Bryant

  • Definition: A variation of the English surname BRYAN, from the Celtic given name Brian, containing a Celtic element, "bre," which means "hill."
  • Surname Origin: English, Celtic
  • Alternate Surname Spellings: BRIAN, BRIEN, BRIANT, BRIENT, BRYAN, O'BRIEN, BRYAND

William (BRYANT/BRYAN/BRIAN).

  Great great great great great great grandfather

Born England.

Tried at the Old Bailey. Sentenced to 7 yrs.

Arrived 17Jul1792, aboard the Pitt.

Appears to have left colony circa 1798 -
either returned to England or to other lands having served his sentence; died; or transferred to another colony.

NOT to be confused with the William Bryant who escaped with his family in a small boat and sailed to Timor.

Fathered children to Jane ISON.

Jane Charlotte.

  Great great great great great grandmother

mtDNA

First of our ancestors to be born here

Born 1796, Sydney, NSW.

Parents William BRYANT and Jane ISON.

Married John CROWLEY, 1811, Windsor, NSW.

Died 1869, North Richmond, NSW.

More info available at the Jane Ison Family History Group

Martha.

Born 1798, Sydney, NSW.

Parents William BRYANT and Jane ISON.

More info available at the Jane Ison Family History Group