Johnson / Bryans Families

Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

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Francis Bryans[1]

Innkeeper
Male 1727 - 1830  (103 years)

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  • Name Francis Bryans 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Male 
    Birth 1727  [1] 
    Occupation Innkeeper 
    Research Status Brick Wall 
    Death 4 Jan 1830  Moy, County Tyrone, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Last Modified 28 Feb 2021 

    Wife Grace Cross
              b. 8 Mar 1738 
    Marriage 1772  [2] 
    Age at Marriage Francis was ~ 45 years old - Grace was ~ 33 years old. 
    Children 
     1. Richard Bryans
              b. Abt 1773, Moy, County Tyrone, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 20 Dec 1864, Upper Northgate Street, Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 91 years)
    Last Modified 19 Jul 2020 

  • Notes 
    • Early Life
      Francis was born around 1727; the great Irish Famine (which killed hundreds of thousands) hit in 1740 when Francis would have been 13.

      Career
      Francis was the owner of a pub in Moy, The Draper & Three Tuns and possibly also a linen draper (e.g. see P_Unknown_BryansLonsdaleBolland) though that could be a confusion with his son Richard.

      Family
      Some family records1 state that Francis married Anne Cross of Darton in County Armagh. Others2 give her name as Grace. Grace seems to be more likely as Burke's Landed Gentry3 notes that Grace Cross (of the Cross of Dartan family) married a Francis Bryant [sic]. The same sources notes that Grace had a sister, Anne, hence possibly the confusion.

      There is clearly a marriage record for Francis Bryans and Grace Cross, in 1772, which would seem to put the confusion to bed. But just to add another element to the question, the same source also indicates that a Francis Bryans married a Mary Clements in 1787: possibly a second marriage?

      They apparently only had one child, Richard, born in 1773 (Francis would have been 46 by then, which is very late for a first son; perhaps the others all died).

      Death
      Francis died on the 4th of January 1830 in Moy, at the grand old age of 103.

      Footnotes
      [1] e.g. F_Unknown_Bryans_RichardBryans_1
      [2] e.g. P_Unknown_BryansLonsdaleBolland
      [3] A Genealogical and Heraldic History - 6th Edition (Burke, 1879, Vol 1), page 400

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 4 Jan 1830 - Moy, County Tyrone, Ireland Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S0098] Francis C. Crossle, The History of Nelson Masonic Lodge No. XVIII Newry (1809 to 1909), 1909, Page 60, Entry # 23.

    2. [S0431] FamilySearch, Ireland, Diocesan and Prerogative Marriage License Bonds Indexes, 1623-1866, (familysearch.org), 1772, Grace Cross; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WG7L-Z12M : 3 December 2019), Grace Cross, 1772.