Descendants of Stephen Bryant


Generation No. 1

1.  STEPHEN1 BRYANT was born in England.  He married ABIGAIL SHAW, daughter of JOHN SHAW and ALICE.  

Notes for STEPHEN BRYANT:
Genealogical Register of Plymouth Famlies
Stephen, Duxbury, 1643, moved to Plymouth, 1650---
--immigrant ancestor; was in the Plymouth colony as early as 1632 and his name appears on the Plymouth records in 1638. moved to Duxbury; moved back to Plymouth 1650.  From here it appears he moved back and forth between Duxbury and Plymouth;
	
Children of STEPHEN BRYANT and ABIGAIL SHAW are:
	i.	ABIGAIL2 BRYANT, b. Abt. 1648; m. JOHN BRYANT, 23 Nov 1665.

Notes for ABIGAIL BRYANT:
--a source does not mention Abigail as a daughter of Stephen Bryant;

Notes for JOHN BRYANT:
--Lieutenant;

2.	ii.	JOHN BRYANT, b. 07 Apr 1650.
	iii.	MARY BRYANT, b. 29 May 1654.
3.	iv.	STEPHEN BRYANT, b. 02 Feb 1658, Plymouth.
	v.	SARAH BRYANT, b. 28 Nov 1659.
4.	vi.	LYDIA BRYANT, b. 23 Oct 1662; d. 06 Feb 1736.
	vii.	ELIZABETH BRYANT, b. 17 Oct 1665; m. JOSEPH KING.


Generation No. 2

2.  JOHN2 BRYANT (STEPHEN1)1 was born 07 Apr 1650.  He married SARAH.  
	
Children of JOHN BRYANT and SARAH are:
5.	i.	JOHN3 BRYANT, b. Sep 1678.
	ii.	JAMES BRYANT, b. 26 Jul 1682.
	iii.	RUTH BRYANT, b. 26 Sep 1685.
	iv.	SARAH BRYANT, b. 28 Feb 1688.
	v.	JOANNA BRYANT, b. 13 Nov 1690.
	vi.	GEORGE BRYANT, b. 03 Dec 1693.


3.  STEPHEN2 BRYANT (STEPHEN1)1 was born 02 Feb 1658 in Plymouth.  He married MEHITABEL.  
	
Children of STEPHEN BRYANT and MEHITABEL are:
	i.	STEPHEN3 BRYANT, b. 01 May 1684.
	ii.	DAVID BRYANT, b. 16 Feb 1687.
	iii.	WILLIAM BRYANT, b. 22 Feb 1692.
	iv.	HANNAH BRYANT, b. Abt. 1695.
6.	v.	ICHABOD BRYANT, b. 05 Jul 1699, Middleboro, Massachusetts; d. 22 Nov 1759, Bridgewater, Massachusetts.
	vi.	TIMOTHY BRYANT, b. 25 Aug 1702.


4.  LYDIA2 BRYANT (STEPHEN1) was born 23 Oct 1662, and died 06 Feb 1736.  She married WILLIAM CHURCHILL2 17 Jan 1683 in Plymouth3, son of JOHN CHURCHILL and HANNAH PONTUS.  He was born 1656 in Plymouth, and died 05 Oct 1722 in Plympton.
	
Children of LYDIA BRYANT and WILLIAM CHURCHILL are:
7.	i.	WILLIAM3 CHURCHILL, b. 02 Aug 1685, Plympton.
	ii.	SAMUEL CHURCHILL, b. 15 Apr 1688, Plympton; m. (1) JOANNA BRYANT; m. (2) MERIBAH.
	iii.	JAMES CHURCHILL, b. 21 Sep 1690, Plympton; m. MARY MCFARLIN.
	iv.	ISAAC CHURCHILL, b. 16 Sep 1693, Plympton; m. SUSANNA LEACH.
8.	v.	BENJAMIN CHURCHILL, b. 1695, Plympton; d. 06 Dec 1771.
	vi.	LYDIA CHURCHILL, b. 16 Apr 1699; m. JOHN LOVELL.
	vii.	JOSIAH CHURCHILL, b. 21 Aug 1702; m. JEMIMA HAMBLIN.
	viii.	MEHITABLE CHURCHILL, b. Abt. 1704; m. ELKANAH SHAW.


