Monday, December 12, 2011

There are a few of George's wonderful instrument's still floating around out there ...

This one I found is absolutly beautiful! http://lifeonsomeplanet.blogspot.com/2007/02/thank-you-george-bryant.html It warms my heart that the owner truly appreicates what he has.

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And then there's my awesome new friend Nando Raio who had purchesed a bass Grandpa had made. Nando is an awesome artist!

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This is Nando www.nandoraio.com and this is the email & pics he sent me of his marvoulas bass ...

Hi Robin finally I found some info, its cool to meet a Bryant related to George, thank you very much for researching, I am sure George is very happy right now, could you send me some pics of him I want to put on my website www.nandoraio.com, i saw the links you sent GREAT. I need better resolution pics.
George was the man!!!! I wanna know everything about him, this bass will take my carrer to another level.
I have a double bass he made it is AMAZING one of the most beautiful and best sound basses I ever put my hands on, just to image the amount of work he put to make a instrument this big, insane, its crazy to think he made this bass around 1883 and now 2010 I have it.....I will be gone one day and this instrument will stay.
I attached pics of the bass check it out!
Thanks, Tchau,

Nando Raio
Elec. & Upright Bass
Film Scoring & Orchestration
www.nandoraio.com

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Friday, October 23, 2009

OK, it's been too long sense I've gotten back to this but here it goes ...

This research has been totally AWESOME & EXCITING & kinda a quest I am on for the love of FAMILY! I never fit in my maternal family here. My Poppa always told me I am just like my Dear Mother! The black sheep! I am her spitting image. Heart, mind & soul ... I am my mother's daughter! I don't look like my dad nor any of my siblings as they all take after Poppa.

I have actually found other descendants of my Momma's family all over the country!

First there's cousin Brett in who had a family tree with the same greatx3grandfather's as ours that I found in Geni.com. He then put me in touch with his Mom Nancy in Oregon who is most def a beautiful soul. This is cousin Nancy(on the right)with a dear friend of hers. Her brother Charles use to write back & forth with my Grandpa Harold Bryant(my mother's father). I remember my grandparents going west on the train to visit them when I was young. She's 78 years old now. I SO wish I could someday meet her. She read a lot of my writing's & posting in my other blogs & said I am a lot like her! :-) ... She so totally reminds me of my mother! I can see the family resemblance big time in her & her son Brett.



Then a really nice woman named Dianna in Mass and a few days ago a guy named Pat in Texas. They are cousins. Pat heads up The Bryant DNA Project so I sent off a hair clipping for testing. YEP ... WE ARE FAMILY!!! :-)

They have totally traced the family way back into the 1400's!! We are from great King's & Queen's ... oh what life would have been like had our grandpa Abraham Bryant had not came to America! Better yet, what life would have been like had my mother been able to stay in better touch with her father's family. My grandmother didn't like the Bryant's and moved my mom & her brother down to Md. from Mass when Mommy was only 11 yrs old. But then again ... had she not, Mommy would have never met Daddy & there would not be no me! :-)

Here are lot's of different site listing's with soooo much information about the family. Mostly about Great grandpa George as he did serve in the war, played in the band for Abraham Lincoln & was a famous violin maker in Mass. I have been in total awe reading & learning about him & proud that I am his great great granddaughter!

This book tell's the whole history of our family!
http://books.google.com/books?id=86rbSq2FhdYC&pg=RA2-PA302&lpg=RA2-PA302&dq=Sarah+Francis+Bryant&source=bl&ots=EbRro8IeV4&sig=iXxrtPCi5LwMuiMUMLMNgPO__Vk&hl=en&ei=3iahS-CRO8L_lgfFzL3YDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CBUQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%20Bryant&f=false
Great Great Grandpa George & his brother Cyrus both served in the band!
http://www.1stbrigadeband.org/website/default.html
A book with letter's that George wrote when he served in the war. He was a Col.!
http://www.archive.org/stream/storyofvicksburg00hoba#page/4/mode/2up

