Mary may be the daughter who is listed first, whose name is not legible, especially if she is Lewis's twin (if her birthdate is correct).
Some of Mary's children have names that are traditional for this family, too, and there's a Needham Bryan as security for the guardian of John Rains's orphans in Johnston County, so there is circumstantial evidence tying Mary (Bryan) Rains Lee to this Bryan family.
Mary isn't one of the nine children listed in:
The North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register, Volumes 1-3
Notable Southern Families
Carolana.com:
http://www.carolana.com/NC/Revolution/patriot_leaders_nc_william_br...
and other genealogies. A lot of Bryan genealogies seem to list just nine children.
However, researcher Kenneth Barker thinks that Lewis and Mary were twins.
"Col. William Bryan and Elizabeth Smith of Johnston County had at least 10 children that I know of and they are (in order of birth): Lewis, Mary, William, Arthur, Elizabeth, Hardy, Blake, Esther, Susannah and John.Lewis and Mary were twins and were both born November 4, 1745 in Johnston Co., North Carolina."Kenneth Barker
http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/bryan/2153/
Maybe looking through Kenneth's online comments will yield something more definite for Mary.
I'm not in favor of detaching her--she is definitely part of the family and probably exactly where she is supposed to be. Would be nice to firm up the connection.
I'm not so sure about Sarah or Thomas.
