BRYAN, Morgan

1671 - 1763  (92 years)

• Name	BRYAN, Morgan
  Born	1671	Denmark
  Gender	Male
  Died	1763	North Carolina
  Person ID	I7147	Uriah Davis I - Genealogy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2018

  
  

  Family	STRODE, Martha,   b. 1697, France ,   d. 24 Aug 1762, Near Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia  (Age 65 years)
  Married	1719	Chester County, Pennsylvania
  Children	1. BRYAN, Joseph,   b. 1720,   d. 1804  (Age 84 years)   2. BRYAN, Samuel,   b. 1721,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. BRYAN, James,   b. 3 Apr 1723,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. BRYAN, Mary,   b. 1725,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. BRYAN, Elinor,   b. 1727,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. BRYAN, Rebecca,   b. 9/09 Jan 1728/1729   7. BRYAN, Morgan,   b. 20 May 1729,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. BRYAN, John,   b. 9 Apr 1730,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. BRYAN, William,   b. 6/06 Mar 1733/1734   10. BRYAN, Thomas,   b. 1735,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. BRYAN, Martha,   b. 19 Nov 1740,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2018
  Family ID	F2675	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Morgan Bryan was born in 1671 in Denmark. In 1719 he was a member of theNew Garden Quaker com munity and married Martha Strode in Chester County,PA. Martha was born 1696/1697 in France an d not in Holland as previouslystated on this website. In 1724 he moved to the west into Peque a Creekdistrict (present-day Lancaster, PA). In 1730 he and Alexander Ross,another Quaker fro m New Garden, purchased one hundred thousand acres ofland on the waters of Opequon Creek (nea r present day Winchester VA). In1734 Morgan Bryan purchased a tract in present day Berkeley C o, WVA andthere he settled with his family. In 1748 Bryan moved himself and hislarge family t o North Carolina where he made his home near the south bankof Deep Creek and was one of the m ost prominet settlers in northwesternNorth Carolina.