Thursday, September 24, 2009

The Cali. connection of Bryants

Ancestors of MAMIE JOSEPHINE BRYANT
Generation No. 1
1. MAMIE JOSEPHINE BRYANT, born 24 June 1888 in Petrolia, Humboldt, California; died 11 April
1978 in Fortuna, Humboldt, California. She was the daughter of 2. WILLIAM MALLORY BRYANT and 3.
ISABELLE HARRIETT ROBERTS. She married (1) ROBERT WESLEY FROST 24 February 1909 in
Eureka, Humboldt, California. He was born 25 November 1878 in Waddington, Humboldt, California, and died
17 January 1923 in Rohnerville, Humboldt, California. He was the son of GEORGE ANDERSON FROST and
EMMA STUART REYNOLDS.
Generation No. 2
2. WILLIAM MALLORY BRYANT, born 25 March 1859 in Eel River, Humboldt, California; died 23
November 1922 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California. He was the son of 4. ROLLA BRYANT, SR. and
5. ELIZABETH JOSEPHINE MALLORY. He married 3. ISABELLE HARRIETT ROBERTS 09 July
1881 in Rohnerville, Humboldt, California.
3. ISABELLE HARRIETT ROBERTS, born 11 November 1862 in Eureka, Humboldt, California; died
21 June 1938 in Ferndale, Humboldt, California. She was the daughter of 6. WILLIAM ROBERTS and 7.
ELIZABETH C. LAMBERT.
Children of WILLIAM BRYANT and ISABELLE ROBERTS are:
i. Eva Lorena Bryant, born 17 June 1882 in ,,California; died 19 November 1966 in Eureka, Humboldt,
California; married Walter King Garner 04 April 1914 in Eureka, Humboldt, California; born 20 August
1873 in ,,California; died 18 December 1954 in ,Humboldt, California.
ii. Rolla Theodore Bryant, born 22 January 1884 in ,,California; died 13 May 1958 in Fortuna, Humboldt,
California; married Mabel Parsons 11 October 1908 in Hydesville, Humboldt, California; born 15
November 1884 in ,,California; died 18 July 1969 in ,Humboldt, California.
1 iii. MAMIE JOSEPHINE BRYANT, born 24 June 1888 in Petrolia, Humboldt, California; died 11 April
1978 in Fortuna, Humboldt, California; married ROBERT WESLEY FROST 24 February 1909 in
Eureka, Humboldt, California.
Generation No. 3
4. ROLLA BRYANT, SR., born 15 July 1828 in Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont; died 09 April 1911 in
Alton, Humboldt, California. He was the son of 8. SETH THOMAS BRYANT and 9. LODOSKY PIERCE.
He married 5. ELIZABETH JOSEPHINE MALLORY 01 May 1856 in Camptonville, Yuba, California.
5. ELIZABETH JOSEPHINE MALLORY, born 04 November 1839 in Kingston, Luzerne, Pennsylvia;
died 27 August 1916 in Alton, Humboldt, California. She was the daughter of 10. WILLIAM MALLORY and
11. MELISSA STEVENS.
Children of ROLLA BRYANT and ELIZABETH MALLORY are:
i. Cyrus Edwin Bryant, born 14 March 1857 in Camptonville, Yuba, California; died 18 May 1928 in
Eureka, Humboldt, California.
2 ii. WILLIAM MALLORY BRYANT, born 25 March 1859 in Eel River, Humboldt, California; died 23
November 1922 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California; married ISABELLE HARRIETT
ROBERTS 09 July 1881 in Rohnerville, Humboldt, California.
iii. George Ralph Bryant, born 1861 in (,,California); died 1887 in Alton, Humboldt, California.
iv. Albert Bonapart Bryant, born 25 July 1863 in Eel River, Humboldt, California; died 12 January 1946 in
Oakland, Alameda, California; married Louise Wilson Abt. 1914; born 1869 in ,,Indiana.
v. Adalinda Isabel Bryant, born 1866 in Eel River, Humboldt, California; died 19 May 1885 in Petrolia,
Humboldt, California.
vi. Orlena Malissa Bryant, born 10 August 1871 in ,,California; died 30 December 1953 in Alton,
Humboldt, California; married Edgar E. Cornell 17 January 1903 in Eureka, Humboldt, California; born
1876 in ,,Minnesota; died Bef. 1954.
vii. Adella Josephine Bryant, born 29 September 1873 in ,,California; died 16 October 1949 in Eureka,
Humboldt, California; married Charles Christopher Luther 29 November 1893 in Alton, Humboldt,
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California; born 1869 in Hydesville, Humboldt, California; died 29 November 1926.
viii. Stella M. Bryant, born 1876 in ,,California; died 17 September 1880 in Alton, Humboldt, California.
ix. Seth M. Bryant, born 1879; died 1879.
x. Rolla Theodore Bryant, Jr., born 25 July 1881 in Waddington, Humboldt, California; died 06 May 1932
in Near Dyerville, Humboldt, California; married Grace Aleta Kime 14 February 1916 in Eureka,
Humboldt, California; born Abt. 1884 in ,,Washington.
xi. Edna Leona Bryant, born 30 September 1883 in ,,California; died 24 December 1967 in Eureka,
Humboldt, California.
6. WILLIAM ROBERTS, born 1830 in ,,Indiana; died 10 November 1906 in Ferndale, Humboldt,
California. He was the son of 12. ROBERT GILLESPIE ROBERTS and 13. ISABELLA GRAHAM. He
married 7. ELIZABETH C. LAMBERT Abt. 1860 in Eureka, Humboldt, California.
7. ELIZABETH C. LAMBERT, born 23 December 1844 in ,,Ohio; died 28 November 1929 in Ferndale,
Humboldt, California. She was the daughter of 14. ISAAC LAMBERT and 15. HARRIET CLAYTON.
Children of WILLIAM ROBERTS and ELIZABETH LAMBERT are:
3 i. ISABELLE HARRIETT ROBERTS, born 11 November 1862 in Eureka, Humboldt, California; died 21
