1650; transported as a "rebellious subject" to the American
colonies, with his family of eleven sons and a ship's load of goods and chattels. He settled
in Gloucester co., Va.
1) Francis (?), m. -----. The oldest of the 11 sons. 9 unk.
2) Morgan 1st, who was in Norfolk in 1663, was probably one of his sons."