Alexander Bryan1,2,3

M, b. before 29 September 1602, d. between 20 July 1679 and 6 November 1679
FatherThomas Bryan d. b 7 Oct 1611
MotherFrances Bowling b. 13 Mar 1569, d. b 24 Sep 1624
     Alexander was born before 29 September 1602 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England. On 29 September 1602, he was christened in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England.4 Alexander married Anna Baldwyn, daughter of Robert Baldwin and Jane Robinson. He was a prominent merchant in Milford. From 1668 to 1673, he was assistant Governor of the Colony of Connecticut, and in Milford was one of the purchase trustees. Alexander departed this life between 20 July 1679 and 6 November 1679 in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut. 20 Jul 1679-06 Nov 1679.

Family

Anna Baldwyn b. b 1604

Citations

  1. [S652] Josephine Frost, Ancestories of James Wilson Yates and his wife, Nancy Davis Terry, page 21 - ALEXANDER BRYAN, son of Thomas Bryan was born in Aylesbury, Eng., where he was baptized Sept. 29, 1602. He married in England Anne, daughter of Robert Baldwin. She died in Milford, Ct., Feb. 20, 1661 and he married second, Susanna widow of Samuel Fitch, schoolmaster at Hartford. His wife Anne received property from her uncle Richard Baldwin, in Wendover, England and in 1663, Alexander and his son Richard sold this property, after the death of the wife and mother. Alexander Bryan was one of the first settlers of Milford, Ct. in 1639. He was a man of great influence in the Colony of New Haven and after the union with Connecticut, he served as Deputy from Milford to Hartford in 1661 and on May 9, 1678 was elected Assistant to the Governor of the Colony. July 11, 1668, George Baldwin of Huntington, L. I. with his wife Mary deeded Alexander Bryan and his son Richard, both of Milford, Ct., land in Eaton's Neck on the east side of Huntington Harbor. This deed is recorded in New York under date of Aug. 8, 1668. Aug. 23, 1686, Governor Dongan granted "the Lordship and Manor of Eaton" to Alexander and Richard Bryan and this grant shows that Richard had transferred his part to his eldest son Alexander. Theophilus Eaton had purchased this property in 1646 from the Indians. It is doubtful if Alexander ever made his home on Long Island, altho he was a large land owner there.
    The records of Milford, Ct., show that as early as 1640 Alexander and his son Richard owned boats that plied between Milford, Boston and the West Indies.
    The exact date of his death is not known but it was between July 20 and Nov. 6, 1679.
    The Memorial Bridge at Milford commemorates the founding of Milford and the names of Alexander and his wife may be seen upon it.
    2 RICHARD BRYAN, son of Alexander and Anne (Baldwin) Bryan was born in England before 1632 and came to Milford, Ct. with his parents who were there in 1639. He was his father's associate in business as well as in his real estate transactions. He married before 1649, Mary, daughter of William and Margaret Pantry. In 1669 he had a home in Huntington, L. I. and had for his neighbors, Mark Meigs, Joseph Whitman, Thomas Brush and John Sammis. April 22, 1673, he sold his "accommodations" in.
  2. [S653] Nathan G. Pond, The Story of the Memorial in Honor of the Founders of the Town of Milford, page 9 - He was a prominent merchant in Milford, and with his son Richard stood in such high credit at Boston that his note of hand passed current as bank bills in the present day, says Lambert. He was the son of Thomas Bryan, of Aylesbury, England, and was baptised there, September 29th, 1602. His wife was Anna, only child of Robert Baldwin and Joane, his wife. From 1668 to 1673, he was assistant Governor of the Colony of Connecticut, and in Milford was one of the purchase trustees. (This stone is the gift of Mrs. Jean E. True, of Washington, D. C., who was by birth a Bryan.).
  3. [S115] Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations Of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, On The Basis Of Farmer's Registar, Volume I: page -.
  4. [S704] Nathan G. Pond, The Story of the Memorial in Honor of the Founders of the Town of Milford

    , Alexander, son of Thomas Bryan of Aylesbury, was baptised September 29th, 1602.