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Dr Thomas Bryan Veteran

Birth
Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
1789 (aged 52–53)
Surry County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Burial Details Unknown Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Dr. Thomas Bryan was a son of Morgan Bryan and Martha Strode Bryan. He had, at least, ten siblings.

Dr. Thomas Bryan married Sarah Hunt before 1757. They had, at least, one child.

Dr. Thomas Bryan served as a surgeon during the American Revolutionary War.

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NOTES:
DAR record shows Dr. Thomas Bryan married Martha Hunt.
**Conflicts with bio information.
**Not sure who Dr. Thomas Bryan married.
**Some researchers suggest Dr. Thomas Bryan married Sarah Hunt in 1755.
**Some suggest he also may have married Sarah Stites, perhaps as his second wife.

FamilySearch.org shows:
Marriage to Sarah Hunt:
1756 Mount Ulla, Rowan, North Carolina, British Colonial America

Source: Notable Southern Families, Volume 2
By Zella Armstrong, Janie Preston, Collup French
Lookout Publishing Company, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Copyright 1922
Page 38
Children:
Jesse Bryan, b: November 1757
Jonathan Bryan, b: October 1766
Mary Bryan, b: April 1796 (likely a typo)
Martha Bryan, b: August 1772
Morgan Hunt Bryan, b: December 16, 1774
Thomas Bryan, Jr., b: January 6, 1776
William Bryan, b: January 6, 1776.
**List suggests Dr. Thomas Bryan married UNKNOWN (Hunt) prior to 1757.

Page 39
"The widow of Dr. Thomas Bryan is said to have married for her second husband the Rev. John Gano, "Fighting Chaplain of the Revolution". She moved to Kentucky, with him in 1792, and was killed by a fall from her horse."

From Christie Van Aken on June 29, 2017:
First wife's first name.
Indicates Dr. Thomas Bryan died leaving Sarah Hunt Bryan, his widow.
**This suggests that Dr. Thomas Bryan did not marry Sarah Stites.

From Karyn on July 24, 2019:
Source: Biographical memoirs of the late Rev. John Gano, of Frankfort (Kentucky), formerly of the city of New York by Gano, John, 1727-1804
Page 123:
Rev. John Gano wrote, "Here I found and obtained another companion. She was the widow of Captain Thomas Bryant, and daughter of Colonel Jonathan Hunt."

From cindy hall on February 17, 2020:
"according to the Seven Sons and Two Daughters of Morgan Bryan book, vol. 2, part 2, book 4, thomas was killed around december 1776 while crossing the yadkin river on a military mission. at the feb 1777 term of rowan county court, sarah hunt bryan was appointed administratrix of the estate of her husband, thomas bryan."

If anyone has more/better information, please contact me.
Dr. Thomas Bryan was a son of Morgan Bryan and Martha Strode Bryan. He had, at least, ten siblings.

Dr. Thomas Bryan married Sarah Hunt before 1757. They had, at least, one child.

Dr. Thomas Bryan served as a surgeon during the American Revolutionary War.

-----
NOTES:
DAR record shows Dr. Thomas Bryan married Martha Hunt.
**Conflicts with bio information.
**Not sure who Dr. Thomas Bryan married.
**Some researchers suggest Dr. Thomas Bryan married Sarah Hunt in 1755.
**Some suggest he also may have married Sarah Stites, perhaps as his second wife.

FamilySearch.org shows:
Marriage to Sarah Hunt:
1756 Mount Ulla, Rowan, North Carolina, British Colonial America

Source: Notable Southern Families, Volume 2
By Zella Armstrong, Janie Preston, Collup French
Lookout Publishing Company, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Copyright 1922
Page 38
Children:
Jesse Bryan, b: November 1757
Jonathan Bryan, b: October 1766
Mary Bryan, b: April 1796 (likely a typo)
Martha Bryan, b: August 1772
Morgan Hunt Bryan, b: December 16, 1774
Thomas Bryan, Jr., b: January 6, 1776
William Bryan, b: January 6, 1776.
**List suggests Dr. Thomas Bryan married UNKNOWN (Hunt) prior to 1757.

Page 39
"The widow of Dr. Thomas Bryan is said to have married for her second husband the Rev. John Gano, "Fighting Chaplain of the Revolution". She moved to Kentucky, with him in 1792, and was killed by a fall from her horse."

From Christie Van Aken on June 29, 2017:
First wife's first name.
Indicates Dr. Thomas Bryan died leaving Sarah Hunt Bryan, his widow.
**This suggests that Dr. Thomas Bryan did not marry Sarah Stites.

From Karyn on July 24, 2019:
Source: Biographical memoirs of the late Rev. John Gano, of Frankfort (Kentucky), formerly of the city of New York by Gano, John, 1727-1804
Page 123:
Rev. John Gano wrote, "Here I found and obtained another companion. She was the widow of Captain Thomas Bryant, and daughter of Colonel Jonathan Hunt."

From cindy hall on February 17, 2020:
"according to the Seven Sons and Two Daughters of Morgan Bryan book, vol. 2, part 2, book 4, thomas was killed around december 1776 while crossing the yadkin river on a military mission. at the feb 1777 term of rowan county court, sarah hunt bryan was appointed administratrix of the estate of her husband, thomas bryan."

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


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