June 1938 in Ferndale, Humboldt, California; married (1) WILLIAM MALLORY BRYANT 09 July
1881 in Rohnerville, Humboldt, California; married (2) George Washington Foster 17 March 1898 in
Eureka, Humboldt, California.
ii. Charles A. Roberts, born 02 August 1863 in Mattole Valley, Humboldt, California; died 24 November
1914 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California; married Harriet S. Aldrich 15 June 1896 in Eureka,
Humboldt, California; born April 1868 in Tipton, Cedar, Iowa.
iii. Dora Roberts, born 1866 in ,,California; died 16 January 1874 in Petrolia, Humboldt, California.
iv. Sarah Roberts, born January 1869 in ,,California; married (1) M.D. William S. Watson 19 August 1883
in Petrolia, Humboldt, California; born 1850 in ,,Ohio; married (2) Otis Grant Ellingwood 09 December
1887 in Petrolia, Humboldt, California; born September 1867 in ,,California; died 28 June 1941 in
,Pacific, Washington.
v. Theodore Robert Roberts, born 1870 in ,,California; died 13 January 1874 in Petrolia, Humboldt,
California.
vi. Robert Roberts, born 06 April 1873 in ,,California; died 16 April 1960 in ,Humboldt, California; married
Harriet Elizabeth Guptill 26 December 1900 in Eureka, Humboldt, California; born 06 May 1872 in
,,California; died 11 July 1948 in ,Humboldt, California.
vii. Stella G. Roberts, born 15 August 1875 in Mattole Valley, Humboldt, California; died 08 August 1912
in San Francisco, San Francisco, California; married James Hanna Kingston 08 April 1895 in Eureka,
Humboldt, California; born 19 December 1868 in ,,California; died 30 December 1942 in ,Humboldt,
California.
viii. Carrie E. Roberts, born 16 September 1879 in ,,California; died 16 November 1884 in Petrolia,
Humboldt, California.
Generation No. 4
8. SETH THOMAS BRYANT, born 28 June 1781 in Dana, Worcester, Massachusetts; died 13 May 1858
in Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont. He was the son of 16. WILLIAM B. BRYANT and 17. MARY //. He
married 9. LODOSKY PIERCE 23 November 1817 in Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont.
9. LODOSKY PIERCE, born 10 May 1801 in Coventry, Orleans, Vermont; died 09 August 1862 in
Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont. She was the daughter of 18. SOLOMON PIERCE and 19. POLLY
FARNSWORTH.
Children of SETH BRYANT and LODOSKY PIERCE are:
i. Calvin Charles Bryant, born 1819 in ,,Vermont; died 03 February 1899 in Alton, Humboldt, California;
married (1) Anna Caroline Gardner 1839 in Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont; born 1814 in ,,Vermont;
married (2) HARRIET CLAYTON Abt. 1864 in Humboldt county or Yuba County; born Abt. 1824 in
,,Ohio; died 26 December 1895 in Eureka, Humboldt, California.
ii. Thomas Jefferson Bryant, born April 1822 in Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont; died 28 February 1911 in
Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont; married Laura F. Booth 17 October 1847 in Essex, Essex, Vermont;
born 1825 in Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont; died 22 October 1895 in Richmond, Chittenden,
Vermont.
iii. Julia A. Bryant, born 1823; died Abt. 1840.
iv. Benjamin Franklin Bryant, born 15 March 1825 in Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont; died 26 February
1893; married Clarrisa A. Booth Abt. 1848; born 11 June 1827 in Essex, Chittenden, Vermont; died 29
July 1862 in Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont.
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4 v. ROLLA BRYANT, SR., born 15 July 1828 in Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont; died 09 April 1911 in
Alton, Humboldt, California; married ELIZABETH JOSEPHINE MALLORY 01 May 1856 in
Camptonville, Yuba, California.
vi. Eliza Bryant, born 1830 in ,,Vermont; married Holman H. Drew Abt. 1859 in Boston, Suffolk,
Massachusetts; born Abt. 1832 in ,,Vermont.
vii. Cyrus C. Bryant, born 1832 in Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont; died 1902; married Sarah Jane (Hilton)
14 July 1853 in , Barry, Missouri; born 1834 in Halifax, Brattleboro, Vermont.
viii. Lucia Bryant, born 02 August 1834 in Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont; died 18 August 1862 in
Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont.
ix. Miranda Bryant, born 1836 in ,,Vermont.
x. William K. Bryant, born August 1837 in Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont; married (1) Mary Ann
Woodworth 1860 in Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont; born 1842 in ,,Vermont; died 30 July 1890 in
Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont; married (2) Lillie M. Goodin 03 November 1893 in Richmond,
Chittenden, Vermont; born Abt. 1873; died Bef. 1900.
xi. Adlinda Prey Bryant, born 1841 in ,,Vermont; died 31 October 1911.
xii. George E. Bryant, born 1842 in ,,Vermont; died 06 April 1927; married Martha Emma // Abt. 1866; born
1850 in ,, Vermont.
xiii. James H. Bryant, born October 1845 in Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont; died Abt. May 1919; married
