John Bryant (c.1758- ) was an able seaman on the Sirius when he arrived at Sydney in January 1788 as part of the First Fleet. On 6 January 1788 he received 12 lashes for being drunk and insolent. He returned to England on the Waaksamheid in 1791.
* information from Mollie Gillen, The Founders of Australia: A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet (1989), p 56
'Bryant, John (c. 1758–?)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/bryant-john-30457/text37767, accessed 27 July 2024.
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