When Margaret Bryson was born in 1761, in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Robert Brycen, was 41 and her mother, Jean Jackson, was 39. She lived in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland in 1761.
Scottish: patronymic from the personal name Brice + -son (see Brice and Bryce ).
Irish (Donegal): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Briosáin, a form of Ó Muirgheasáin (see Morrissey ), altered by association with the Scottish surname Bryson, especially in Derry. Bryson was also used for Breslin in Donegal.
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