The Thomas BRYANT on page 43 of "So Obscure A Person,” was married before 1783, according to source #75 on page 60, which references the will of his father James BRYANT.
According to the 1783 will of James BRYANT, Thomas BRYANT had daughters Elizabeth BRYANT and Fanny BRYANT, both born before 1783.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
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To Whom It May Concern,
I have a copy of the original will of James Bryant where Elizabeth and Fanny are mention. There are not two granddaughters. They are the same person.
Elizabeth is given a slave Lyddia in the first part of the will, but in the last paragraph of the will, James Bryant reiterates that Fanny/Elizabeth is given Lyddia's "increase" as well.
There is no mention anywhere in the will that there are granddaughter"s".
Posted by Ken Bryant
Ken - I used a transcription of the 1783 Will of James Bryant. Elizabeth and Fanny are definitely TWO different daughters of James Bryant, as they have different married names, according to this copy of the will.
James Bryant himself stated that he had two grandchildren under the age of twenty-one. Twice he mentioned "granddaughters" - Elizabeth and Fanny. Elizabeth received the slave Lydia, not Fanny.
If this transcription that I am using is inaccurate, I would certainly like to know. Do you have a microfilm copy of the original or a transcription?
~~Edna Barney
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