John Bryan

Owner of Hartford estate in St Thomas-in-the-East, Jamaica. Deceased by 1791. His executor was Charles Bryan. In one of the Accounts Produce he appears as Rev. John Bryan.

1. A monument in Westminster Abbey reads: "Sacred to the memory of Captain George Bryan, late of his Majesty's Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, son of the Rev. John Bryan, and Eliza Louisa his wife, of Hertford, in the island of Jamaica. He fell in the month of July, 1809, in the 27th year of his age, at the battle of Talavera, in Spain, so glorious in the annals of British valour, but so deeply afflicting to a widowed mother..." George, infant son of Rev. John Bryan of Egg Hill by Louiza his wife, baptised in St Thomas-in-the-East, Jamaica, 20/06/1782.

2. Possibly the Rev. John Bryan, son of James of the Isle of St Thomas, America, gentleman, who matriculated Hertford College, Oxford, 31/10/1772, aged 19, BA 1777. This John Bryan was ordained Deacon in Christchurch, Oxford, 15/06/1777.

1. An historical description of Westminster-abbey, its monuments and curiosities (1813) p. 164; Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].

2. CCEd Record ID 141709; Ancestry.com, Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886 [database online].