Generation No. 3

5.  JOHN3 BRYANT (JOHN2, STEPHEN1)3 was born Sep 1678.  He married MARY WEST 11 Jul 17003.  

Notes for JOHN BRYANT:
VR of Plymouth: also has a Jonathan Bryant as marrying Margret/Margaret West 27 Feb 1700
	
Children of JOHN BRYANT and MARY WEST are:
	i.	JAMES4 BRYANT, b. 27 Aug 1702.
	ii.	EBENEZER BRYANT, b. 14 Mar 1705.


6.  ICHABOD3 BRYANT (STEPHEN2, STEPHEN1) was born 05 Jul 1699 in Middleboro, Massachusetts, and died 22 Nov 1759 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.  He married RUTH STAPLES.  She was born Abt. 1702, and died 27 May 1777.

Notes for ICHABOD BRYANT:
--ancestor of William Cullen Bryant, the poet, through his son Philip, and grandson Peter, father of William Cullen Bryant;
--lived in Raynham, Massachusetts; to North Bridgewater about 1745;
	
Children of ICHABOD BRYANT and RUTH STAPLES are:
9.	i.	PHILIP4 BRYANT.
	ii.	NATHAN BRYANT.

Notes for NATHAN BRYANT:
--unmarried;

	iii.	SETH BRYANT, m. ELIZABETH FRENCH, 07 Feb 1765.
10.	iv.	JOB BRYANT, b. Abt. 1742.
	v.	GAMALIEL BRYANT.

Notes for GAMALIEL BRYANT:
--settled in New Bedford;

	vi.	PHEBE BRYANT, m. HENRY HOWARD.
	vii.	RUTH BRYANT, m. UNKNOWN HOLMES.
	viii.	SARAH BRYANT, m. FRANCIS COOK, 1750.
	ix.	ANNA BRYANT, m. UNKNOWN ROBINSON.
	x.	PRUDENCE BRYANT.

Notes for PRUDENCE BRYANT:
--unmarried;


7.  WILLIAM3 CHURCHILL (LYDIA2 BRYANT, STEPHEN1) was born 02 Aug 1685 in Plympton.  He married RUTH BRYANT 11 Jan 17043.  
	
Children of WILLIAM CHURCHILL and RUTH BRYANT are:
11.	i.	EBENEZER4 CHURCHILL, b. 1705.
	ii.	HANNAH CHURCHILL, b. 1707; m. UNKNOWN BISBEE.
12.	iii.	DAVID CHURCHILL, b. 1709.
	iv.	REBECCA CHURCHILL, b. 1711; m. UNKNOWN FORD.
	v.	WILLIAM CHURCHILL, b. 1714.
	vi.	RUTH CHURCHILL, b. 1716; m. UNKNOWN COLE.
13.	vii.	NATHANIEL CHURCHILL, b. 1718; d. 1794.
	viii.	ABIGAIL CHURCHILL, b. 1721; m. UNKNOWN BRYANT.
14.	ix.	ICHABOD CHURCHILL, b. 1722.
	x.	SARAH CHURCHILL, b. 1724; m. UNKNOWN MARSHALL.
	xi.	JOANNA CHURCHILL, b. 1727.


8.  BENJAMIN3 CHURCHILL (LYDIA2 BRYANT, STEPHEN1) was born 1695 in Plympton, and died 06 Dec 1771.  He married MARY SHAW 15 Dec 1717.  
	
Children of BENJAMIN CHURCHILL and MARY SHAW are:
	i.	MARY4 CHURCHILL, b. 17 Apr 1720.
15.	ii.	PEREZ CHURCHILL, b. 15 Oct 1722, Middleboro.
	iii.	ELIZABETH CHURCHILL, b. 15 Apr 1725.
	iv.	JAMES CHURCHILL, b. 30 Dec 1726.
16.	v.	BENJAMIN CHURCHILL, b. 03 Jan 1728.
	vi.	SUSANNA CHURCHILL, b. 02 Apr 1733.


Generation No. 4

9.  PHILIP4 BRYANT (ICHABOD3, STEPHEN2, STEPHEN1)  He married SILENA/SILENCE HOWARD/HARWOOD 1757.  

Notes for SILENA/SILENCE HOWARD/HARWOOD:
--Silena Howard or Silence Harwood?


	
Child of PHILIP BRYANT and SILENA/SILENCE HOWARD/HARWOOD is:
17.	i.	PETER5 BRYANT.


10.  JOB4 BRYANT (ICHABOD3, STEPHEN2, STEPHEN1) was born Abt. 1742.  He married MARY TURNER.  
	
Children of JOB BRYANT and MARY TURNER are:
	i.	ANNA5 BRYANT, b. 12 Nov 1764; m. ABIEL PHILLIPS, 1787.