Henriette E. Barnes 22 February 1865 in Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont; born 1844 in Charlotte,
Chittenden, Vermont; died Aft. 1930.
xiv. Herman F. Bryant, born 31 August 1853 in West Windsor, Windsor, Vermont; died 11 April 1859 in
Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont.
10. WILLIAM MALLORY, born 10 June 1813 in Mallory/Hoosick, Otsego, New York; died in Tazewell,
Illinois (Toddsville, Otsego, New York). He was the son of 20. PETER MALLORY, SR. and 21. SOPHIA
SHIPMAN. He married 11. MELISSA STEVENS 26 January 1831 in Blakely, Luzerne, Pennsylvania.
11. MELISSA STEVENS, born Abt. 1811 in Coopertown, Otsego, New York; died 28 December 1862 in
Hydesville, Humboldt, California. She was the daughter of 22. NOAH STEVENS and 23. //.
Children of WILLIAM MALLORY and MELISSA STEVENS are:
i. // Mallory, born Abt. 1832.
ii. Harriet Mallory, born 24 November 1834 in ,,Pennsylvania; died 02 April 1868 in Rohnerville,
Humboldt, California; married Horace H. Drake 01 September 1850 in ,,Wisconsin; born 07 March 1820
in Le Roy, Genesee, New York; died 08 June 1892 in Rohnerville, Humboldt, California.
iii. // Mallory, born Abt. 1836.
iv. Napoleon Bonaparte Mallory, born 1837 in ,,Pennsylvania.
5 v. ELIZABETH JOSEPHINE MALLORY, born 04 November 1839 in Kingston, Luzerne, Pennsylvia;
died 27 August 1916 in Alton, Humboldt, California; married ROLLA BRYANT, SR. 01 May 1856 in
Camptonville, Yuba, California.
12. ROBERT GILLESPIE ROBERTS, born Abt. 1795 in ,Cumberland, Penn.; died 26 January 1849 in
,Cedar, Iowa. He was the son of 24. JOHN ROBERTS and 25. NANCY GILLESPIE. He married 13.
ISABELLA GRAHAM 31 May 1821 in Big Spring Presb. Church, Newville, Cumberland, Pennsylvania.
13. ISABELLA GRAHAM, born September 1796 in (Mercer, Mercer,) Pennsylvania; died 01 October
1888 in ,Cedar, Iowa. She was the daughter of 26. // GRAHAM.
Children of ROBERT ROBERTS and ISABELLA GRAHAM are:
i. Eliza Roberts, born 14 December 1822 in Newport, Vermillion, Indiana; died 08 May 1916 in Cedar
Bluff,Cedar, Iowa; married George Washington Albin 07 March 1842 in (Pedee), Cedar, Iowa; born
1821 in ,Pickaway, Ohio; died Aft. 1853.
ii. John Roberts, born 14 December 1822 in ,,Indiana; died 03 September 1843 in Iowa, Cedar, Iowa.
iii. // Roberts, born Abt. 1825.
iv. // Roberts, born Abt. 1825.
v. Robert R. Roberts, born November 1828 in Ohio; died 06 August 1871 in Iowa,Cedar, Iowa; married
Rose // Abt. 1850; born 1827 in Ohio.
6 vi. WILLIAM ROBERTS, born 1830 in ,,Indiana; died 10 November 1906 in Ferndale, Humboldt,
California; married ELIZABETH C. LAMBERT Abt. 1860 in Eureka, Humboldt, California.
vii. // Roberts, born Abt. 1832.
viii. Josephine Roberts, born 20 April 1834 in Newport, Vermillion, Indiana; died 29 September 1917 in
Gower, Cedar, Iowa; married Ziba John Howard 16 June 1851 in Gower,Cedar, Iowa; born 06
November 1829 in Adams, Decatur, Indiana; died 14 February 1868 in Gower, Cedar, Iowa.
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14. ISAAC LAMBERT, born Abt. 1818 in ,,Ohio; died Abt. 1860 in (Iowa). He married 15. HARRIET
CLAYTON 10 November 1839 in ,Hardin, Ohio.
15. HARRIET CLAYTON, born Abt. 1824 in ,,Ohio; died 26 December 1895 in Eureka, Humboldt,
California. She was the daughter of 30. DAVID CLAYTON and 31. MARY //.
Children of ISAAC LAMBERT and HARRIET CLAYTON are:
i. // Lambert, born Abt. 1840.
ii. Rebeca Lambert, born 1843 in ,,Ohio.
7 iii. ELIZABETH C. LAMBERT, born 23 December 1844 in ,,Ohio; died 28 November 1929 in Ferndale,
Humboldt, California; married (1) WILLIAM ROBERTS Abt. 1860 in Eureka, Humboldt, California;
married (2) Thomas Jefferson Frost 26 October 1907 in Eureka, Humboldt, California.
iv. David Lambert, born 1846 in ,,Ohio.
v. William D. Lambert, born 1849 in ,,Ohio.
vi. Lot Lambert, born 1851 in ,,Ohio.
vii. Orlando McFarland Lambert, born 25 March 1854 in ,,Iowa; married Mary Elizabeth Drake 16 July
1881 in Mattole, Humboldt, California; born 17 January 1858 in ,Yuba, California; died 07 March 1952
in ,Los Angeles, California.
viii. Byron Lambert, born 1855 in ,,Ohio; died 24 November 1896 in Alton, Humboldt, California; married
Lillian Drake 29 August 1877; born 29 June 1860 in ,Yuba, California; died 23 September 1938 in
Ellensburg, Kittitas, Washington.
ix. George Lambert, born Abt. 1857.
x. Isaac Newton Lambert, born December 1859 in ,,Iowa; died Bef. 1930; married Emma E. Hunter 14
November 1886 in Rohnerville, Humboldt, California; born November 1868 in ,,California.
Generation No. 5
16. WILLIAM B. BRYANT, born Abt. 1755. He was the son of SAMUEL BRYANT and Lydia //. He
married 17. MARY // 1780.
17. MARY //, born Abt. 1764; died 30 August 1828 in Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont.
Children of WILLIAM BRYANT and MARY // are:
8 i. SETH THOMAS BRYANT, born 28 June 1781 in Dana, Worcester, Massachusetts; died 13 May 1858
in Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont; married (1) Abigail Bailey 1799; married (2) LODOSKY PIERCE
