Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-07-29 | Page 13 | Bryan Lineage Traced to Early Royalty in Ireland

Bryan L ri age Traced to Earl Early Royalty in Ireland NEW YORK July 29 AP AP- AP The ancestry of William WilHam Jennings Bryan has been traced to William OBryan a a. captain Jn n n King James' James Irish army In the war against Wil Wil- liam Ham of Orange Michael J J. J OBrien O'Brien h aph graph er of the American Irish Iris Historical society I today told how eighteen yea years 15 ago he had traced th tha O Bryan OBryan genealogy directly as far back as aa 39 and nd showed that there was a a possibility that the commoner commoner com corn moner manor was waR descended from Bryan Boru an eleventh century Irish king Mr OBrien O'Brien said the name OBrian O'Brian n was changed hanged to 10 Brian and subsequently to Bryan Brjan after the re removal removal re- re moval of one of the family to to Culpepper Culpepper Cul- Cul pepper county V Virginia from North Carolina where Captain OBrian O'Brian first settled 1 Captain OBrian O'Brian of ot King ICing James James' Irish army fought under the ro romantic romantic ro- ro mantic Irish general Patrick Sarsfield Sarsfield Sars- Sars field at the siege or l Limerick Mr OBrien O'Brien said On On the surrender of that city he fled to Altona Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many as a price was set lIet on on the head of all aji i the Irish officers who foug fought t against William of Orange Thence he came to the American colonies settling in lii Pasquotank county North Carolina In 1691 where he received a Diunt nt of land He married rIed a woman named Needham Needham Need Need- eed- eed ham and aId they have two sons WlllIam Wilham Wil Wll- liam ham and Needham O Brian OBrian When William O'Brian's de descendants do- do emigrated across the Blue Ridge mountains into Culpepper Culpep- Culpep per county Virginia they dropped the 0 O from their name The name changed to Brian and nd subsequently to Bryan Mr Mi OBrien O'Brien said one of the OBryan was with Daniel Boone and established Brjan's Bryans ns n's station in Kentucky in 1779 The asserted that he had studied the commoner for tor man many years and had foun found that Mr Bryan displayed many Celtic char char- lIis Ills sift gift of ot oratory was Celtic he continued and even his build and appearance all appearance all the little Celtic Cel Cel- tb tic attributes attribute utes that are carried down In tho blood he possessed Eighteen years ars ago after much uch r research search Mr OBrien O'Brien presented the commoner Commoner- with with all all the data he could find on Bryans Bryan's branch of the fam fam- ily Hy He sent his findings to Bryans Bryan's homo horno in Nebraska and su subsequent sequent sequent- ly met him at a Democratic con con- at Rochester N N. Y Mr Br Bryan ho said waved aside his political friends and had him ride In his private car as far faras ag- ag Albany so that th the two might discuss his ancestors and their descendants