Ancestry of
Marcia Bryant

(1800–1855)

Lucy Bearse

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• • Grandmother of Marcia Bryant — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 5 
  • Father:
  • Austin Bearse 
  • Mother:
  • Hannah Stetson   
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  • Birth Location:
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  • Christening Date:
  • 4 Feb 1749/1750 
  • Christening Location:
  • Halifax, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
  • Death Date:
  • AFT 5 Dec 1774 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Ezekiel Bryant
  • Marriage Date:
  • 31 Oct 1768 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Halifax, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
  • Children:
  
  

  Zerviah Bryant

  Ezekiel Bryant

  Calvin Bryant (Ahnentafel No:2 )

  • Notes: 

  • It is often claimed that Lucy Bearse, wife of Ezekiel Bryant, was the daughter of Miall and Elizabeth (Sears) Bryant. However, their daughter Lucy died just a couple of months after she was born. This Lucy Bearse would appear to be the only one eligible to have married Ezekiel Bryant.

    Lucy is one of the daughters named in the 1764 will of her father Austin Bearse. Lucy was not yet married.

• Sources for Lucy Bearse

  • ¹ Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Halifax, 23 OCT 1768, Marriage intention for Ezekiel Bryant and Luce Bearce.
  • ² Massachusetts, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Probate file for spouse Ezekiel Bryant.
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Halifax, Vol. 1, p. 64, Marriage intention for Ezekiel Bryant and Luce Bearce.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Plympton, Vol. 1, p. 270, Marriage record for Ezekiel Bryant and Lucy Bearce, in Halifax.
  • ⁵ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Halifax, Vol. 1, p. 31, Marriage record for Ezekiel Bryant and Lucy Bearce.
  • ⁶ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 2000, Vol. 154, p. 243.
  • ⁷ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1931, Vol. 85, p. 228.
  • ⁸ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1948, Vol. 102, p. 69, Lucy's given birthdate would appear to be that of her first cousin.
  • ⁹ Records of the Church of Christ in Halifax, Massachusetts: Beginning Oct. 16, 1734, n. p.: Handwritten church document (1734-?1779), p. 38, Baptism record for Lucy Bearse.
  • ¹⁰ Meadows, Fanny Louisa (Steed) and Jennie M. Ames, Genealogical records of Austin Bearse (or Bearce) of Barnstable, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: A.D. 1638 to A.D. 1933, Cleveland, Ohio: Typed manuscript (1933), 26.
  • ¹¹ Stover, Margaret Harris and Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 10, Samuel Fuller, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2013), 37.
  • ¹² Van Antwerp, Lee Douglas and Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 9, Francis Eaton, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (1996), 63.
  • ¹³ Virkus, Frederick Adams, ed., The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy: First Families of America: A Genealogical Encyclopedia of the . . ., Chicago: multiple publishers (1925-), Vol. 1, p. 510.