Paternal Bryant Genealogy: From Sir Guy de Brienne to Cordis Bryant

10th Generation: Col. Needham Bryant

• Needham was born on October 31, 1726, at Snowfield Plantation in Bertie County, North Carolina.
• He married Nancy Ann Smith on February 5, 1748, in Johnston, North Carolina. They had nine children together: Needham, Sally, Cecillia, Kedar, Winnefred, Frederick, Nancy, Charlotte, and Rigdon.
• Needham was the commander of the Johnston County Militia that fought at the Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge on February 27, 1776. He was a member of the Colonial Assembly from 1769-1775. Needham represented the First Provincial Congress in 1774. He introduced a bill to establish Smithfield as a town. A chapter of the DAR in AL is named for him.
• Needham died August 1777 (51 years old) in Johnston County, North Carolina.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72777183/needham-bryan

10th Generation: Nancy Ann Smith

• Nancy was born in 1728 in Bertie County, North Carolina.
• She married Col. Needham Bryant on February 5, 1748. They had seven children together:
  • Needham (1748-1787) Served as a captain in the militia
  • Sally (1750-1810)
  • Cecillia (1750-1788)
  • Kedar (1752-1807)
  • Winnefred (1754-1783)
  • Frederick (who we are descended from) (1755-1821)
  • Nancy (1756-1815)
• Nancy died in 1760 (48 years old) in Johnston County, North Carolina.