a New Page… the Bryans

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a New Page… the Bryans

Bryans of Craven & New Bern

Four of us have been working the BRYANS for over a year. We have reached a point where things are beginning to “click” and fall into place. Feel free to comment… These guys are all over the extended large area of what was known as Chowan “precinct” which went from the East side of Chowan River to what is today known as the Roanoke River (Morattock back in the day). My personal focus is on the “Mariner” group of the family. They started on the West side of the Chowan River and slowly moved to “Craven” which became centered around the ragged colonial town of New Bern of Bath County. I wish I could simplify the situation of the evolution of the early North Carolina “counties” but alas, that is a hurdle each of us have to come to terms with.

I will be updating often, I think… its good fun digging up the history (the bonus being it really happened)… I suspect some of these folks actually met Blackbeard.

Written by anderson1951

June 27, 2024 at 9:56 am

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I have Gray’s, Blounts, Pridgeons, Ruffin’s Edwards, Collins, Parsons and Hardy’s in my family tree — all Virginia settlers moved to Dobbs/Lenoir/Craven/Duplin/Johnston/Glascow/Greene….most lived on the same property, never moved, but their county changed, making them difficult, if not impossible to trace. I recommend a grid, with locations, county changes and dates, and tracking each one against time. Then there is, of course, the “burned” counties in NC!

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Cathy

June 28, 2024 at 5:00 pm

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- The changing boundaries are challenging… I find some solice in getting falling down drunk. But then upon getting sober once again I’m still faced with the same confusing boundary changes. I’m trying to work through it…
  
  …just kidding
  
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  anderson1951
  
  June 28, 2024 at 5:51 pm
  
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Andersons of Colonial N. Carolina