When John Bryson was born in 1564, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, his father, Lt. Samuel C. Bryson, was 20 and his mother, Rebekah Hills, was 20. He had at least 1 daughter with Louisa Scott Bryson. He died after 1584, in County Antrim, Ireland.
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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