Abraham Bryant

  General Notes:

Sergt. Abraham Bryant, died 6 Jul 1720
~Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, Reading Vol. I, p.503 ¹¹⁴⁹

  Noted events in his life were:

• He emigrated from England to Massachusetts. Before 1664. ⁹⁹

• He was employed. ⁹⁹
Abraham was a blacksmith, and lived on Elm Street, south side, west of Joseph Hartshorne's home. All four of his sons were also blacksmiths. Of the forty-six men in the second through fourth generations, twelve of them were blacksmiths at some point in their lives.

• Children: ⁵⁷
With Mary Kendell:
Mary, b. 1666, and m. 1684, John Weston
Rebecca, b. 1668, and d. 1670
Abraham, b. 1671
Thomas, b. 1674
Anna, b. 1676, William, b. 1678
Kendall, b. 1680
Abigail, b. 1683, and d. 1694
Tabitha, b. 1685.

• Family Background Information: ¹²⁹
Abraham Bryant, immigrant ancestor of this branch of the family was born in England in 1647, where the name Bryant is traced back to Sir Guy de Briant, who lived in the reign of Edward III and whose descendants had a seat in Castle Herefore Wales. The arms of the English family are: 3 piles meeting near the base of the escutcheon, azure.

Abraham married Mary Kendall, daughter of Thomas Kendall Decan and Rebecca, on 2 Feb 1664 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts. (Mary Kendall was born on 24 Dec 1647 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts,²³¹ died on 8 Mar 1688 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts ¹²⁹ and was buried in 1688 in Ancient Burial Ground in South Reading, Massachusetts ⁵⁷⁰.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Record: ¹¹⁵³
Bryant, Abraham (-1720) & 1/wf Mary Kendall 1647/8 March 1687/88, ae 40); 2 Feb 1664, Reading.

~New England Marriages Prior to 1700, p. 111.