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From: "Laura McKenzie" <>
Subject: [EKYORIGINS] Fw: Bryans and Boones and No VanHooses
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 14:03:22 -0600


A descendant of the Boone Bryan line has put in a great
deal of time helping me out this month. This note explains her
results. If you haven't gone to my very badly done but fairly
informative website about Mary Boone's siblings (that I think I
have found) please visit and give me feedback!
http://home.att.net/~laurabrownmckenzie/VanH.html
and remember, the George Van Hoose (grandson of Mary Bryan
VanHoose) article is in the vault section of this website:
http://www.egroups.com/docvault/vanhoose/
I used a scanner to convert to a WORD document. I have not
had a chance to clean the pages up but they are readable.

Subject: Bryans and Boones and No VanHooses


> Hi Laura,
> just thought I would update you on my search for the missing
Mary Bryan
> b. 1769. I have been working on this all month. I do not
think my
> efforts will change any minds, but I am confident that all
the Marys in
> my family are accounted for. I have 27 Mary Bryans in my
data base, all
> are accounted for except for these two possibilities: Mary
the daughter
> of Joseph Bryan and Aylee Linville (and I think she's been
accounted for
> elsewhere, i do not have the _entire_ Bryan family in my db),
and Mary
> the d/o Samuel Bryan and Eliz. McMahon who m. Wm. Logan --
maybe he
> died..) I still think the answer lies in the Virginia
Bryans, although
> these folks were reproducing like rabbits, so who knows. I
just know
> that within all my db, there are no VanHoose surnames. I
have many of
> the folks from the time period at issue in the db, from
Morgan Bryan on
> down.
>
> One Boone researcher shows a Freelove Bryan m. a VanHoose in
> mid-1800's. In my Gosneys, in late 1800s, in Campbell Co.,
there is one
> Rector.
>
> I also got the Hunt genealogy (Samuel Bryan, son of William,
son of
> Morgan -)Samuel married Mary Hunt, and Thomas, his uncle
(Morgan's
> youngest son) married Sarah Hunt, Mary's sister. I received
a wonderful
> genealogy from the Hunts, and there are no VanHooses married
into that
> family either. (fm Rowan Co NC, KY, VA, NJ, or LI)....(not in
> chronological order)
>
> As I said, I am not going to change anyone's mind unless it
is open...
> I know you are searching, and if I come across anything that
will help,
> I will certainly forward it to you.
>
> What benefit i got from the search was tremendous. I ended
up finding
> out a lot about my family that i did not previously know, but
I was sure
> hoping to find a home for the Phantom Mary. I am sure that
she existed,
> but can't find her within what's known of our family line.
Sorry.
>
> Again, if Wm Smith Bryan came in ca.1650 with his first group
of
> "undesirable citizens/transportees"-- with his large family,
I've read
> 21 sons and grandsons.... that Francis returned to Ireland,
etc.... then
> that Morgan and Wm returned to US.... well, what happened to
the other
> 20 sons and grandsons???? Surely there are lots of
unconnected dots out
> there!! (_Besides_ Morgan's bro Wm fm VA) Which would lead
to the
> "ultimate goal" of providing a home for these missing Bryans,
and would,
> as you stated, make some feel "good" to be attached to the
Bryan family
> etcetcetc...
>
> My main focus is the US, so I am not too concerned about what
happened
> when way back in Europe.... The ancestors who built our
country are
> enough for me, and in fact, I really like the 1700's and
1800's best.
> There's enough information on those two centuries to keep me
busy for a
> lifetime.
<snip>

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