23 November 1817 in Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont.
ii. Julia Bryant, born 09 September 1783 in Dana, Worcester, Massachuetts; died 11 April 1859 in
Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont; married Isaac Gleason 29 July 1806 in Dana, Worcester,
Massachusetts; born 26 March 1776 in (Dana, Worcester, Massachusetts); died 05 April 1849 in
Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont.
iii. // Bryant, born Abt. 1785.
iv. // Bryant, born Abt. 1787.
v. Calvin Bryant, born Abt. 1789 in Dana, Worcester, Massachusetts; married Lurena Burt 15 October
1809 in Dana, Worcester, Massachusetts; born Abt. 1791 in Dana, Worcester, Massachusetts.
vi. // Bryant, born Abt. 1790.
vii. // Bryant, born Abt. 1790.
18. SOLOMON PIERCE, born 15 March 1779 in Shirley, Middlesex,Massachusetts; died 01 December
1863 in Essex, Chittenden, Vermont. He was the son of JOHN PIERCE, JR. and SALLY FARNSWORTH. He
married 19. POLLY FARNSWORTH 25 October 1800 in Coventry, Orleans, Vermont.
19. POLLY FARNSWORTH, born 01 April 1782 in Claremont, Sullivan, New Hampshire; died 18
January 1844 in Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont. She was the daughter of JOHN FARNSWORTH, JR. and
HANNAH WHITE.
Children of SOLOMON PIERCE and POLLY FARNSWORTH are:
9 i. LODOSKY PIERCE, born 10 May 1801 in Coventry, Orleans, Vermont; died 09 August 1862 in
Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont; married SETH THOMAS BRYANT 23 November 1817 in Richmond,
Chittenden, Vermont.
ii. Avarintha Pierce, born 28 January 1803 in Coventry, Orleans, Vermont; married Martin Barber Abt.
1822; born Abt. 1803; died Bef. 1850.
iii. May Pierce, born 27 November 1805 in Coventry, Orleans, Vermont; died Bef. 1850 in (,,Vermont);
married Nathan Tyler Abt. 1825; born 1802 in ,,Vermont.
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iv. Nancy Pierce, born 28 July 1807 in Coventry, Orleans, Vermont; married Elihu Bates Abt. 1827; born
1798 in Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont; died Bef. 1880.
v. Christopher Pierce, born 1808 in Vermont; married Leslie Andrews 01 November 1835 in Richmond,
Chittenden, Vermont; born 31 March 1817 in Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont; died 26 March 1874 in
Huntington, Chittenden, Vermont.
vi. Almira Pierce, born 11 September 1809 in Coventry, Orleans, Vermont; married (1) Howell Parmelee
Abt. 1829 in ,,Vermont; born Abt. 1798; died Bef. 1850; married (2) Samuel Douglas Abt. 1832; born
24 August 1809 in ,,Vermont.
vii. Charles Farnsworth Pierce, born 24 December 1811 in Coventry, Orleans, Vermont; died 07 April 1864
in Jericho, Chittenden, Vermont; married (1) Mary M. Bates Abt. 1831; born Abt. 1811; married (2)
Nancy Church Abt. 1837 in Barton, Orleans, Vermont; born 1812 in ,,New Hampshire.
viii. Solomon Pierce, born 09 November 1814 in Coventry, Orleans, Vermont; married (1) Sarah Crane
Jewell 11 November 1840 in Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont; born Abt. 1820; married (2) Rebekah
Glines 27 March 1844 in Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont; born Abt. 1824.
ix. Lucia Lucy Pierce, born 14 February 1815 in Coventry, Orleans, Vermont; died 01 November 1892 in
Essex, Chittenden, Vermont; married Milo Keeler 04 September 1836 in Richmond, Chittenden,
Vermont; born 01 September 1812 in Essex, Chittenden, Vermont; died 15 March 1887 in Essex,
Chittenden, Vermont.
x. Jerusha H. Pierce, born 09 February 1818 in Covenrty, Orleans, Vermont; married Kendall Williams
Abt. 1844; born 1813 in ,,Vermont; died Bef. 1870.
xi. Albion Pierce, born 06 March 1820 in Coventry, Orleans, Vermont; died Aft. 1880; married (1) Hannah
Williams 1849 in ,,Vermont; born 01 July 1825 in ,,Vermont; died 19 February 1862; married (2) Eliza
Adeline Bates 21 October 1862 in Colchester, Chittenden, Vermont; born 12 January 1838 in ,,New
York; died 04 August 1895 in Morristown, Lamoille, Vermont.
xii. Harriett Melinda Pierce, born 04 June 1822 in Coventry, Orleans, Vermont; married (1) Giles Olin in
Bennington, Bennington, Vermont; born 1825 in Griswold, New London, Connecticut; married (2)
Samuel Conant Abt. 1843; born 1803 in ,,Massachusetts.
xiii. Alfred Pierce, born 11 March 1824 in Coventry, Orleans, Vermont; died Bef. 1900 in (,,Ohio); married
(1) Martha L. Williams 1848 in Vermont; born 17 January 1819 in Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont;
died 28 December 1858 in Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont; married (2) Minerva T. Brownell Abt.
1859; born 16 April 1833 in ,,Vermont; died Bef. 1900 in (,,Ohio).
xiv. Ranson C. Pierce, born 06 September 1826 in Coventry, Orleans, Vermont; married Maria H. Caswell
Abt. 1850; born 1829 in Huntington, Chittenden,Vermont.
20. PETER MALLORY, SR., born 09 October 1775 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut. He was the
son of NATHANIEL MALLORY and ABIAH BEARDSLEY. He married 21. SOPHIA SHIPMAN Abt. 1801
in Mallory, Otsego, New York.
