FAMILY MATTERS

James married (2) Rachel Napier daughter of James Napier in 1871. Rachel was born on 7 Jun 1852 in Breathitt Co., KY. She Bryan

died on 29 May 1925 in Lost Creek, Perry Co., KY. She was buried in Noble Cem on Cutches Branch.

Children of Rachel Napier and James W. Noble are:

Francis Bryan III was born in 1630. Most researchers indicate that he was born in Gloucester, Virginia, but his appears to be in George Washington Noble

error since both of his parents lived in Ireland until 1650. Francis III no doubt saw the new world for the first time at about age 20

b. 1824. d. 1862. Age 38.

when the Bryan family was exiled to the Virginia Colony. We know nothing about the life of Francis in Virginia, but with the end m. Phoebe Campbell (Part Cherokee)

of the Commonwealth and the reestablishment of the Monarchy under Charles II in 1660, he no doubt felt that it was safe to return Notes from Genealogy.com: “Two Yankees, Nim McIntosh and Hen Kilburn waylaid George at his home on Barge’s

to Ireland. Thus, in 1667 after 17 years in Virginia, he left for Ireland with the intent of reclaiming his father’s estates. He was 37

Branch, Breathitt Co., KY and when he came out they shot and killed him. His brother Lossen Noble was killed about years old at this time which gives rise to the possibility that he couldhave been married a first time in Virginia. The presence of the same time on John Little’s Creek. George went to Missouri in 1844 and came back to Kentucky and married Phoebe Francis III in Ireland was anything but welcomed by English officials, and in particular by those now in possession of his father’s Campbell, daughter of Lewis Campbell, and he named his first daughter Missouri for the state. George was a farmer.”

lands. He was so threatened that he fled to Denmark, which had become a haven for persecuted protestants whose cause had been Caleb Jacob Lovejoy Noble

championed by the Duth Prince of Orange. Francis III soon married Sarah Brinker, a cousin of the Prince of Orange, and their b. 1859, KY. d. 1928. KY Age 78.

first son, Morgan Bryan, was born in Denmark. He was finally permitted to return to Ireland in 1683.

m. Sarah Jane Noble b. 1878. d. 1954. Daughter of James Noble and Rachel Napier

Ambrose Noble

Colonel William Smith Bryan (b. 1600, d. 1667)

b. circa 1896. d. 1963. Age 67.

m. Omega Noble

William Smith Bryan (son of and ) was born 1600 in Claire, Ireland, and died 1667 in Glouchester, VA. He married on Abt. 1630

in Claire, Ireland.

Vesta Noble

b. 1921. d.2003 Age 83.

Notes for William Smith Bryan:

m. Edward Fugate (1912-1964)

- Before 1653, exiled with his family of eleven sons by Oliver Cromwell to the Virginia Colony.

Inez Fugate

More About William Smith Bryan and Catherine Morgan:

b. 1948

Marriage: Abt. 1630, Claire, Ireland.

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

Children of William Smith Bryan and Catherine Morgan are:

Anya Liftig

i.

, b. 1630, Claire, Ireland, d. 1693, Virginia.

b. 1977

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Francis Bryan IV (b. 1630, d. 1693)

Dorothy Liftig

b. 1981

Francis Bryan IV (son of and ) was born 1630 in Claire, Ireland, and died 1693 in Virginia. He married on 1667 in Virginia.

m. David Martin, 2009

More About Francis Bryan IV and Sarah Brinker:

Marriage: 1667, Virginia.

Children of Francis Bryan IV and Sarah Brinker are:

i.

, b. 1685, Virginia, d. 1763, Yadkin River, NC.

William Morgan Bryan (b. 1685, d. 1763)

William Morgan Bryan (son of and ) was born 1685 in Virginia, and died 1763 in Yadkin River, NC. He married on Bef. 1710

in VA.

More About William Morgan Bryan and Mary Margaret Strode:

Marriage: Bef. 1710, VA.

Children of William Morgan Bryan and Mary Margaret Strode are:

i.

, b. 1710, Brinbridge, County Down, Ireland, d. 1772, Winchester, VA.

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