Notes for ABIEL PHILLIPS:
--of Easton;

	ii.	NATHAN BRYANT, b. 15 Sep 1766; m. SARAH JORDAN.
	iii.	CALVIN BRYANT, b. 16 Dec 1768; m. REBECCA MORSE.
	iv.	JOB STAPLES BRYANT, b. 19 Jul 1772; m. LOVICE PRATT, 1793.
	v.	THIRZA BRYANT, b. 04 Oct 1774; m. MANASSAH DICKERMAN, 1791.
	vi.	OLIVER BRYANT, b. 21 Dec 1776; m. NABBY AMES, 1804.
	vii.	CLEMENT BRYANT, b. Abt. 1785, Bridgewater; m. RACHEL WHEELER; b. 08 May 1788; d. 19 Apr 1881.
	viii.	DAVID BRYANT.
	ix.	SAMUEL BRYANT.
	x.	ASA BRYANT, m. (1) MEHITABLE SNOW; m. (2) BETSEY SNOW.

Notes for ASA BRYANT:
--perhaps his two wives, Betsey and Mehitable Snow, are the same person?


	xi.	HARRIET BRYANT, m. DAVID DUNBAR.


11.  EBENEZER4 CHURCHILL (WILLIAM3, LYDIA2 BRYANT, STEPHEN1) was born 1705.
	
Children of EBENEZER CHURCHILL are:
	i.	HANNAH5 CHURCHILL.
	ii.	RUTH CHURCHILL.
	iii.	LEAH CHURCHILL.
	iv.	JOSHUA CHURCHILL.
	v.	REBECCA CHURCHILL.
	vi.	ISAAC CHURCHILL.
	vii.	JOHN CHURCHILL.


12.  DAVID4 CHURCHILL (WILLIAM3, LYDIA2 BRYANT, STEPHEN1) was born 1709.  He married MARY MAGOON 1729.  
	
Children of DAVID CHURCHILL and MARY MAGOON are:
	i.	DAVID5 CHURCHILL, b. 1729.
	ii.	HANNAH CHURCHILL, b. 1733.
	iii.	WILLIAM CHURCHILL, b. 1739.
	iv.	ELIAS CHURCHILL, b. 1742.
18.	v.	JAMES CHURCHILL, b. 1746.


13.  NATHANIEL4 CHURCHILL (WILLIAM3, LYDIA2 BRYANT, STEPHEN1) was born 1718, and died 1794.
	
Children of NATHANIEL CHURCHILL are:
	i.	LEVI5 CHURCHILL.
	ii.	STEPHEN CHURCHILL.
	iii.	JOSEPH CHURCHILL.
19.	iv.	NATHANIEL CHURCHILL.


14.  ICHABOD4 CHURCHILL (WILLIAM3, LYDIA2 BRYANT, STEPHEN1) was born 1722.  He married (1) REBECCA.    He married (2) SUSANNA.  
	
Children of ICHABOD CHURCHILL and REBECCA are:
	i.	EBENEZER5 CHURCHILL, b. 1744.
	ii.	JOANNA CHURCHILL, b. 1747.
	iii.	DEBORAH CHURCHILL, b. 1749.
	iv.	ICHABOD CHURCHILL, b. 1751.
	v.	REBECCA CHURCHILL, b. 1753; m. EBENEZER CUSHMAN.

	
Children of ICHABOD CHURCHILL and SUSANNA are:
20.	vi.	THOMAS5 CHURCHILL, b. 1756; d. 26 Feb 1826.
	vii.	SARAH CHURCHILL, b. 1758.
	viii.	WILLIAM CHURCHILL, b. 1761.
	ix.	EUNICE CHURCHILL, b. 1765.


15.  PEREZ4 CHURCHILL (BENJAMIN3, LYDIA2 BRYANT, STEPHEN1) was born 15 Oct 1722 in Middleboro.  He married (1) DEBORAH THAYER.    He married (2) PERSIS HARLOW, daughter of JAMES HARLOW.  
	
Children of PEREZ CHURCHILL and DEBORAH THAYER are:
	i.	DELIVERANCE5 CHURCHILL, b. 1742.
21.	ii.	ZEBEDEE CHURCHILL, b. 1745.
	iii.	DEBORAH CHURCHILL, b. 1747.
	iv.	PEREZ CHURCHILL, b. 1753.
	v.	LYDIA CHURCHILL, b. 1756.
22.	vi.	ISAAC CHURCHILL, b. 1758; d. Oct 1797.
	vii.	JOSEPH CHURCHILL, b. 1761.