21. SOPHIA SHIPMAN, born 1784 in Mallory, Otsego, New York. She was the daughter of // SHIPMAN.
Children of PETER MALLORY and SOPHIA SHIPMAN are:
i. Levi T. Mallory, born 1804 in Mallory, Otsego, New York; married (1) Martha Marie Phelps Abt. 1825
in Otsego, New York; born 1804 in Cortland, Cortland, New York; died 22 May 1849 in Phelps Farm
Cem., Taylor, Livingston, New York; married (2) Lovina // 1851; born April 1819 in Solon, Courtland,
New York; died in Chicago, Cook, Illinois.
ii. Peter Mallory, Jr., born 1806 in Mallory, Otsego, New York.
iii. Lucy Mallory, born 1808 in Hoosick, Rensselaer, New York.
iv. Norman N. Mallory, born 1811 in ,Otsego, New York; married Nancy M. // Abt. 1834 in (,,New York);
born 1815 in ,,New York.
v. Lucius E. Mallory, born Abt. 1815 in Hoosick, Rensselaer, New York; married (1) // Abt. 1827; born
Abt. 1813; married (2) Maria // Abt. 1849; born 1822 in ,,New York.
10 vi. WILLIAM MALLORY, born 10 June 1813 in Mallory/Hoosick, Otsego, New York; died in Tazewell,
Illinois (Toddsville, Otsego, New York); married (1) MELISSA STEVENS 26 January 1831 in Blakely,
Luzerne, Pennsylvania; married (2) Eliza Todd 07 March 1838 in Toddsville, Otsego, New York.
vii. Jane Mallory, born Abt. 1814 in Hoosick, Rensselaer, New York.
viii. Lucinda Mallory, born 1817 in ,Otsego, New York; died April 1888 in ,Otsego, New York; married
William // Abt. 1837; born Abt. 1817.
ix. Hiram Delos Mallory, born December 1829 in Hartwick, Otsego, New York; married Susannah Rosina //
Abt. 1850; born 1830 in ,,New York; died Bef. 1900.
22. NOAH STEVENS, born Abt. 1780. He was the son of Morris Stevens and //. He married 23. // 1806.
23. //, born Abt. 1786; died Abt. 1820.
Children of NOAH STEVENS and // are:
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i. // Stevens, born Abt. 1807.
ii. // Stevens, born Abt. 1809.
11 iii. MELISSA STEVENS, born Abt. 1811 in Coopertown, Otsego, New York; died 28 December 1862 in
Hydesville, Humboldt, California; married (1) WILLIAM MALLORY 26 January 1831 in Blakely,
Luzerne, Pennsylvania; married (2) John P. Cook, Sr. 01 July 1849 in ,Grant, Wisconsin; married (3)
Seth Putnam Chism 08 July 1858 in Eel River, Humboldt, California.
iv. // Stevens, born Abt. 1813.
v. // Stevens, born Abt. 1815.
vi. // Stevens, born Abt. 1816.
vii. // Stevens, born Abt. 1820.
24. JOHN ROBERTS, born Abt. 1773 in (,Cumberland, Penn.); died Bef. 1830. He was the son of //
ROBERTS and //. He married 25. NANCY GILLESPIE 12 May 1795 in Big Spring Presb. Church, Newville,
Cumberland, Penn..
25. NANCY GILLESPIE, born March 1777 in Hopewell, Cumberland, Penn.; died Bef. 1840. She was the
daughter of ROBERT GILLESPIE and ELIZABETH //.
Children of JOHN ROBERTS and NANCY GILLESPIE are:
12 i. ROBERT GILLESPIE ROBERTS, born Abt. 1795 in ,Cumberland, Penn.; died 26 January 1849 in
,Cedar, Iowa; married ISABELLA GRAHAM 31 May 1821 in Big Spring Presb. Church, Newville,
Cumberland, Pennsylvania.
ii. Elizabeth Roberts, born 1796 in ,Cumberland, Penn; married John Oxor 04 November 1817 in Big
Spring Presb. Church, Newville, Cumberland, Penn; born Abt. 1792 in (,Cumberland, Penn.).
iii. // Roberts, born Abt. 1798.
iv. Andrew Roberts, born Abt. 1800 in ,Cumberland, Penn; married Catharine Crotzer 16 March 1829 in
Big Spring Presb. Church, Newville, Cumberland, Penn; born Abt. 1803 in ,Cumberland, Penn..
v. // Roberts, born Abt. 1801.
vi. // Roberts, born Abt. 1803.
vii. // Roberts, born Abt. 1810.
26. // GRAHAM, born Abt. 1776.
Children of // GRAHAM are:
13 i. ISABELLA GRAHAM, born September 1796 in (Mercer, Mercer,) Pennsylvania; died 01 October 1888
in ,Cedar, Iowa; married ROBERT GILLESPIE ROBERTS 31 May 1821 in Big Spring Presb. Church,
Newville, Cumberland, Pennsylvania.
ii. William Graham, born Abt. 1798; married //; born Abt. 1800.
30. DAVID CLAYTON, born 13 July 1798 in ,,Virginia; died 22 January 1879 in (Siam, Taylor, Iowa).
He married 31. MARY // Abt. 1824 in (,,Ohio).
31. MARY //, born 25 May 1800 in ,,Pennsylvania; died 06 December 1883 in (Iowa). She was the
daughter of // and //.
Children of DAVID CLAYTON and MARY // are:
15 i. HARRIET CLAYTON, born Abt. 1824 in ,,Ohio; died 26 December 1895 in Eureka, Humboldt,
California; married (1) ISAAC LAMBERT 10 November 1839 in ,Hardin, Ohio; married (2) Calvin
Charles Bryant Abt. 1864 in Humboldt county or Yuba County.
ii. George Washington Clayton, born 1825 in ,,Ohio; died 1888 in (Iowa); married Fidelia // Abt. 1852;
born August 1831 in ,,New York; died 1920 in (Iowa).
iii. Daniel Harrison Clayton, born 03 March 1827 in , Washington, Ohio; died 21 July 1908 in Siam, Taylor,
Iowa; married Marian J. Looker 03 June 1847 in ,Hardin, Ohio; born Abt. 1829 in ,,Virginia; died 30
January 1900 in Siam, Taylor, Iowa.
iv. // Clayton, born Abt. 1829.
v. Mary J. Clayton, born 1833 in ,,Ohio.
vi. David Elzy Clayton, born 17 July 1836 in ,,Ohio; died 28 February 1916 in Siam, Taylor, Iowa; married
Harriet E. Griffith 1866 in (,,Iowa); born February 1844 in ,,Ohio; died 1932.
vii. Jonah Clayton, born 1840 in ,,Ohio.

