Also Known As:<_AKA> Pa. to Yadkin River, NC 1748
Name Prefix:<NPFX> Mr.
Morgan Bryan was born in 1671 in Denmark. In 1719 he was a member of the New Garden Quaker community and married Martha Strode in Chester County, PA. Martha was born 1696/1697 in France and not in Holland as previously stated on this website. In 1724 he moved to the west into Pequea Creek district (present-day Lancaster, PA). In 1730 he and Alexander Ross, another Quaker from New Garden, purchased one hundred thousand acres of land on the waters of Qpequon Creek (near present day Winchester VA). In 1734 Morgan Bryan purchased a tract in present day Berkeley Co, WVA and there he settled with his family. In 1748 Bryan moved himself and his large family to North Carolina where he made his home near the southbank of Deep Creek and was one of the most prominet settlers in northwestern North Carolina.
Morgan Bryan was a member of the New Garden Quaker community and married Martha Strode in Chester Co.Pa. In 1724 he moved to the west into Pequea Creek district, now Lancaster, Pa. In 1730 he and Alexander Ross, anotherQuaker from New Garden, purchased 100,000 acres of land on the waters of Qpequon Creek now near Winchester, Va. In 1734 Morgan purchased a tract in present day Berkeley Co.WVA and there he settled with his family. In 1748 Bryan moved himself and his large family to North Carolina where he made his home near the south bank of Deep Creek and was one of the most prominet settlers in Northwestern North Carolina.
Address:<ADDR> Kathleen Covell
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• Married: in Chester Co.Pa.

1. Joseph BRYAN b: 1720 in Ireland
2. Samuel BRYAN b: 1721
3. James BRYAN b: 1723
4. Mary BRYAN b: 1725
5. Elenor BRYAN b: 1729
6. Morgan BRYAN b: 1729
7. John BRYAN b: 1730
8. William BRYAN b: 1734
9. Thomas BRYAN b: 1735
10. Martha BRYAN b: 1742