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Martha Bryan was a daughter of Joseph Bryan, Sr. and Easther/Hester UNKNOWN Bryan.

Martha Bryan married Edward "Ned" Boone. They had six children.

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NOTES:

LDS tree shows:

Martha Bryan - L58S-S9V

Death: 12 May 1793

Blue Lick, Lincoln, Kentucky, United States

Various DAR applications for Joseph Bryan, Sr., showing the mother of daughter, Martha Bryan:

Joseph's second wife, Alee

Joseph's second wife, Alyee

Joseph's first wife, Alice

Joseph's first wife, _______

There are a lot of different opinions for Martha Bryan's mother.

**The Quaker document, U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, shows Alee as her mother.

The following conflicts with who Martha's mother was.

"Among Joseph's children by his first wife, Hester Simpson Hampton, were Rebecca Bryan, the wife of Daniel Boone, and Martha Bryan, the wife of Daniel's brother Edward "Neddie" Boone."

**Found on Find a Grave Memorial 190264104

**Joseph's first wife was Alice "Alyee" Linville Bryan, not Easther/Hester Simpson Hampdon/Hampton Bryan.

**Martha Bryan was born in 1736 and Rebecca Ann Bryan was born in 1739, precluding them from being Hester's daughters.

From: Clark County, Kentucky Will Abstracts

Will Book - I

Martha Boone

My sons, George and Joseph.

My daughters, Charity Ellsay, Sarah Hunter, Jane Morgan, and Mary Sholl.

Grandson, Joseph Hunter

Written: 12 May 1793.

Witnesses: William Creyerap and John Stilwell.

Probated: 23 July 1793

**Martha Bryan Boone's death occurred on or after May 12, 1793 and before July 23, 1793.

From margaret on May 14, 2016:

Corrected birth date and birth place.

**Previously had November 19, 1740 in Berks County, Pennsylvania.

Corrected death date and death place.

**Previously had October 6, 1780 in Clark County, Kentucky.

Reference shared by Dolores J. Rush on August 16, 2017:

From: The Boone Family - A Genealogical History of the Descendants of George and Mary Boone who Came to America in 1717

Compiled by Hazel Atterbury Spraker of Buffalo, New York

The Tuttle Company, Publishers

Rutland, Vermont

1922

Martha Boone

My sons, George and Joseph.

My daughters, Charity Ellege, [other possible spellings of married name, Elledge, Willege], Jane

Morgan, Mary Scholl, Sarah Hunter

Grandson, Joseph Hunter

Executor: John Morgan, Jr.

Witnesses shown as: John Morran, William Craycraft and John Stilwell.

From Annette Fullington on December 17, 2018:

"Hester Hampton born 1720 in Va. and died 19 Nov 1740 was the first wife of Joseph Bryan, Sr. and the Mother of Rebecca Bryan and Martha Bryan who married Daniel and Edward Boone. Not Alice Lynville."

**Easther Hester Simpson Hampdon/Hampton married Joseph Bryan, Sr. in 1772, so she did not die on November 19, 1740.

**Martha Bryan, born in 1736, and Rebecca Ann Bryan, born in 1739, were daughters of Alice "Alyee" Linville Bryan.

From janicet on May 1, 2020:

"It has been determined by the DAR genealogists that they cannot verify the mother of any children of Joseph Bryan's born before 1755 (see Joseph Bryan's updated records in the DAR)."

**Quaker Meeting Records-1681-1935 shows Martha Bryan's parents as Joseph and Alee (could be Alic -- maybe Alec).

From James Pattyn on July 22, 2020:

"She is the daughter of his 1st wife, not his second."

Quaker Meeting Records-1681-1935 record that shows Martha Bryan's parents as Joseph and Alee (could be Alic -- maybe Alec), assumed to be Alice "Aylee" Linville Bryan.

From Bob Cole on July 24, 2020:

"I don't believe that you have a conflict with the Quaker papers -- when they indicated that Aylee was the Mother, in their records. From what I see... Martha's Mom - Hester/Easther- died Nov 1740. It looks like Joseph remarried to Aylee, right away (1740 indicated, but I guess it could have been 1741). They might just naturally say "Mother", instead of "Stepmother" in the Quaker records."

**Quaker Meeting Records-1681-1935 shows Martha Bryan's parents as Joseph and Alee (could be Alic -- maybe Alec).

From Raymond A. Santopietro on April 1, 2022:

Suggests that Martha Bryan Boone's mother was Easther/Hester Simpson Bryan as opposed to Alice "Aylee" Linville Bryan.

**Easther/Hester Simpson and Joseph Bryan, Sr. married on or after November 30, 1772 as shown on their Rowan County, North Carolina Marriage License.

**Martha Bryan Boone was born in 1736, so Easther/Hester Simpson Bryan could not have been Martha's mother.

From Harry T. Bryan on August 24, 2023:

If Martha was born in 1736, then her mother would have been Joseph's first wife, Hester.

From Susan B on March 16, 2024:

Suggested Hester was Martha's mother, as opposed to Alice "Alyee" Linville Bryan.

From Sandra Koors on March 28, 2024:

Death month.

Death county.

**Previously had Fayette County.

**No source document provided.

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There are a lot of different opinions about the dates and places for Martha Boone. If someone can provide the correct dates and places, I will be happy to make the changes.

Also, there are a lot of different opinions as to who Martha's mother was. If someone can provide a source document showing who Martha's mother was, I will be happy to make the change.

For now, I will leave these pieces of information as they stand.

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On this memorial page when it was transferred to me:

LDS reports she is buried at "Boone's Creek" Fayette CO., KY.

Bio and NOTES by: Pam Barns

If anyone has more/better information, please contact me.