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The following information was provided in July of 2019 by
Mr. Steve Beaty. Some info is not entirely accurate, but I leave
it to the reader to decide what to use and what not to use. Not
Mr. Beaty's fault, but the originators.
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80798452/needham-bryan
Needham Bryan, Jr. was a member of the Provincial Congress, a
delegate to the Congress of Halifax and the Constitutional Convention,
1774. He also served as Colonel of the militia, 1774-1775. Son
of Needham and Anne (Rambeau) Bryan. He was married 3 times.
Husband of Nancy Ann (Smith) Bryan (1st wife). Their son, Needham
Bryan, III, "Rev War Sol.", #28583092 (m. Sarah Ann
Hinton)
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http://www.needhambryanchapterdar.com/StoryofourName.htm The
Needham Bryan Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution
The Needham Bryan Chapter of the NSDAR was organized in February
22, 1915, in Mobile, Alabama. It was named for Colonel Needham
Bryan of Johnston County, North Carolina, a Revolutionary War
ancestor of the organizing Regent, Mrs. Harry Tutwiler Inge (Belle
Peterson). The members felt the name honored a patriot who was
connected to the Colonial, Revolutionary and War of 1812 periods.
Needham Bryan was born October 31, 1725, to Needham Bryan (Sr)
and Anne Rambeau of Bertie County, North Carolina. On February
5, 1748, he married Nancy Smith and settled in Johnston County,
North Carolina. She was the daughter of Colonel John Smith, a
Revolutionary War patriot, and his wife, Elizabeth Whitfield.
After her death he married Charlotte Moore.
Colonel Bryan was a member of the Colonial Assembly of North
Carolina in 1762 and 1771. He represented Johnston County in
the first (1774), second (1775), third (1776) and fourth Provincial
Congresses. In 1776 he was in the Battle of Moore’s Creek
and elected to the Constitutional Convention which met in Halifax,
North Carolina. On April 4, the fourth Provincial Congress resolved
that “the delegates of this Colony in the Continental Congress
be empowered to concur with the delegates of the other colonies
in declaring independence of Great Britain.” The Constitutional
Congress in November adopted the first constitution for North
Carolina.
During the Revolutionary War he was a leader among a band of
liberty-loving Americans called the Regulators and was a Colonel
of the Minutemen in 1775.
Chapter Charter Members: Evelyn Correll, Anita Gaillard Croom,
Mary Padgett Gwinn, Annie Chapman Hoffman, Marie Ilett, Belie
Peterson Inge, Clara Walkley
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http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=7213&id=I20129&printer_friendly
• Name: Needham Bryan II
• Title: Col.
• Birth: 31 OCT 1726 in Snowfield Plantation, Lewiston,
Woodville, Bertie Co, NC.
• Death: BEF AUG 1777 in Johnson Co, NC. Poisoned by the
slave "Jenney"
• Event: Military Col. of local Militia
• Event: Fact DAR Patriot Index Centennial Edition, Col
PS North Carolina
Note:
BRYAN, NEEDHAM SR Ancestor #: A016273 Service: NORTH CAROLINA
Rank(s): COLONEL, CIVIL SERVICE, PATRIOTIC SERVICE Birth: 10-31-1726
BERTIE CO NORTH CAROLINA Death: (ANTE) 5-28-1776 JOHNSTON Co,
NC.
Service Source: NCDAR, ROSTER OF SOLS FROM NC IN THE AM REV,
PP,498-500, PP 502-503; HAUN, JOHNSTON CO NC CO CT MINUTES,1767-1777,
BOOK 2, PP 103-104.
Service Description: 1) Col. IN JOHNSTON Co. MILITIA, JUSTICE
OF THE PEACE, MEMBER OF PROVINCIAL CONGRESS IN AUGUST 1775
JOHNSTON County - State: NORTH CAROLINA
Spouses
(1) NANCY SMITH. (2) CHARLOTTE MOORE
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Needham and Anne Bryan's two sons, Needham Bryan II and William
Bryan, both owned large plantations in Johnston County and they
were neighbors to John Smith Sr. and his wife Elizabeth Whitfield.
There are numerous land deeds available in Johnston County for
all of these people. Needham Bryan II owned thousands of acres
of land in this area. The present town of Smithfield, North Carolina
is located where John Smith, Needham Bryan II and William Bryan's
plantations once stood.
