Ancestry of
William Cullen Bryant

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Philip Bryant

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• • Grandfather of William Cullen Bryant — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4 
  • Father:
  • Ichabod Bryant 
  • Mother:
  • Ruth Staples   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1737 
  • Birth Location:
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  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 18 Feb 1816 
  • Death Location:
  • Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Snell Cemetery, Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Silence Howard
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1757 
  • Marriage Location:
  • prob. East Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
  • Children:
  
  

  Peter Bryant (Ahnentafel No:2 )

  Silence Bryant

• Additional marriages for Philip Bryant

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  • Spouse:
  • Hannah Richards
  • Marriage Date:
  • AFT 25 Jun 1777

• Sources for Philip Bryant

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/06/2015).
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Brockton, Vol. 1, p. 316, Death record for Dr. Philip Bryant.
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, East Bridgewater, Vol. 1, p. 231, Marriage record for Philip Bryant and Silence Howard.
  • ⁴ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 2000, Vol. 154, p. 230.
  • ⁵ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1870, Vol. 24, p. 316.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 20, 181.