Charles Calvin Bryant son of Calvin Charles ... another brother of gg~granpa's


Charles Bryant was born in Alton, California on April 1st, 1864.
His father was Calvin Charles Bryant, and his mother was Harriett Clayton.

A history of his father Calvin Charles Bryant:
The name of Bryant is a familiar one in Humboldt County, having been associated with many of its important happenings in its early history. The first to arrive there was Calvin Charles Bryant, a native of Richmond Vermont. In 1852, with his younger brother, Rolla, he started west, sailing from New York on May 2, 1852, and landing at Aspinwall on May 14. Traveling by train, flat-boat and on foot, they reached Panama, where they remained three days, leaving there on a steamship which brought them to San Francisco on June 16, where they followed mining in Yuba County. Later, they settled in Humboldt County, where Calvin took part in several indian campaigns as a volunteer. He married Harriet Clayton, who was born in Iowa, and they located on a ranch at Sandy Prairie, between Fortuna and Alton, where Calvin successfully farmed for many years. He was a musician of marked ability and had the honor of organizing one of the first orchestras in the county, of which he was the leader. His services were in great demand at Masonic dances and it was not uncommon for him to receive one hundred dollars for his services for a single evening's performance, while the other three members of the orchestra received seventy-five dollars each. He also taught the first dancing school in the county as well.
Calvin Bryant lived to the advanced age of eighty-three years, dying in Alton, on February 3rd, 1899.

Charles Bryant, who was the only son of his parents, was married to Evalena Strong in 1884, and to them were born eleven children: Calvin, Clarence ("Dutch"), Theodore, Ruby, Lula May, Annie, Ethel, Edna, Leland, Erla and Loris.
In conducting his farming enterprises in Humboldt county, Charles Bryant encountered the average number of drawbacks, and it is to his credit that he profited by his failures and built a solid foundation for the future. He first rented, then later purchased, a large ranch of three hundred acres near Carlotta, and with his son Clarence, was engaged in stock-raising and dairying. While the care of so great an acreage, together with a dairy of about forty cows, necessitated constant labor and untiring energy, the returns justified the procedure and at the same time added further proof concerning stock-raising and dairy possibilities of the county. The locality in which he lived had for Charles an enduring claim upon his youthful remembrances and latter-day accomplishments, for he was born at Alton, on the old Dinsmore ranch, and had passed his entire life within the confines of Humboldt county. He was a talented musician, as was his father before him, and had been a leader in musical circles for over thirty years. He was the director of the Bryant orchestra at Carlotta, which consisted of five pieces. His special qualifications for this position brought the orchestra into wide prominence, and its services were in great demand throughout the county. The entire family of Mr. Bryant possesed a high degree of musical ability, and his daughter Ruby Bryant was an accomplished pianist and a great credit to her profession.
Calvin Bryant was a member of Alton Parlor, Native Sons of the Golden West, and was a Republican. He died in Alton in 1931, and was buried on January 7th, at "The Old Cemetery", in Hydesville, CA

Information obtained from ... http://brettandjodie.com/family/charlesbryant.html

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

ROLLA BRYANT, SR. ... GreatGreatGrandpa George Edward Bryant's Brother

Name: Rolla BRYANT
Given Name: Rolla
Surname: Bryant
Suffix: Sr.
Sex: M
Birth: 15 JUL 1828 in Richmond, Chittenden Co., VT
Death: 9 APR 1901 in Alton, Humboldt Co., CA
Burial: Hydesville, Humboldt Co., CA

Note:
ROLLA BRYANT, SR.—The Bryant family is one of great refinement and Rolla Bryant was of the same blood as the famous poet, William Cullen Bryant. He was born in Richmond, Vt., July 15, 1828, and was the son of Seth Thomas and Lodoski (Pierce) Bryant. Until the age of twenty, he lived on his father's farm and then followed the carpenter's trade until 1852. With his eldest brother, Calvin, he then started west, sailing from New York on May 2, 1852, and landing at Aspinwall on May 14. Traveling by train, flat-boat and on foot, they reached Panama, where they remained three days, leaving there on a steamship which brought them to San Fran­cisco on June 16.

Mr. Bryant engaged in mining at the North Yuba River, twelve miles below Downieville. It was here that he met Chris Luther who became his lifelong friend. Together they went to Camptonville, Yuba County, where they operated a hydraulic mine, in those days a dangerous business, and Mr. Bryant and a companion once almost lost their lives by the caving in of the banks while engaged in this work. Mr. Bryant could claim the dis­tinction of being the builder of the first tunnel for hydraulic mining in the state of California. This tunnel was five hundred feet in length and sup­ported by heavy timbers to prevent accidents which were of common occurrence.

