William Bryant

  Noted events in his life were:

• connection. The connection between Mervyn Lawrence and Les Collins goes like this:

Mervyn Lawrence (1945)
His father was Dudley Lawrence (1919)
His father was Frederick Lawrence (c1885) who married Mary Burton (1888)
Her father was George Burton (c1855) who married Elizabeth Bryant (1858)
Her father was Samuel Bryant (1835)
His father was William William Bryant (1797)
His father was John Bryant (1765) & he also had John Bryant (1806)
He had James Bryant (1851)
He had Frederick Bryant (c1875) who married Mary Ann Bryant (1876)
Her father was Alfred Bryant (1844)
His father was Walter Bryant (1804) & he also had Walter Bryant (1842)
He had Alfred Bryant (1871)
He had Alfred Bryant (1894)
He had Winifred Bryant (1914) who married Cecil Brien (1921)
Her father was William Brien (1887)
His father was Robert Brien (1859)
His father was Timothy Brien (1813)
His father was Daniel Brien (1769) & he also had Sarah Jane Brien (1825) who married Benjamin Warby (1825)
His father was also Benjamin Warby (1805)
His father was John Warby (1767) & he also had Elizabeth Warby (1802)
She had Eleanor Layton (1821) who married James Keighran (1808)
She had John Joseph Keighran (1845)
He had Joseph William Keighran (1879)
He had Leslie William Keighran (1904)
He had Mary Keighran (1927) who married Mervyn Collins (1924)
She had Les Collins (1950) who married me - Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

• Medical. he died from asthma

William married Elizabeth (Betsy) Goddard, daughter of Samuel Goddard and Grace Wood, on 23 Dec 1828 in Long Sutton, Somerset England. (Elizabeth (Betsy) Goddard was christened on 17 May 1807 in Muchelney, Somerset England.)