Needham Bryan II and William Bryan married daughters of John
Smith and Elizabeth Whitfield. Needham Bryan II married Nancy
Ann Smith and William Bryan married Elizabeth Smith. The town
Smithfield was named after John Smith, Sr.'s son John Smith,
Jr. who donated the land for the original town. Needham Bryan
II on April 23, 1777 introduced a bill in the Colonial Assembly
to establish the town of Smithfield, North Carolina.
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Johnston County, NC History
The delegates from Johnston to that band of patriots which convened
at Newbern on 25 August 1775 were Needham Bryan and Benjamin
Williams. The delegates to Hillsborough August 21, 1775 were
the same with Samuel Smith, John Smith, William Bryan. The delegates
to Halifax 4th of April 1776 were Samuel Smith, Jr., Needham
Bryan, Jr., and Henry Raines.
Needham Bryan II died quite suddenly before August 1777 in Johnston
Co., NC. He did not leave a will. Needham Bryan II deeded thousands
of acres of land to his oldest son Needham Bryan III in Johnston
County before his death.
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The will of Needham Bryan II's father Needham Bryan Sr., probated
in 1777 in Bertie County, is not the only evidence that Needham
II was deceased. The Johnston County court minutes of August
1777 gives the settlement of Needham Bryan II's estate and he
is named as deceased in the same court records. The orphans of
the said deceased Needham Bryan were also named in this estate
settlement and they were mainly the children of his second wife
Charlotte Moore. Needham Bryan II's children from both his wives
were: Needham Bryan III, Kedar Bryan, Winifred Bryan, Nancy Bryan,
Charlotte Moore Bryan, Rigdon Bryan and Esther Bryan. All these
children were alive in 1777 when Needham Bryan II died. There
is a reason for Needham Bryan II's sudden death. He was poisoned
and killed by one of his slaves named Jenney. Needham's brother
William Bryan and William's oldest son Lewis Bryan were poisoned
and killed by the same slave about two years later, in January
1780. The Johnston County court minutes in the November term
1780 gives an account of the trial, conviction and execution
of the party accused of poisoning and killing Needham Bryan and
other members of his family. The slave Jenny was burned at the
stake in Smithfield, North Carolina for the poisoning and murder
of the three members of the Bryan family.
Married Nancy Smith (and her sister married his brother William).
They had 3 children: Kedar, Needham, and Winifred. This Needham
was Col. of local militia NC. His daughter Winifred married Nathan
Bryan, probably cousin. The 3rd Needham Bryan was born 1750 in
Johnston County, NC- married Sarah "Sallie" Hinton
in 1768. This Needham was a delegate to the Provincial Congress
at Halifax and to the Const. Conv. of NC. He & Sallie had
4 children: Lovard, Clement, Benjamin and Sally.
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Father: NEEDHAM BRYAN I b: 23 FEB 1690 in Isle of Wight County,
Virginia
Mother: ANNE ROMBEAU b: 7 MAR 1691 in Helstroff, Lorraine, France
Marriage 1: Nancy Ann Smith b: ABT 1728 in Bertie Co, NC. Married:
5 FEB 1747 in Johnson County, North Carolina.
Children:
1. Needham Bryan III b: 1750 in Johnson Co, North Carolina
2. Kedar Bryan b: 1752 in Johnson County, North Carolina
3. Winifred Bryan b: 5 MAY 1755 in Johnston Co, North Carolina
4. Nancy Bryan b: 1756 in Johnston Co, North Carolina
Marriage 2: Sophia (maiden name unknown). Married: AFT JAN 1762.
Marriage Ending Status: Death of one spouse.
The proof about the second wife, previously ignored by Bryan
researchers, is found in a deed, undated but received by the
Johnston County court in August 1769, wherein Joseph Hinton,
son of William Hinton deceased, received from Major Needham Bryan,
guardian of Joseph Hinton, Joseph's share of William Hinton's
estate. Needham's brother William Bryan witnessed, and Needham's
son Needham Bryan, Jr. and stepson Joseph Bryan signed the decree.
Needham Bryan and "wife Sophia" deeded land to "my
son" Needham Bryan, Jr., undated but probably shortly after
part of this property was patented in December 1763. The deed
to the land was probably filed, the date not indicated, before
Needham Bryan III had reached his majority ca. 1768/69. See Deed
Book E-1, p. 43. Sophia's name does not appear on another document
and had evidently died by early 1764 before the third marriage.
From Dr. Barry Hayes.
Marriage 3: Charlotte Moore. Married: AFT 1764 in North Carolina.
Children:
1. Charlotte Moore Bryan b: 2 APR 1765 in Johnston County, North
Carolina
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