Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Bryant was born on 24 February 1725, in Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, British Colonial America, her father, William Bryant, was 25 and her mother, Mary Lessingham, was 30. She married Henry Brittain about 1742. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died in 1784, in Wayne, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Wayne, North Carolina, United States.
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Sources (2)
- Elizabeth Carraway, "United States Census, 1790"
- Nina Guthrie, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
Spouse and Children
1724–1784 Male
1725–1784 Female
Children (9)
1749–1784 Male
1750–1804 Female
1752–1792 Female
1755– Female
1757–1824 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1700–1749 Male
1695–1747 Female
Siblings (1)
1725–1784 Female
World Events (2)
1775
Age 50
1776
Age 51
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the Celtic personal name Brian (from brigo- ‘high’ + the suffix -ant-), with excrescent -t. Breton bearers of this name were among the Normans who invaded England in 1066. They went on to settle in Ireland in the 12th century, where the name mingled with the native Irish form Briain (see O'Brien ). The latter had also been borrowed, as Brján, by the Vikings, who introduced it independently into northwestern England before the Norman Conquest.
Breton: very rare variant of Briant (see Briand ) and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this.
History: The American poet William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878) came of a New England family, being descended from Stephen Bryant, who had settled in Plymouth Colony in 1632.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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