From the father of William Bryan who landed in circa

6. Morgan Bryan
7. John Bryan
8. William Bryan
9. Thomas Bryan b: 1735
--------At this point Martha Strode was 44 years of age.
• Information: 1684, Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, , Brecon, Wales. Morgan received his
education at the English School at Brussels, the same as his father; however, we found
no evidence this Morgan was educated as a mariner.
The years of mysteries concerning parents of this man should never have occurred. He
was purportedly born in Sweden to an Irishman who landed in Virginia in 1650 with his
parents, who then removed to Sweden, married, and had a son born in Sweden. Then
the man and his wife removed to Ireland where he spent the remainder of his life
attempting to restore the family power and authority. Somehow, after his father died
1694 in Ireland, this man purportedly landed in Pennsylvania, married there, and then
migrated south to Virginia. Hopefully, the mysteries will someday disappear.
Strangely, if Morgan Bryan was the son of Francis Bryan as purported, why did he not
name a son, Francis Bryan? During our research there were no males named Francis
among Morgan and Martha's children. The given name Morgan is unique to four Bryan
males, all of them descending from William in four direct generations, Morgan-to-
Morgan; Morgan-to-Morgan, and Morgan-to-Morgan, and the name Morgan appears in
the descendant lines of Cornelius Bryan (O'Bryan).
Since publication of the two books Boone Volume I, and Boone Volume II we have
expended considerable effort to prove where Morgan Bryan was born, and stand on the
location of his mother and her parents in Wales. Denmark has excellent birth records
beginning 1620-1650, and other than the nine children of Capt. William Morgan and his
second wife, we found no other Bryan or variant spellings thereto until mid 1750. We
checked Denmark for any record of a Francis Bryan there 1600 to 1700 with no proof
located. We do not believe the birth year of 1671 is even reasonable for this Morgan
Bryan in that, if he did not marry Martha Strode until 1719 as is purported by Bryan
Family Researchers, he would have been aged 48 years old, which would not be at all
common during the era of concern.
Perhaps of even greater significance, in following the descendants of Morgan Bryan and
Martha Strode, we have yet to prove one male descendant named Francis Bryan....
• Virginia Land Grant: 3 Oct 1734, Orange County, Virginia. Title Bryant, Morgan.
Publication 3 October 1734.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-
41.
Note Location: Orange County.
Description: 1250 acres on the western side of Sherrando River Beginning at George
Williams's corner on the south side of Opeckon.
Source: Land Office Patents No. 15, 1732-1735 (v.1 & 2 p.1-522), p. 333 (Reel 13).
Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of
the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives
at the Library of Virginia.
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