From the father of William Bryan who landed in circa

Joseph next married Alice Linville, daughter of John Linville Sr. and Anne
Hendricks, in 1741 in Frederick County, Virginia. Alice was born in 1725 in Spotsylvania
County, Virginia and died in 1807 in Jefferson County, Kentucky at age 82.
Noted events in her life were:
• Information: 1728, Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Alice was the daughter of William
Linville of Spotsylvania County Virginia.
The child from this marriage was:
89 F i. Eleanor Bryan was born in 1768 in Rowan County, North Carolina and died
before 1825 in Shelby County, Kentucky.
Eleanor married Ephraim Adams (d. Jan 1810) on 25 Sep 1789 in Rowan
County, North Carolina.
Eleanor next married Josiah Boone II (d. Nov 1825) on 15 Dec 1810 in
Jefferson County, Kentucky.
67. Col. Samuel Bryan (Morgan III 5 , Morgan II 4 , Morgan I (Capt.) 3 , William (Capt.)
2 , John Sr. (Capt.) 1 ) was born in 1721 in Chester County, Pennsylvania and died after 15 Aug 1798
in Rowan County, North Carolina.
Noted events in his life were:
• Family: Samuel married first, Masmilla Enochs a young widow who married first a Mr.
Simpson in Virginia. Masmilla died in Virginia, and Samuel married as his second wife
Elizabeth McMahon, as her first husband.
• Information: 1721, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Samuel Bryan was the one son of
Morgan Bryan who did not serve in the Revolution. Morgan, he raised an army of eight
hundred men and delivered them and self to the Governor of North Carolina to fight for
the King. During the War he earned the rank of Colonel in the British Army. After the
war he was immediately arrested, subsequently tried and convicted of treason, and
sentenced to death. His life was spared when British authorities agreed to make a
prisoner exchange, which earned the release of a British captured Revolutionary War
fighter. After release from prison Samuel, returned to his stripped Yadkin estate and
lived out his life. Samuel and his brother Joseph visited their Kentucky relatives in
1797 ... Samuel died 1798.
• Proof: 11 Dec 1746, Augusta County, Virginia. Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate
Records, 1639-1850 about Samuel Bryan
Name: Samuel Bryan
Date: 11 Dec 1746
Location: Augusta Co., VA
Property: 186 acres on a branch of North River of Shanando called Wallings Creek.
Notes: This land record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish
Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of
Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley.
Remarks: James Gill, late of Orange County. 25 current money Pennsylvania. Proved
by all witnesses 18 Mar 1746.
Description: Witness
Book_Date: 1-193
• Estate: 15 Aug 1798, Rowan County, North Carolina. Will of Samuel Bryan - August
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