Bryant Family Tree
This website is provides information about the ancestors of Cordis Bryant and Ruby Bell Maddox.
How to use the Site:
As you are exploring our family, click on the Paternal Bryant line link above. It will take you to the beginning of the Bryant’s that my father has found. Throughout the pages are different links focusing on places and people related to the pages. You can click the links to read about battles, castles, and places our ancestors traveled. If there is information on the wives, you will see their names underlined. Click on their links to read about the wives’ lives and their families.
As information is found, we will be constantly updating information and links.
A note on generation numbers: This page has information about the ancestors of Cordis Bryant. In numbering generations, Cordis’s grandchildren are being counted as generation 1, his children are generation 2, and he is generation 3.
From left: Savory Lopez, Cordis Bryant, Earl Bryant, Charles Gregg, Jerry Bryant
Quick Links to Family Trees
Visual Family Trees
Want a quick look at our ancestors? Check out the visual family tree. Each branch will have a visual that starts with the earliest ancestor we could find on that branch and connects each generation to either Cordis or Ruby Bryant.
Highlighting Our Ancestors!
We will highlight an interesting ancestor every few months. Our next ancestor we are highlighting is Sir Guy de Brienne.
- Sir Guy was born in 1311 at Walwyns Castle in Wales.
- First wife was Joan Carew, daughter of Sir John Carew of Carew Castle.
- Second wife was Lady Elizabeth de Montagu, the daughter of William Montague, 1st Earl of Salisbury.
- Guy and Elizabeth had 5 children together: William (who we are descended from), Margaret, Phillip, Elizabeth, and Guy.
- Sir Guy was a knight of Edward III. He was elected to the Order of the Garter. Served under Richard III against the French and bore the King’s Standard in the Battle of Calais. Sir Guy was an ambassador to Pope Innocent VI in 1361. He was also the Admiral of the King’s Fleet in 1361. He was called the 1st Baron of Bryan.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_de_Bryan,_1st_Baron_Bryan
- Family endowed the Slapton Church.
- https://youtu.be/m6w4oozE2DA
- https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/Slapton/Stabb-Slapton
- Sir Guy died on August 17, 1390, (79 years old) at Tewkesbury Abbey in Glocestershire.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tewkesbury_Abbey
- https://www.tewkesburyabbey.org.uk/
How does the Guy de Brienne connect to you? See the tree below.
26) Sir Guy de Brienne ——————Jane de la Pole
25) Sir Guy de Brienne ——————Lady Eve de Tracy
24) Sir Guy de Brienne ——————Lady Sybil de Sully
23) Sir Guy de Brienne ——————Anne de Holway
22) Sir Guy de Brienne ——————-Lady Elizabeth de Montagu
21) Sir William de Bryan (Brienne)——Joan Fitzalan
20) Sir Thomas Bryan ——————–Margaret Etchingham
19) Sir Edmund Bryan——————–Lady Alice de Bures
18) Sir Thomas Bryan———————Lady Margaret Bowsey
17) Sir Thomas Bryan ——————–Lady Margaret Bourchier
16) Sir Francis Bryan ———————Lady Joan Butler Fitzgerald
15) Sir Francis Bryan———————Lady Ann Smith
*14) Sir William Smith Bryan ————Lady Catherine Morgan
*13) Sir John Bryan ———————–Sarah Berryman
12) William Bryan ————————Lady Alice Needham
11) Woodham Needham Bryan (t) ——Anne Rombeau
10) Col. Needham Bryant —————–Nancy Ann Smith
9) Frederick Bryant ———————–Amelia Pugh
8) William Frederick Bryant————–Mary Manning
7) William (Wiley) Bryant —————-Sarah (Sally) Elizabeth ?
6) Allen Bryant—————————-Peninah (Penelope) Williams
5) Jeremiah Marion Bryant —————–Permelia Ann Burgett
4) William Marion Bryant —————–Malinda Irene Singletary
3) Cordis Clyde Bryant ——————–Ruby Bell Maddox
Gallery
This page has pictures collected of various ancestors. Check back each month as pictures are added. If you have pictures you would like to share with us, please message Ron Bryant.
People in the picture: Parr family From Top Left:
Alice Parr (married Walter Eggleston), Mable Parr (married John Raymond), Mary Elizabeth Parr (married Thurman Pleasant), William(Bill) Parr, John Maddox (who we are descended from), Lula Parr (who we are descended from)
From Bottom Row Left: Homer Maddox, Nancy Hyde Parr (who we are descended from), Daisy Parr, Lorenzo Parr (who we are descended from), Winnie Maddox, Mary Isgrigg Hyde (who we are descended from)
Picture taken around 1904.
Happy Birthday!
Celebrating our ancestors who have birthdays in August! If you would like to read about each ancestor, the easiest way to find them is to go to the button below for the Index of Ancestors. Find the link of the last name and that will take you to their page.
- Lt. Col. Thomas Pugh: Born on August 6, 1726 and lived to be 87 years old.
- William Cooke: Born on August 9, 1633, and lived to be 65 years old.
- Epaphroditus Lawson: Born on August 10, 1684, and lived to be 38 years old.
- Mary Gillette Hoskins: Born on August 12, 1668, and lived to be 61 years old.
- John Hoskins: Born on August 13, 1695, and lived to be 87 years old.
- Thomas Twyne: Born on August 15, 1540, and lived to be 77 years old.
- Hendrick Gerritse VanWie: Born on August 18, 1646, and lived to be 45 years old.
- Peregrine Trippe: Born on August 19, 1725, and lived to be 54 years old.
- Jacob Reed: Born on August 20, 1731, and lived to be 64 years old.
- Sarah Sherman Trippe: Born on August 26, 1726, and lived to be 52 years.
- Capt. Samuel Doty: Born on August 27, 1679, and lived to be 62 years old.
- Lemuel Lemmon: Born on August 28, 1761, and lived to be 59 years old.
- Sir Edmund Trippe: Born on August 29, 1319, and lived to be 74 years old.
- Lucy Hoskins Burgett: Born on August 31, 1807, and lived to be 45 years old.
- William Dixon: Born on August 31, 1596, and lived to be 44 years old.
Index of Surnames
Want to see how many generations back each surname is on our family tree? Search the index to see all the branches of our tree. We still have not put in the Singletary family or the Maddox family, but we will be updating these soon.
Immigrant Ancestors
As we have been doing research on our ancestors, we have found many of our ancestors who immigrated from the Old World to the New World. From nobility coming over to own land to indentured servants, the reasons our ancestors immigrated to the New World were varied. Click the button below to see our immigrant ancestors and learn where they came from and where they made a new life in a brand new area.
Archived Ancestor of the Months pages
Did you miss the ancestor of the month posts? Go to the archives and see what you missed!
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