Needham Bryan (son of William Bryan and Alice Needham) was born 11 Feb 1690 in Isle Of Wight , VA., and died 02 Jun 1770 in Snowfield Plantation, Bertie County, NC..
Notes for Needham Bryan: Isle Of Wight County, Virginia Formed 1637 From Warrosquyouke County formed in 1634
Col. Needham Bryan came with his parents to N. C. about the year1722, and settled in Bertie County until 1767. He was Justice of the Peace there in1732, 1739, 1745 and 1746 and a member of the assembly from1750-1759, representing Johnston County. His will, dated dated 23-Sep-1767and probated in 1770 mentions his wife Sarah, and sons Needham and William. Sarah was his third wife. Needham and all three wives are buried at Snowfield, Bertie Co.
BERTIE COUNTY WILL - Bryan, Needham - 1767 File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Pauline Pierce The below was found in the Bryan Family file in the North Carolina StateArchives in Raleigh.Will and Settlement of Needham Bryan, Sr., Bertie County, NC.In the name of God Amen the Twentie Third day of September inthe year of Our Lord 1767, I Needham Bryan of North Carolina in theCounty of Bartie farmer being very sick in body but of perfect mind andmemory give and bequeath SARAH my dearly beloved wife one feather bedand furniture the chose of all my beds one horse choise as she likesside saddell and bridell and after her decease to go into the estate.Item I give to my gran son WILLIAM BRYAN the son of my son WILLIAM my still and my stock of smiths tools. Item I give and bequeath to my foregran sons EZEKIL WILLIAMS LEWIS GARDNER and JOHSEPH JARNIGHAN and my daughters son WILLIAM hur first born each of them a cr[torn]lin and bequeathto SUSANA HARRELL one [torn] called Anny ? Item and bequeath to young JACOB JARNIGHAN three pounds out of my estate when sheared and after my debts is paid. I do lend all my whole estate to my wife and my grandson WILLIAM BRYAN that now lives with me and after my wifes widowhood to be equally divided to my three children all but he has in razen? that his shear all rest to my son NEEDHAM an WILLIAM and daughter RACHELL and my son NEEDHAM nad son WILLIAM and my son in law WILLIAM WHITFIELD forevery one of them ot chuse them a man to vally and devide to threelots and each to take their shear and I do make and ordain my two sons NEEDHAM BRYAN and WILLIAM BRYAN my sole executors of this my last willand testament and I do hereby utterly disallow revouk and disannulland all and every other forms testaments and wills and legases bequeathsand executors by me in any wise before this time named or ment. Inwitness wheeof I have heir unto set my hand and seal this day and year above ritten. Signed sealed published pronounced and declared by methe said NEEDHAM BRYAN SENER as his last will and testament in thepresents of us the subscribers. NEEDHAM BRYAN William Turner Jurat James Turner Joseph Turner Proved in March Court, 1770; Bertie County NC, Will Book 2, page8.
Abbrev: James D. Officer Title: James D. Officer Publication: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=officerfam Date: 5 May 2001 Abbrev: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Title: Ancestral File (R) Publication: http://www.familysearch.org/ENG/default.asp Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998 Date: 5 Jan 1998 Repository: Name: Family History Library Abbrev: Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight Title: Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight Author: John Bennett Boddie Date: 26 May 1997
Children of Needham Bryan are:
+Needham Bryan, b. 31 Oct 1726, Snowfield, Bertie, NC., d. 02 Jun 1770, Johnston, NC..
Needham Bryan (b. 11 Feb 1690, d. 02 Jun 1770)
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