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   James BRIANT (BRYANT) Sr.
   ABT 1656 - ABT 11 Mar 1731
   ID Number: I87924
   RESIDENCE: Isle of Wight and South Hampton Co. VA and Chowan and 1708 Bertie Co. NC OCCUPATION: Shoemaker, Planter BIRTH: ABT 1656, Elizabeth City, Isle of Wight Co. Virginia DEATH: ABT 11 Mar 1731, Bertie Co. North Carolina RESOURCES: See: [S2283] <../sources/sou0021.html> [S2298] <../sources/sou0021.html> [S3248] <../sources/sou0031.html> Father: Thomas BRIANT <../d0092/g0000021.html> Mother: Tabitha WRIGHT <../d0052/g0000021.html>
   Family 1 :
   Eleanor BRIANT (BRYANT) <../d0008/g0000094.html>
   Thomas BRIANT (BRYANT) <../d0050/g0000021.html>
   William BRIANT (BRYANT) <../d0096/g0000077.html>
   +James BRIANT (BRYANT) Jr. <../d0090/g0000021.html>
   Mary BRIANT (BRYANT) <../d0029/g0000023.html>
   +Sarah BRIANT (BRYANT) <../d0028/g0000078.html>
   Notes
   CONFLICT in Wife's name. Sarah Elizabeth or Elizabeth ? or Elizabeth Bertie? or Elizabeth LeFarre or Elizabeth Lafavre (1662-1698).
   3 James Bryant, Sr. b: Abt. 1650 in Elizabeth City, Isle of Wright, Virginia d: 11 March 1730 in Bertie County, North Carolina + Sarah Elizabeth m: 1685 in Virginia or North Carolina.
   Father: Thomas Bryant b. 1635 Mother: Tabitha; Spouse: Elizabeth LeFarre (Wife) b. About. 1665 Marriage: ABT. 1682 in Isle of Wight Co., VA Children: Eleanor Bryant b. About. 1696 in Virginia? William Bryant James Bryant Thomas Bryant Elizabeth Bryant Sarah Bryant Mary Bryant Daughter Bryant
   On Apr 16, 1683, James was granted 315 acres in Isle of Wight County VA between Kingsale Swamp and the main Blackwater Swamp, adjacent to William Mayo, Richard Booth, Hodges Council, and Bridgman Joyner (Patent Bk 7). He had paid for the transport of seven people to VA.
   On Oct 20, 1689, he was granted 762 acres in Isle of Wight County VA on the Blackwater River, for the transport of 16 people to the colony (Patent Bk 8).
   On Oct 28, 1702, he was granted 100 acres in Isle of Wight County VA on the south side of the main Blackwater, for the transport of two people (Patent Bk 9).
   In Mar 1708, Richard Braswell of Isle of Wight County VA sold to James Bryant, Sr. "of the same county" rights to "the within mentioned patent" for 4,000 pounds of tobacco (Chowan Deed Bk W1 #386). John Dew was a witness. Bryant signs with an "x." Dew and Braswell were both sons-in-law. This is apparently 320 acres on the Meherrin River which had been granted to Braswell in 1706 and which James lived on from 1708 until his death (see Bertie County Deed Bk F-136 below). This deed indicates that James moved from VA to NC in 1708.
   In Jul 1714, James Bryant "of Albemarle County, planter," sold 320 acres joining the Meherrin River to John Dew (Chowan Deed Bk W1 #362).
   In Jul 1717, John Dickinson assigned title to "this within mentioned deed" to John Dew, with James Bryant and William Bryant as witnesses (Chowan Deed Bk W1 #399). James signed with an "x" whose ends are weighted like an anchor.
   In Nov 1717, James Bryant of Albemarle County NC sold 315 acres between Kingsale Swamp and Blackwater River to Thomas Davis of Isle of Wight County VA, for 22 barrels of tar (Isle of Wight Deed Bk 2-154,155). Bryant's mark was an anchor.
   In Aug 1720, James Bryant of NC sold to Matthew Jones of Isle of Wight County VA, 100 acres on the south side of the main Blackwater Swamp, as granted to Bryant Oct 28, 1702. John Dew, Robert Scott and Thomas Bryant were witnesses. James Bryant's mark was a weighted "x." Elizabeth Bryant relinquished dower (Isle of Wight Deed Bk 2-422).
   In 1722, Bertie County was formed from Chowan County, and James Bryant's land now lay in Bertie County.
   In Jul 1730, John Dew Sr. sold to James Bryant land on the Meherrin River in Bertie County (Deed Bk C-361).
   James Bryant I died in 1731 in Bertie County, leaving a will. He mentioned his sons James II, William, and Thomas, and sons-in-law John Dew, Richard Braswell, and Matthew Telar. James Bryant II and John Dew were executors, and John Daniel and Aaron Drake were witnesses.
   Aaron Drake witnessed the will of James Bryant 11 Mar. 1731. ABSTRACT OF NORTH CAROLINA WILLS, J. Bryan Grimes E. M. Uzzell & CO Raleigh 1910.
   Probate: 1734 Isle Of Wight County, Virginia; Will Written 11 Mar 1732 Isle Of Wight County

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