Johnson / Bryans Families

Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

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Robert Brice, of Castle Chichester

Merchant
Male Abt 1611 - 1676  (~ 65 years)

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  • Name Robert Brice 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Male 
    Birth Abt 1611  Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Assumed to be roughly when his father Edward Bryce moved to Ireland.
    Occupation 1636 
    Merchant 
    Residence Castle Chichester, Whitehead, County Antrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 22 Nov 1676  Dublin, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Burial 23 Nov 1676  St Audoen, Dublin, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Siblings 1 brother and 1 sister 
    Last Modified 24 Jan 2021 

    Father Edward Bryce
              b. Abt 1569, Airth, Stirlingshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1636 (Age ~ 67 years) 

    Wife Elizabeth Stewart
              b. Between 1620 and 1629  
              d. Jan 1704 (Age ~ 84 years) 
    Children 
     1. Randall Brice, of Lisburn
              b. Abt 1646  
              d. Between 8 Sep 1697 and 11 Oct 1697, Dublin, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 51 years)
     2. Mary Brice
              b. Abt 1651  
              d. 21 Oct 1717 (Age ~ 66 years)
     3. Lieut. Col. Edward Brice, of Kilroot
              b. Abt 1659  
              d. 11 Aug 1742, County Antrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 83 years)
     4. John Brice
              b. Between 1636 and 1664  
              d. 28 Oct 1674, Dublin, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 38 years)
     5. Hugh Brice
              b. Abt 1663  
              d. 1687 (Age ~ 24 years)
     6. Grisel Brice
              b. Between 1640 and 1670  
              d. Bef 1780 (Age ~ 139 years)
     7. Jane Brice
              b. Between 1636 and 1675
    Last Modified 1 Jan 2019 

  • Notes 
    • Early Life
      Robert Brice was born some time between 1611 and 1613, just prior to when his father Edward Bryce [sic] moved from Scotland to Ulster.

      Career
      Robert earned his fortune at Castle Chichester, then the point of departure for the Scottish mail. At that time, people in extensive trade in the north of Ireland issued coinage of their own manufacture; pennies stamped with Robert Brice's name date from around 1671, which is when he retired from the business and moved to Dublin. Robert's business was handed over to his son Hugh; when the latter died the reins were taken over by Hugh's cousin Charles (son of Robert's brother Edward).

      Family Life
      Robert married Elizabeth Stewart, possibly of the Stewart family from Ballintoy. He had three or four sons and at least three daughters:
      1. Randall, born around 1646. Was MP for Lisburn and Deputy Governor of Antrim around 1690. Died 1697.
      2. Mary, born around 1651. Married Thomas Knox.
      3. Edward, born c.1659, who married first Dorothy Upton and second Jane Dobbs
      4. Grisel, married William Brown and had three sons, one of whom, Sir Robert was a rich merchant "noted for his avarice" and elected an MP for Ilchester 1734-1747. [3]
      5. John, who died in 1674.
      6. Jane, date unkown
      7. Hugh, the youngest son, born around 1663; took over his father's business, but died aged 24.

      According to Reid1, Robert had three sons: "Edward, Hugh and Randal". Other sources2 mention a fourth son John only in the context that the latter died in 1674.

      Death
      Robert died intestate on the 22nd of November 1676 in Dublin, aged 65. He was buried at St Audoen in Dublin.

      Footnotes
      [1] The History of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, James Seaton Reid, Belfast 1857.
      [2] e.g. The Ballymena Weekly Telegraph, 21 Jun 1913, Page 6
      [3] https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/brown-sir-robert-1760

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1611 - Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Castle Chichester, Whitehead, County Antrim, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 22 Nov 1676 - Dublin, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 23 Nov 1676 - St Audoen, Dublin, Ireland Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S0156] British Newspaper Archive, Ballymena Weekly Telegraph, (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk), 21 Jun 1913, Page 6.

    2. [S0155] Ancestry, Ireland, Burial Index, 1600-1927, (ancestry.co.uk), 23 Nov 1676, https://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details/d1cbf20248244.