Thomas Dennis McClendon, Jr. (SAR) - Connections

These sites list Elizabeth Bush as the mother of Thomas McClendon II. Elizabeth is seen on some sites as Elinor / Eleanor Elizabeth Bush:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74884460/thomas-mcclendon

https://moorecountywallaces.com/getperson.php?personID=I39777&t...

From Thomas I's Wiki page:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/McClendon-171

Thomas married Elizabeth Bush (abt. 1695-abt. 1729) about.1714 in Bertie County, North Carolina.

Dennis McClendon (1718)
John McClendon (1722, twin)
Joel McClendon (1722, twin)
Isaac McClendon (1724)
Jacob McClendon (1725)
Jemima McClendon (1727)
Thomas McClendon, Jr. (1728)
Stephen McClendon (1729)

Thomas married Mary Bryan (1695-aft. 1768) about 1729 in Bertie County, North Carolina.

Jesse McClendon (1730)
Simon McClendon (1736)

According to this, Thomas I didn't marry Mary Bryan until 1729, a year after Thomas II was born. I can't help but wonder if Elizabeth Bush died during or shortly after the birth of son Stephen b. 1729 given that his father remarried so quickly.

People don't seem to be in agreement with what is connected here on Geni that Mary Bryan was this Thomas II"s mother. And what is listed on these other referenced sites matches with my DNA matches to descendants on these connections only via the Bush connection.

So I have concluded the mother of this Thomas had to be Elizabeth Bush and not Mary Bryan.

I had also questioned whether this Thomas actually had the middle name Dennis since none of the sites above list him that way. The info on Wiki clears that up. No, this Thomas was just known as Thomas McClendon II (or Jr.). His father had a brother named Dennis and named one of his sons Dennis after his brother. So this Thomas had a brother named Dennis:

Research Notes
Prob Thomas Jr is in these records: Living in Perquimans County 1722 & Craven County in 1738 & 1743. He claimed 17 people in his family of whom some must have been slaves. Thomas was also a Road Commissioner & Vestryman in St. Patrick's Parish in New Bern, North Carolina.
In the general court on 31 October 1700 Dennis Mackelendon proved rights to 650 acres for importing Charles Gastin, Mary Gastin, Eliz. Gastin, Margarett Donn, Dennis Donn, Mathew Bryan, Mary Watts, Eliz. Macklendon., Dennis Macklendon, Jr., Dennis Macklenden, Sr., Bryan Macklendon, Francis Macklendon, and Tho. Macklendon.[1]

You can see here where Thomas and Elizabeth Bush's sons Dennis and Thomas are two different people:

Dennis is shown as their eldest chid and Thomas II as their next to last:

Thomas married Elizabeth Bush (abt. 1695-abt. 1729) about.1714 in Bertie County, North Carolina.
Dennis McClendon (1718)
John McClendon (1722, twin)
Joel McClendon (1722, twin)
Isaac McClendon (1724)
Jacob McClendon (1725)
Jemima McClendon (1727)
Thomas McClendon, Jr. (1728)
Stephen McClendon (1729)