Lineal descent means that anyone directly descended from original tribal enrollees could be eligible for tribal enrollment, regardless of how much native blood they have. A collateral descendant is a legal term for a relative descended from a brother or sister of an ancestor, and thus a niece, nephew, or cousin.
All poems of William Cullen Bryant Â». an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post. Bryant was born on November 3, 1794, in a log cabin near Cummington, Massachusetts; the home of his birth is today marked with a plaque. He was the second son of Peter Bryant, a doctor and later a state legislator, and Sarah Snell.
Etymology & Historical Origin-Bryant. Bryant is the transferred use of an Old Breton-Irish surname derived from the ancient Celtic male name Brian.he masculine personal name Bryant has been on the American naming charts since the U.S. government first began tracking naming trends back in the late 19th century. Incidentally, Brian didnât show up on the U.S. male naming charts until 1925 so Bryant even predates his own Irish origins in America.