Morgan Bryan was born in 1671 in Denmark and died Easter Sunday 1763
in NC.  He is said to have been buried in the old Joppa Cemetery at
Mocksville, NC. where his friends Squire and Sarah Boone, parents of
Daniel Boone, are buried.  He is said to have arrived in Pa. about 1693,
probably at New Castle.  For ten years after his marriage to Martha
Strode he lived in Chester Co. near Reading on a 137-acre tract.  It
was a Quaker neighborhood and he was not a member of the Meet-
ing.  He decided to move on west and rid his family of the ostracism
and restrictions in Pa. and acquire land for his sons.  He first moved
to the Shenandoah Valley and later to the Forks of the Yadkin

He and his partner, Alexander Ross appeared before the
Council of Va. and applied for 100,000 aces lying west
and north of the Openquon River.  Their appli-
cation was accepted.  One hundred families
joined them.  He owned 4,000 acres.  His
residence was on Mill Creek near Bunker Hill, Berkely Co., WV.

Problems with Lord Fairfax's land agents arose.  After Martha's death about 30
Bryans began a five-month journey to the Yadkin River country in NC.  It is said
that Morgan had to take the wheels off his wagon and carry it in parts at times.                     Bryan Family Report
Their new home was 60 miles from the nearest settlement.   They were joined by                  Bryan Family Info
old friends, the Boones, two years later.                                                                                     William Bryan
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