Bryan Family Descendants - NO

• He died before 10 Apr 1703 at Sea. William died at sea when his ship, The Expedition,
disappeared.
William married Joan Church on 10 May 1669 in Berkeley, , Gloucestershire, England. Joan
was born in 1647 in Brugge, , Brabant, Belgium and died after 1720 in Brugge, , Brabant,
Belgium.
Noted events in her life were:
• Information: 1647, Brugge, , Brabant, Belgium. Joan was the daughter of Richard
Church and his wife, Frances Gwynne of Wales. her father was a merchant in Brugge.
She was a spinster aged 22 years when she married William Bryan.
16. Capt. Richard Bryan (William (Capt.) 2 , John Sr. (Capt.) 1 ) was born in 1644 in
Copenhagen, , Københavns Amt, Denmark, was christened on 2 May 1644 in Copenhagen, ,
Københavns Amt, Denmark, and died after 1720 in Brugge, , Brabant, Belgium.
Noted events in his life were:
• Information: 1644, Copenhagen, , Københavns Amt, Denmark. Richard apprenticed as
a mariner under the Barker family of Charles City Virginia. He was certified by Capt.
Jonathan Steele of Port Tobacco Maryland June 1670. We know nothing about any
children born to Florence and Richard.
• He immigrated in 1654 to Virginia. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-
1900s about Richard Bryan
Name: Richard Bryan
Year: 1654
Place: Virginia
Source Publication Code: 2772
Primary Immigrant: Bryan, Richard
Annotation: Includes 25,000 names from records of the Virginia State Land Office.
Excerpts of the Irish names from the Greer list were published in no. 6258, O'Brien,
Early Immigrants to Virginia....
Source Bibliography: GREER, GEORGE CABELL. Early Virginia Immigrants, 1623-
1666. Richmond [Va.]: W.C. Hill Printing Co., 1912, 376p. Reprinted by Genealogical
Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1978. Repr. 1982.
Page: 50
---------------
Christopher Boor claimed the head right of Richard Bryan and used it to obtain a patent
of 300 acres in Westmoreland County Virginia dated June 10, 1654.
Cavaliers & Pioneers Vol., I, pg 304
Richard married Florence Davis on 22 Sep 1672 in St. Phillip & St. Jacob's Parish, Bristol, ,
Gloucestershire, England. Florence was born in 1649 in Brugge, , Brabant, Belgium.
Noted events in her life were:
• Information: 1649, Brugge, , Brabant, Belgium. Florence was the daughter of
goldsmith, Robert Davis, originally of Bristol. We could not prove her mother, or her
christening. She was a spinster aged 23 when she married Richard Bryan.
22