Generation No. 1
1. JAMES1 GARDNER I was born 1659, and died 1726.
He married ELIZABETH WARD.
Child of JAMES GARDNER and ELIZABETH WARD is:
2. i. JAMES2 GARDNER II, b. 1686.
Generation No. 2
2. JAMES2 GARDNER II (JAMES1) was born 1686.
He married JANE RIPLEY.
Child of JAMES GARDNER and JANE RIPLEY is:
3. i. JAMES3 GARDNER III, b. 1721.
Generation No. 3
3. JAMES3 GARDNER III (JAMES2, JAMES1) was born
1721. He married SUSAN LOWE.
Child of JAMES GARDNER and SUSAN LOWE is:
4. i. SUSANNAH4 GARDNER.
Generation No. 4
4. SUSANNAH4 GARDNER (JAMES3, JAMES2, JAMES1). She married THOMAS BRIERYHURST 27 Feb 1780, son of JOHN BRIERHURST and ELIZABETH LEES.
Notes for THOMAS BRIERYHURST:
Christened 21Oct1750. Compiled by Rev. Chas N Sinnett,
Fertile MN: Thomas Bryerhurst b Middleton Green, England, according
to the data preserved by the descendents. He was a soldier in the
English Army during the Revolutionary War. When the members of his
regiment returned to England, he remained in America, as he had become
strongly attached to some American soldiers from Maine. He joined
Captain Mustard's Company of soldiers and came with them to their home
at Topsham ME. He then lived at Harpswell ME for a time. He
then bought a large tract of land in Bowdoin Me, next to the Samuel Story
farm, and was one of the most industrious and worthy pioneers in that town.
He was highly esteemed by all who knew him. He always preserved the
English form of his name, but many of the descendants changed the name
to Briery.
M at Harpswell Me, Susan Gardiner, of one of the best old families of that town; a woman who was ever busy in helping others. As many of the old family records were burned it is not possible to give the children in their chronological order.
From Biographical Review: The name of the family
was originally Brierhurst, and his father was a silk and linene merchant
in England. Thomas Brierhurst, who was a native of Lincolnshire,
is said to have been impressed into the British navy during the American
Revolution, and brought to this country between the years 1775 and 1780.
He never returned to England, but remained in the United States, and settled
in Bowdoin, Me. he married a Miss Garndner, of Harpswell; and the
ceremony was performed by old Parson Eaton, who also christened his four
sons and five daughters. His wife lived to an advanced age, and both
were buried in Bowdoin.
Children of SUSANNAH GARDNER and THOMAS BRIERYHURST are:
i. JOHN5 BRIERY, m. HANNAH HOUGH, 13 Oct 1814.
Notes for JOHN BRIERY:
Killed by a falling tree
More About JOHN BRIERY:
Fact 1: accidentally killed
ii. NANCY BRIERY, m. WALTER MERRYMAN JACK.
Notes for NANCY BRIERY:
"The 5th daughter of ancestor Thomas Bryeryhurst lived
at Bowdoin ME."
iii. ELIZABETH (BETTEY, BETSY) BRIERY, b. 04 Nov 1780, Topsham (Sagadahoc County) ME; d. 13 Nov 1854, Bowdoin ME; m. EBENEZER CURTIS.
Notes for ELIZABETH (BETTEY, BETSY) BRIERY:
"The 3rd daughter of ancestor Thomas Bryeryhurst."
iv. JAMES BRIERY, b. 15 Feb 1782, Topsham (Sagadahoc County) ME; m. (1) MARY ESTHER FOSTER; m. (2) HANNAH.
Notes for JAMES BRIERY:
A Successful farmer of Bowdoin ME; highly esteemed.
From LDS Records (Records & Births in the town of
Bowdoin p.54): The children of James Bryrihurst and his wife Esther
were born as follows:
Esther Bryrihurst was born 17 Jun 1810
Annis Bryrihurst was born 1 May 1812
Susanna Bryrihurst was born 10 Dec 1814
Mary Bryrihurst was born 1 May 1816
Betsy Bryrihurst was born 2 May 1818
More About JAMES BRIERY:
Fact 1: prosperous farmer in Bowdoin
Fact 2: lived to be Octogenarian
v. JUDITH BRIERY, b. 20 Aug 1783, Topsham (Sagadahoc County) ME; d. 23 Aug 1856, Bowdoin ME; m. NATHANIEL HALL WILLIAMS, 26 Oct 1809.
Notes for JUDITH BRIERY:
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1st daughter of Thomas Bryerhurst.
"She was a very energetic and helpful woman."
Notes for NATHANIEL HALL WILLIAMS:
"A very industrious and worthy farmer of Bowdoin ME."
vi. THOMAS BRIERY, b. 1791, Bowdoinham (Sagadahoc County) ME; d. 16 May 1874, W. Gardiner(Kennebec County, Highland Cemetery, Gardiner) ME; m. (1) NANCY TOWNE, 03 Dec 1820, Bowdoin ME; m. (2) LUCY WHITE, 16 Apr 1838, Bowdoin ME.
Notes for THOMAS BRIERY:
1850 ME Census: 59m, carpenter, joiner, $300.
According to son J.G., a corker for boats.
More About THOMAS BRIERY:
Fact 1: 1850, see notes
vii. JOSEPH BRIRY, b. 27 Feb 1792, Bowdoinham (Sagadahoc County) ME; d. 26 Jan 1843, Bowdoinham (Sagadahoc County, N Cemetery) ME; m. MARY STORY, 10 Jun 1824.
Notes for JOSEPH BRIRY:
He acquired a good education at Hebron Academy, and taught
school both before and after marriage, becoming a noted educator of that
section in his day. He was a man who possessed a large amount of
general information, and was especially well informed upon legal matters.
He served as Trial Justice for many years, and was known as the Squire,
a title which he was abundantly qualified to bear. Aside from his
duties as a schoolmaster and public functionary, he owned an tilled a good
farm with energy and ability. He resided in Bowdoin until his death,
which took place in 1842, when he was at the age of fifty years.
"An excellent farmer at Bowdoin ME, located next to Samuel Story."
Notes for MARY STORY:
Mary Story Briery and her two daughters, following the
selling of the Briery Farm at East Bowdoin in 1866, removed to Richmond
Village. All died at Richmond.
"Died in Richmond in 1891, aged 96 and 6 months. She was a woman of extraordinary vitality, retaining possession of her faculties until the last; and she could read and sew without glasses up to the time of her death.
"At 96, with her mind bright and her strength wonderful."
viii. RUTH BRIERY, b. 1794; d. 18 May 1881, Levant (Waugh Cemetery) ME; m. SAMUEL CAMPBELL.
Notes for RUTH BRIERY:
Ruth Bryeryhurst lived and died at Kingsbury ME.
ix. ELIZABETH MARY BRIERY1, b. 1795, Bowdoin (Sagadahoc
County) ME; d. WFT Est. 1806-18891; m. PIRIGRINE WELLS1, WFT Est. 1806-18391.
x. CATHERINE BRIERY, m. JOHN DOUGLASS.
Notes for CATHERINE BRIERY:
"2nd daughter of ancestor Thomas Bryeryhurst, Katie Bryeryhurst
lived at Bowdoinham ME."
Endnotes
1. Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family
Tree Vol. 12, Ed. 1, (Release date: July 28, 1997), "CD-ROM," Tree
#2585, Date of Import: 27 Jun 1998.