16.  BENJAMIN4 CHURCHILL (BENJAMIN3, LYDIA2 BRYANT, STEPHEN1) was born 03 Jan 1728.  He married THANKFUL WOOD.  

Notes for BENJAMIN CHURCHILL:
--lived in Middleboro till 1801, moved to Hartford, Maine;
	
Children of BENJAMIN CHURCHILL and THANKFUL WOOD are:
	i.	JABEZ5 CHURCHILL.
	ii.	JAMES CHURCHILL.
	iii.	WILLIAM CHURCHILL, m. LYDIA MAXIM, Middleboro.
	iv.	JOSEPH CHURCHILL.
	v.	NELSON CHURCHILL.
	vi.	DINAH CHURCHILL.


Generation No. 5

17.  PETER5 BRYANT (PHILIP4, ICHABOD3, STEPHEN2, STEPHEN1)
	
Child of PETER BRYANT is:
	i.	WILLIAM CULLEN6 BRYANT.


18.  JAMES5 CHURCHILL (DAVID4, WILLIAM3, LYDIA2 BRYANT, STEPHEN1) was born 1746.  He married PRISCILLA SOULE 1765.  
	
Children of JAMES CHURCHILL and PRISCILLA SOULE are:
23.	i.	OLIVER6 CHURCHILL, b. 1766.
	ii.	PRISCILLA CHURCHILL, b. 1768; m. JOSEPH WRIGHT.
	iii.	JAMES CHURCHILL, b. 1771.
	iv.	ISAIAH CHURCHILL, b. 1773.
	v.	JANE CHURCHILL, b. 1776.
	vi.	CHRISTIAN CHURCHILL, b. 1778.
	vii.	JAMES CHURCHILL, b. 1782; m. JAEL ELLIS.
	viii.	HARRIET CHURCHILL, b. 1785.
	ix.	SOPHIA CHURCHILL, b. 1787.
	x.	HANNAH CHURCHILL, b. 1791.


19.  NATHANIEL5 CHURCHILL (NATHANIEL4, WILLIAM3, LYDIA2 BRYANT, STEPHEN1)  He married LYDIA.  
	
Children of NATHANIEL CHURCHILL and LYDIA are:
	i.	ABIGAIL6 CHURCHILL, m. UNKNOWN BISBEE.
	ii.	LYDIA CHURCHILL, m. UNKNOWN HAMMOND.
	iii.	LEVI CHURCHILL.
24.	iv.	JOSEPH CHURCHILL.
	v.	NATHANIEL CHURCHILL.


20.  THOMAS5 CHURCHILL (ICHABOD4, WILLIAM3, LYDIA2 BRYANT, STEPHEN1) was born 1756, and died 26 Feb 1826.  He married MARY HOLMES4 1778, daughter of ZACHEUS HOLMES.  She was born Abt. 1759, and died 12 Jul 1835.

Notes for THOMAS CHURCHILL:
Burial Hill, Plymouth, Mass.
Erected to the memory of Thomas Churchill Consort of Mary Churchill, formerly of Plympton who departed this life Feb 26, 1826; aged 70 years.
	
Children of THOMAS CHURCHILL and MARY HOLMES are:
	i.	ZACHEUS6 CHURCHILL, b. 1779.
	ii.	NANCY CHURCHILL, b. 1781.
	iii.	TEMPERANCE CHURCHILL, b. 1783.
	iv.	POLLY CHURCHILL, b. 1786.
	v.	THOMAS CHURCHILL, b. 1789.
25.	vi.	CHARLES CHURCHILL, b. 1792.
	vii.	THOMAS CHURCHILL, b. 1796.


21.  ZEBEDEE5 CHURCHILL (PEREZ4, BENJAMIN3, LYDIA2 BRYANT, STEPHEN1) was born 1745.  He married SARAH CUSHMAN 1764, daughter of CALEB CUSHMAN.  
	
Children of ZEBEDEE CHURCHILL and SARAH CUSHMAN are:
	i.	ZEBEDEE6 CHURCHILL.
26.	ii.	ASAPH CHURCHILL, b. 1765.


22.  ISAAC5 CHURCHILL (PEREZ4, BENJAMIN3, LYDIA2 BRYANT, STEPHEN1) was born 1758, and died Oct 1797.

More About ISAAC CHURCHILL:
Burial: Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts
	
Children of ISAAC CHURCHILL are:
	i.	ISAAC6 CHURCHILL, b. Abt. 1781; d. Oct 1797.

