March 3, 1662-3 (PCR 4:31-34) Letters of adminnestration are graunted vnto Jonathan Hatch and Lydia, the wife of Henery Taylor, to adminester vpon the estate of Thomas Hatch, deceased, to pay all lawfull debts owing from the said estate, and to bee reddy to giue account therof vnto the Court.
Lived in Hingham, MA.
JOHN BRYANT SR. came from Kent, England in 1639, although some sources state he may have come in the "Ann" in 1623; tradition says a brother to Stephen; was living in Barnstable, Mass. in 1640; moved to Scituate, Mass. in 1642; John built a home in Scituate on the Second Herring Brook in 1650 and a second residence there in 1676; house carpenter; m. (1) Nov. 14, 1643 by Timothy Hatherly, Esquire Mary Lewis of Barnstable (George and Sarah Jenkins) [Plym. Col. Rec., 8:17], bp. 1623 in Kent, England, d. July 2, 1655 in Scituate [Plym. Col. Rec., 8:49]. John Bryant is first mentioned in Plymouth Colony records Dec. 1, 1640 as a witness in court [Plym. Col. Rec., 2:5], though a John Bryan was presented at court for inordinate drinking Mar. 5, 1639, and again Sept. 3, 1639 [Plym. Col. Rec., 1:118, 1:132]. A John Bryant was presented at court Mar. 2, 1642 for "drinking tobacco upon the highway" [Plym. Col. Rec., 2:12]. In 1643 John is listed as a member of Scituate's Military Company. John Bryan of Scituate took an oath of fidelity on Jan. 15, 1645 [Plym. Col. Rec., 8:183]. He was propounded a freeman on June 7, 1653, and admitted on June 6, 1654 [Plym. Col. Rec., 3:31, 3:48]. John served as a deputy to the general Court in 1657, 1677 and 1678 [Plym. Col. Rec., 3:115, 5:231, 5:256]. He served as a surveyor of highways for Scituate in 1673 [Plym. Col. Rec., 5:115], as selectman in 1677 and 1678 [Plym. Col. Rec., 5:230, 5:257], as deacon of Scituate's Second Church in 1669 and was frequently being appointed or elected to other public service positions.
A history of Scituate written by Dean and quoted by Colonial Families of the United States records that on one Sunday morning, John Bryant entered the meetinghouse late. The Reverend William Witherle, after prayers, addressed him before the congregation saying: "Neighbor Bryant, it is to your reproach that you have disturbed the worship by entering late, living as you do, within a mile of this place and especially so, while here is Goody Barstow, who has milked seven cows, made a cheese, and walked five miles to the House of God in good season."
SOURCE: Plym. Col. Rec.-- Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England, twelve volumes, ed. by Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, M.D. (Vols. 1-8) and David Pulsifer (Vols. 9-12), 1855-61, Boston, Mass. [reprinted by AMS Press, Inc., New York, 1968].His will dated Sept. 24, 1684, probated Mar. 4, 1685 in Plymouth. In it he mentions fifteen children and makes his widow, Mary, the only executrix.
Elizabeth was the daughter of the pastor who had publicly chastised John for his tardiness. She died soon after, and quite probably as a result of, the birth of her daughter.
Planter; sold property at "Grassy Pond" in 1692 to Peter Collamer.
Yeoman. Records show the exchange of property first in 1707 and, the last time, in 1737. The name of his wife does not appear in either case indicating that she must have d. before 1707 and that he did not remarry. He resided in White Oak Plain.
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