WILLIAM BRYAN

Born	Abt 1655 Ireland
Parents
Married	1689 Lady Alice Needham, daughter of Sir Charles Needham
Died
Children

1) NEEDHAM	b. 23 Feb 1690 Isle of Wight CO.,VA m. 1) ll or l6 Nov 1711, ANNE RAMBEAU m. 2) 14 Aug 1732, Susanna Harrell d. 1752 m. 3) 20 Jun 1753, Sarah Woodward d. 1776 ch. 3 dau.?, RACHEL, William, Needham d. Jan or Jun 2 1770 Bertie Co., N.C
2) John	b. 1692 Isle of Wight Co., VA M. 1) m. 2) Elizabeth Joyner of VA ch. Elizabeth ?, Samuel ? d. Will dated Sep 1734, N.C.
3) William II	It is thought he married & stayed in VA. The ancestor of William Jennings Bryan.

In 1722 William Bryan and his sons, Needham and John, moved to Albemarle Sound in North Carolina. William served as High Sheriff and Justice of the Peace for Bertie County, and was a Member of the Assembly for Pasquotank County in 1739. He died in 1742 in Pasquotank County, N.C., and is buried there. Lady Alice died in 1729.

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