Ancestry of
James Taylor

Singer-Songwriter

Needham Bryan

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• • 7th Great-grandfather of James Taylor — 10th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 598 
  • Father:
  • William Bryan 
  • Mother:
  • Alice Needham   
  • Birth Date:
  • 11 or 23 FEB 1690 
  • Birth Location:
  • Virginia 
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  • Death Date:
  • 2 Jan 1770 
  • Death Location:
  • Bertie County, North Carolina 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Anne Rambeau
  • Marriage Date:
  • 16 Nov 1711 
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  • Child:

  Rachel Bryan (Ahnentafel No:299 )

  • Notes: 

  • Although some sources give June as the month Needham Bryan died, his will is apparently in the North Carolina State Archives showing it was proved in March three months earlier.

• Additional marriages for Needham Bryan

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  • Spouse:
  • Susanna Harrell
  • Marriage Date:
  • 14 Aug 1732

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  • Spouse:
  • Sarah Woodward
  • Marriage Date:
  • 20 Jun 1753

• Sources for Needham Bryan

  • ¹ Armstrong, Zella, comp., Notable Southern Families: Volume 2, Chattanooga, Tennessee: The Lookout Publishing Company (1922), 51.
  • ² McAllister, Rev. David Smith, Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Col. Alexander McAllister of Cumberland County, N.C. . . ., Richmond, Virginia: Whittet and Shepperson, Printers (1900), 210-211.
  • ³ Whitfield, Emma Morehead, Whitfield, Bryan, Smith, and Related Families, Book Two, Westminster, Maryland: Unknown (1950), 6-7.