BRYER of Dorset Family Chart no. 40

	William BRYER		(1) Mary ?		(2) Gertrude WELLS		(3) Sarah CUTLER
	b. circa 1718
			m. circa 1739		m. 13 May 1745 at Fordington, DOR		m. 9 Nov 1760 at Melcombe Regis, DOR [BVRI]
	Gentleman

Children of the First Marriage

Mary	William
bapt. 17 Feb 1740 at St Peter Dorchester, DOR [BVRI]	bapt. 20 Jan 1742 at St Peter Dorchester, DOR [BVRI]

Children of the Second Marriage

John Bampfield	Edmund	Gertrude	Thomas	Warwick	James	Wadham Man	Wyndham
bapt. 22 Apr 1746 at St Peter Dorchester, DOR [BVRI]	bapt. 17 Aug 1747 at St Peter Dorchester, DOR [BVRI]	bapt. 23 Dec 1748 at St Peter Dorchester, DOR [BVRI]	bapt. 5 Jul 1750 at St Peter Dorchester, DOR [BVRI]	bapt. 31 Oct 1751 at St Peter Dorchester, DOR [BVRI]	bapt. 15 May 1755 at St Peter Dorchester, DOR [BVRI]	bapt. 20 Jan 1757 at St Peter Dorchester, DOR [BVRI]	bapt. 30 Mar 1758 at St Peter Dorchester, DOR [BVRI]
m. Susanna circa 1766
			d. 8 Oct 1818 at Dorchester [Camb. Alumni]

Additional Information

Most of the information I have, apart from the baptism dates, comes from William's Will. In it he mentions various businesses (unspecified), the ownership of The King's Arms Inn in Dorchester, the interest in the copyhold Manor of fforthington, as well as all my houses lands tenements and hereditaments lying in Weymouth and Melcombe Regis. He names his son William as executor and principal trustee, and his dear wife [unnamed] as executrix. Edmund is directed to carry on the various unnamed businesses for four years in order to maintain son Thomas at University. Son John Bampfield BRYER is granted the use of the Manor of fforthington after William's wife's death, and the property is passed to Edmund after John's death. None of the daughters is mentioned in the will, and none of the other children, other than as my four youngest children.

From the Cambridge Alumni List, it would appear that Thomas graduated from St John College Cambridge in 1771 and became a clergyman [see his family chart for more information].