More About ISAAC CHURCHILL:
Burial: Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts

	ii.	WILLIAM CHURCHILL, b. Abt. 1796.

More About WILLIAM CHURCHILL:
Burial: Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts


Generation No. 6

23.  OLIVER6 CHURCHILL (JAMES5, DAVID4, WILLIAM3, LYDIA2 BRYANT, STEPHEN1) was born 1766.  He married SABA SOULE 1793.  
	
Children of OLIVER CHURCHILL and SABA SOULE are:
	i.	OLIVER7 CHURCHILL, b. 1794; m. (1) SARAH/SALLY BRADFORD; b. 1799; m. (2) MARY ANN LORING.
	ii.	FRANCES CHURCHILL, b. 1797; m. STEPHEN BONNEY.
	iii.	SABA SOULE CHURCHILL, b. 1800; m. SAMUEL CHURCHILL.
	iv.	ISAIAH CHURCHILL, b. 1805; m. (1) ANGELINE; m. (2) POLLY STEVENS PARKER; m. (3) JANE BRADFORD.

Notes for JANE BRADFORD:
daughter of Martin Hayward

	v.	MARY MAGOON CHURCHILL, b. 1811; m. MARTIN BOSWORTH.
	vi.	JANE HUDSON CHURCHILL, b. 1817; m. CHARLES W ENGLESTED.


24.  JOSEPH6 CHURCHILL (NATHANIEL5, NATHANIEL4, WILLIAM3, LYDIA2 BRYANT, STEPHEN1)
	
Children of JOSEPH CHURCHILL are:
27.	i.	JOSEPH7 CHURCHILL.
	ii.	HOSEA CHURCHILL.
	iii.	HIRAM CHURCHILL.


25.  CHARLES6 CHURCHILL (THOMAS5, ICHABOD4, WILLIAM3, LYDIA2 BRYANT, STEPHEN1) was born 1792.  He married ABIGAIL RUSSELL 1818, daughter of JONATHAN RUSSELL.  She was born 05 Jun 1797, and died 08 Nov 1874.

More About ABIGAIL RUSSELL:
Burial: Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts
	
Children of CHARLES CHURCHILL and ABIGAIL RUSSELL are:
	i.	CHARLES OTIS7 CHURCHILL, m. ANNIE C WHITING.
	ii.	BETSEY R CHURCHILL, m. NATHANIEL WOOD.
	iii.	MARY ELIZABETH CHURCHILL, b. 1819.
	iv.	REBECCA T CHURCHILL, b. 1833.
	v.	CATHERINE BRIDGHAM CHURCHILL, b. 1839.


26.  ASAPH6 CHURCHILL (ZEBEDEE5, PEREZ4, BENJAMIN3, LYDIA2 BRYANT, STEPHEN1) was born 1765.  He married MARY GARDNER 1810, daughter of EDWARD GARDNER.  
	
Children of ASAPH CHURCHILL and MARY GARDNER are:
	i.	MARY7 CHURCHILL, b. 1811.
	ii.	JULIET CHURCHILL, b. 1812.
	iii.	ASAPH CHURCHILL, b. 1814; m. (1) MARY BREWER; m. (2) MARY ANNE WARE.
	iv.	CHARLES MARSHAL SPRING CHURCHILL, b. 1819.
	v.	JOSEPH MCKEAN CHURCHILL, b. 1821; m. AUGUSTA PHILLIPS GARDNER.
	vi.	CHARLES MARSHAL SPRING CHURCHILL, b. 1825; m. SUSAN SPOONER.


Generation No. 7

27.  JOSEPH7 CHURCHILL (JOSEPH6, NATHANIEL5, NATHANIEL4, WILLIAM3, LYDIA2 BRYANT, STEPHEN1)  He married REBECCA MOREY.  
	
Children of JOSEPH CHURCHILL and REBECCA MOREY are:
	i.	REBECCA8 CHURCHILL.
	ii.	ANN CHURCHILL.
	iii.	EUNICE CHURCHILL.
	iv.	GEORGE H CHURCHILL, m. MARY NESS.



Endnotes

1.  Vital Records of the Town of Plymouth.
2.  Vital Records of the Town of Plymouth, --does not name Isaac, Benjamin or Mehitable.
3.  Vital Records of the Town of Plymouth.
4.  Plymouth, Massachusetts epitaphs from Burial Hill 1657-1892.