Thank you, William. The accumulating Carolina connections are
interesting to me. I have had earlier correspondence that points to
Bryson-Crawford marriages in Hooper Co, western NC. I'll continue to
believe that there may be more than happenstance in these name
associations -- maybe it'll all make good genealogical sense one day.

--John

At 01:35 PM 6/18/2009, wdlindsy@... wrote:

>John, your DNA information is fascinating to me as a Bryson
>descendant, for a reason I'll explain below.
>
>You ask if others in the group know of Bryson-Crawford ties in their lines.
>
>There's such a connection in my own Bryson family. I descend from
>John Bryson (b. 1740-1750, d. 1824, Anderson Co., SC). He's one of
>the sons of William Bryson and Isabella Holmes.
>
>John's daughter Mary (1787-1856), my ancestor, married Jacob
>Braselton (1785-1849). Jacob was son of Jacob Braselton (1749-1835)
>and Hannah Green (1757-1832). Jacob Braselton the elder was son of
>John Brazelton, who was born bef. 1714, and who died in 1788 in
>Frederick Co., MD.
>
>We do not know the name of John's wife. His will suggest she had
>predeceased him. But a long tradition among his descendants states
>that her surname was Crawford.
>
>Jacob Braselton the elder moved with his wife Hannah Green from
>Granville Co., NC, to Pendleton Dist., SC, in 1782 (they had come to
>Granville Co. from Frederick Co., MD). In Pendleton Dist., they
>lived near some Green families that I think may be related to
>Jacob's wife Hannah Green. Some of these families use Crawford as a
>given name, suggesting to me that they may also have Crawford roots.
>
>And so the ties in my own Bryson-related lines to Crawfords make
>your DNA information very interesting.
>
>William D. Lindsey