In 1856 Mr. Bryant married Elizabeth Josephine Mallory who was born in Pennsylvania and had spent some of the earliest years of her life in Tazewell County, Ill. Here her father, William Mallory, had practiced law and engaged in farming, dying when his little daughter was only five years old. Her mother, Malissa Stephens Mallory, left her in a school in Jefferson, Grant County, Wis., and crossed the plains to California in 1852, settling at Camptonville, in Yuba county. Here her daughter joined her in 1854, having traveled across the plains at the age of fourteen with a brother and a number of friends. In 1856 the mother moved to Humboldt County, where she was married to Seth Chisholm, an old-time supervisor of the county.

Mr. and Mrs. Rolla Bryant were the parents of eleven children: Cyrus Edwin, a farmer, owns a part of the old Bryant place; William Mallory, blacksmith and dairyman, lives at the Bryant homestead, and has three children and three grandchildren, his children being Mrs. Eva Garner of Ferndale, Rolla Theodore of Alton, and Maimie Bryant Frost of Fortuna; George Ralph, the third child of Rolla Bryant, died at the age of six years; Albert B., farming part of the old homestead, married in Kansas City, Mrs. Louise Wilson ; Adelinda Isabel, died at the age of nineteen ; Orlena Malissa married E. E. Cornell of Ferndale, foreman on the state highway, and mechanic and filer, they have two children, Edwin Bryant and Lathor ; Della Josephine, wife of Charles Luther, manager of Russ Market, Eureka; Stella M. died at five years of age; Seth died in infancy; Rolla, Jr., and Edna Leona live at home.

After his marriage Mr. Bryant continued to live in Yuba county for two years. Then in 1858, with his wife and one child, he sailed from San Fran­cisco for Humboldt County. Owing to rough weather, they were landed at Trinidad, whence they went at once to the Eel River Valley, and Mr. Bryant bought the farm which continued to be his home until his death. He died at his home at Alton, on the ninth of April, 1911, and is survived by his widow and seven children. Mr. Bryant also left a sister, Mrs. Eliza Drew, of Boston, Mass., and three brothers, George E. Bryant of Lowell, Mass.; James H. Bryant of Williston, Vt., and William K. Bryant of Richmond, Vt.

Mr. Bryant was charitable and just to his fellow men, and in business he was the soul of honor. His is a name that will be remembered and respected by his friends and by the dwellers in this western country which he helped to build.

information obtained from ....
http://brettandjodie.com/geneology.html

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

The California Connection ... California LaPintoirca

Left to right ....

Sara Dinsmore, Mamie Bamforth, Jamie Baker, Molly Driscol,
Eva MaDonald & Robert Liprey

Bryant Homestead Middlesex,Mass.



Abraham Bryant (1), the immigrant ancestor of Sarah Frances Bryant, of Lynnfield, Massachusetts, who married Warren A. Harris, of Millbury, was one of the early settlers of Reading, Massachusetts. He was born m England about 1640. He was a blacksmith by trade. His home was on what is now Elm street on the south side, west of Joseph Hartshorn's place.

He married (first), 1664, Mary, daughter of Deacon Thomas Kendall. She died in 1688 and he married (second) Ruth Frothingham, of Charlestown. She was widow of Samuel Frothingham, and died in 1693.

Children of Abraham and Mary Bryant were:
Mary, born 1666, married, 1684,John Weston;
Rebecca, born 1668, died 1670;
Abraham (2), born 1671, father of Abraham(3), who settled in Sudbury; Thomas, born 1674;
Anna, born 1676;
William, born 1678;
Kendall, born 1680;
Abigail, born 1683,died 1694;
Tabitha, born 1685.
John Bryant was born 1722, and died 1795. He had two
wives ; the first was Margaret Smith, the second Anna Lar-
com, both natives of Beverly.
His children were :
Benjamin,
Jonathan,second son, married Sarah Norwood, and they were the parents of John, Anna, and Sarah Bryant.
Mary,
Lydia,
Elizabeth,
Sarah,
and John.
Jonathan,
Mr.John Bryant died, and his widow married John Derby,of Harvard, Mass.She died June 30, 1829,having been the mother of eleven
children. Of the three children of John and Sarah Bryant,
Sarah died while young,and Anna,who was blind, died at
the age of twenty-four, while John, who was born 1772,
married Sarah Brown, April 28, 1807, and they had eight
children: John, born May 3, 18 10; Sarah, Jonathan, Anna,
Brown, Lydia Nichols, Maria, Benjamin. Mr. John Bryant is
still living at fourscore and five years of age, and Jonathan at
eighty. Anna, Maria, and Benjamin still lived at the old
homestead. Lydia N. married Edwin Mudge, a prominent
citizen of Danvers ; is a widow, and still resides there with
her daughter. Sarah Frances Bryant married Warren Harris
of Millbury, a highly esteemed citizen of that place, where is
still her residence. The house has been built in which this
family reside nearly ninety years.

Jonathan Bryant, son of Jonathan and Sarah (Brown)
Bryant, was born Jan. 11, 1815. He married Sarah P.
Spokesfield, of Reading, 1839. She was the mother of his
children, of whom three are living. She died 1873. He
married Mrs. Hannah P. Pringle, 1874, who died February,
1884. Nov. I, 1885, he married Mrs. Susan E. Green, of
Reading. He is a farmer ; was postmaster several years,
and was town treasurer nine years. He is a public-spirited
citizen and a representative man of Lynnfield.

Friday, September 18, 2009

George E. Bryant and Our Great For ~ Father's

George is 4th from the right, bottom row

The Bryant's
George is in the back on the left