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Bryant, John Delavau Physician, poet, author, and editor, b. in Philadelphia, U.S.A., 1811; d. 1877. He was the son of an Episcopalian minister, the Rev. Wm. Bryant. His mother, was a daughter of John Delavau, a shipbuilder of Philadelphia. His early education was under his father and in the Episcopalian Academy. He received the degree … Continue reading “Bryant, John Delavau”

Bryant, John an English Wesleyan minister, was born at St. Agnes, Cornwall. He joined the Methodist Church in 1799, and the Conference in 1809. He died at Exeter, July 3, 1825. For a eulogy of his character see Minutes of the British Conference, 1825, page 8. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Bryant, Jacob was born at Plymouth in 1715, and graduated at King’s College, Cambridge, 1740. The Duke of Marlborough gave him a lucrative place in the Ordnance Department. He settled at Cypenham, in Berkshire, and died Nov. 14, 1804, of a mortification in the leg, occasioned by falling from a chair in getting a book … Continue reading “Bryant, Jacob (2)”

Bryant, Hilliard a Protestant Episcopal clergyman of the diocese of Connecticut, for many years was rector of St. Peter’s Church, Cheshire, but removed from that place in 1866, to become pastor of St. Peter’s Church, Hebron, and died there September 11, 1880, aged seventy-two years. See Prot. Episc. Almanac, 1881, page 172. Fuente: Cyclopedia of … Continue reading “Bryant, Hilliard”

Bryant, H.D a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Pennsylvania. In 1863 he entered the California Conference, and in it served the Church as faithfully as his health would permit until his death, in May 1877. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1877, page 101. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Bryant, George. H an English Methodist minister, was born in Cornwall. He was educated at the Wesleyan Training College, Westminster. He entered the ministry in Newfoundland in 1873, was stationed three years at Green Harbor, and then sent to Old Perlican, where he died, September 16, 1879, while yet young in the work. His fidelity … Continue reading “Bryant, George. H”

Bryant, Andrew a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Mercer County, Kentucky, September 23, 1813. He joined the Church in 1833, was licensed to exhort in 1835, to preach in 1837, and in 1866 entered the Kentucky Conference. In 1869, on the. formation of the Lexington Conference, he became a member of it, and in … Continue reading “Bryant, Andrew”

Bryant, Alfred a Presbyterian minister, was born at Springfield, Essex County, N.J., March 12, 1807. He commenced his preparatory studies in the Academy at Princeton, continued them in the Manual Labor Institute at Germantown, Pa., and then for two years at Elizabeth, N.J.; entered Princeton Seminary in the fall of 1831, and spent three years; … Continue reading “Bryant, Alfred”

Bryanites SEE BIBLE CHRISTIANS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Bryan, Samuel Clothier an English minister of the Society of Friends, was born at Shepton-Mellet, Somersetshire, in 1713. Here he lived sixty years, and resided in Glastonbury, in the same county, for the remainder of his life. In his youthful days he was somewhat wayward in his conduct, but the grace of God subdued his … Continue reading “Bryan, Samuel Clothier”