West Deer (Deer Township)
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania
United States
John W. Bryson was born in 1764 in Kilbride, Co. Antrim, Ireland. He and Margaret Wilson married in County Antrim in 1788. Margaret was born about 1764 in Ballywee, Co. Antrim and baptised on 7 Sept 1765 in Rosemary Street Presbyterian Church, Belfast. Her father was Hugh Wilson, a carpenter. Children born in Co. Antrim to John and Margaret:-
Margaret Bryson born in Ballywee on May 5, 1788.
James Bryson born aft 1790 in Ballywee; deceased before 1836
Mary Bryson born aft 1790 also in Co. Antrim
Jane Bryson born in Ballywee about 1791
John G Bryson born about 1799 in Antrim
Charles Bryson born 25 July 1805 in Antrim.
Margaret, wife of John Bryson, died in 1809 and is buried in Old Kilbride, Co. Antrim.
After about 1810 John Bryson, widower, married Mary McClune who was born about 1780 in County Down, Ireland.
Children born in Co. Antrim to John and Mary:-
Andrew Smyth Bryson born c. 1811 in Ireland.
Isabelle Bryson born in Ballyclare, Co. Antrim about 1812
William Bryson born in Ireland in May 1814
Eliza Bryson born about 1818 in Ireland
David Bryson born in Antrim on 4 July 1820
Ann Jane Bryson born about 1820 in Ballymoney, Antrim
John and Mary accompanied by Charles, William, David and Jane left Ireland and went to the United States arriving on 10 Jan 1830 and settled in Deer Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
U.S. Census 1850:
Mary Bryson, wife of John, died in Deer Township on 26 July 1859.
The inscription on their gravestone reads "Our mother Mary, wife of John Bryson, born in County Down, Ireland, died July 26, 1859, in the 79th year of her age". Buried in Deer Creek United Presbyterian Cemetery.
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