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Library of Virginia. Archives.<br />

• Estate: 15 Jun 1708, Norfolk County, Virginia. Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate<br />

Records, 1639-1850 about Roger, Sr. <strong>Bryan</strong><br />

Name: Roger, Sr. <strong>Bryan</strong><br />

Date: 1 May 1708<br />

Location: Norfolk County, VA<br />

Notes: This probate record was extracted from microfilmed copies of the original Will<br />

Book.<br />

Remarks: Roger <strong>Bryan</strong> Senr of County of Norfo, Virga. Book 8 f. 14. Dated 1 May<br />

1708. Proved 15 June 1708. . . . my loving Son Roger <strong>Bryan</strong> Junr to be my whole &<br />

Sole Execr & trustee of my said Estate . . . to my daughter Dorothy Wakefield one<br />

Shilling . . . t<br />

Description: Testator<br />

Book_Date: 8-14<br />

Prove Date: 15 Jun 1708<br />

Roger married Dorothy Clements before 1670 in Norfolk County, Virginia. Dorothy was<br />

born in 1641 in Elizabeth City County, Virginia and died before 1708 in Norfolk County,<br />

Virginia.<br />

15. Capt. William <strong>Bryan</strong> (William (Capt.) 2 , John Sr. (Capt.) 1 ) was born in 1642 in<br />

Copenhagen, , Københavns Amt, Denmark, was christened on 11 Dec 1642 in Copenhagen, ,<br />

Københavns Amt, Denmark, and died before 10 Apr 1703 at Sea.<br />

Noted events in his life were:<br />

• Information: 1642, Copenhagen, , Københavns Amt, Denmark. William apprenticed as<br />

a mariner under the Barker family of Charles City Virginia, he was certified by Capt.<br />

Jonathan Steel of Port Tobacco Maryland May 1677. We know nothing about any<br />

children born to Joan and William.<br />

• He immigrated in 1654 to Virginia. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-<br />

1900s about William <strong>Bryan</strong><br />

Name: William <strong>Bryan</strong><br />

Year: 1654<br />

Place: Virginia<br />

Source Publication Code: 6220<br />

Primary Immigrant: <strong>Bryan</strong>, William<br />

Annotation: Record of 20,000 very early immigrants, with much relevant information.<br />

Taken from Patent Books 1 through 5. Title page states, "In 5 volumes," but up to 1979<br />

only three had appeared. See nos. 6221 and 6223 for second and third volumes,<br />

published in 1977<br />

Source Bibliography: NUGENT, NELL MARION. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts<br />

of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1666. Vol. 1. Richmond [VA]: Dietz<br />

Printing Co., 1934. 767p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1983.<br />

Page: 304<br />

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Abraham Moone claimed the head right of William <strong>Bryan</strong> and used it to obtain a patent<br />

of 600 acres dated november 1, 1654.<br />

Cavaliers & Pioneers, Vol., I, pg 304<br />

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