William Brinton b. 01 Dec 1636 Nether Gournall, Parish of Sedgely, Staffordshire, England d. 1700 Birmingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania

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Born 01 Dec 1636 Nether Gournall, Parish of Sedgely, Staffordshire, England

Gender Male

Baptism 01 Dec 1636 Sedgeley Parish, county Stratford, England

Immigration 1684 Grubbs Landing, New Castle County, Delaware

left England spring of 1684 with wife and son. His 3 daughters remained in England.

Religion 1684 Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

on 4th of 9th month, presented certificate at monthly meeting of Friends in Philadelphia

Estate 20 Jun 1699 Birmingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania

BRINTON, WILLIAM. Brimingham, Chester Co.
written: June 20, 1699.
probated: December 1, 1700. B. 82.
Daughters Elizabeth wife of Hugh Narry, Esther wife of John Willis and
Ann wife of John Bennet.
Executors: Son William and son-in-law John Bennet.
Overseer: George Harlan.
Witnesses: Richard Gove, Hannah Way, Jacob Chandler.

Died 1700 Birmingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Buried Brinton Farm, Birmingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Person ID I161201 Strausstown Roots | KaMaMaBaHe

Last Modified 02 Aug 2014

Father Thomas Brinton, b. 1607, England , d. 14 Aug 1689, England

Mother Ann Biddle, b. 1609, England , d. 02 Sep 1684, England

Family ID F66534 Group Sheet

Family Ann Bagley, b. 1634, England , d. 1699, Birmingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Married 1659 England

Detail: married by Friends ceremony

Children

>	1. Ann Brinton, b. 19 Jul 1660, Worcestershire, England , d. 1719, Pennsylvania
	2. Edward Brinton, b. 17 Jan 1663, Worcestershire, England
>	3. Elizabeth Brinton, b. 09 Oct 1665, Worcestershire, England
>	4. William Brinton, b. 12 Jun 1670, Worcestershire, England , d. 17 Aug 1751, Birmingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
	5. Esther Brinton, b. about 1675, England

Last Modified 02 Aug 2014

Family ID F44502 Group Sheet

Photos
Brinton Coat of Arms

Headstones
William & Ann Brinton

Maps & Deeds
Brinton Homestead
Birmingham, Chester County, PA

Sources

[S420] History of Chester County, p. 486-7.
BRINTON,* William, of Nether Gournall, Parish of Sedgely, Staffordshire, England, with his wife, Ann, daughter of Edward Bagley, came to Pennsylvania in the summer of 1684, and settled in the township since called Birmingham. As his home in England was near that town, it is supposed that he gave the name to the township. He was born about the year 1630, his wife five years later, and they were married about 1659. With them came their son, William, and daughters, Elizabeth and Esther. Their daughter Ann married John Bennett, 4,18,1684, and they may have accompanied her parents.

William Brinton had suffered persecution as a Friend, and in the year 1683 had his goods distrained to the value of #5 11s. to satisfy a fine of 26s. imposed under the Nonconformity Act. On his arrival in Philadelphia, and while detained there in making arrangements for a permanent settlement, he presented two certificates to a Friends' meeting "held at the governor's house" on the 4th of the 9th month (November), 1684. One of these certificates is from the Monthly Meeting of Dudley, and is dated the 15th of the 11th month, 1683. The other is from "his dealers & Correspondents," and is dated Jan. 14, 1683. In 1686 he received a patent for 456 acres of land, to which he made further additions by purchase. His death occurred in 1700, and that of his wife in the previous year. Their daughter Elizabeth married Hugh Harris soon after 2d month (April) 12, 1686, by whom she had four sons and five daughters. Esther Brinton, her sister, married John Willis, of Thornbury, and had several children.

William Brinton, Jr., born about 1667, married, 10,9,1690 Jane, daughter of Richard and Jane Thatcher, born 10,17,1670, died 12,17,1755. In 1704 he built a stone house a little distance south of Dilworthtown, which is still standing, and until a few years since without much alteration. He died in 1751, and was buried 8th month 17th, at Birmingham Meeting. His children were:
1.Joseph b. 11,30,1692, buried 10,18,1751, m. 10,6,1711 to Mary Peirce, and 2,14,1748 to Mary Elgar.
2. William, b. 6,25,1694, d. 3d mo. 1761, m. 2,26,1716, to Hannah Buller, 5,9,1724 to Azuba Townsend, and 5th mo. 1734 to Cecily Chamberlin.
3. Edward, b. 12,12,1704, d. 3,17,1779, m. 4,17,1724 to Hannah Peirce.
4. Mary, b. 2,1,1708, d. 12,13,1774, m. 9,8,1739 to Daniel Corbit.
5. Ann, b. 2,19,1719, m. 2,29,1731 to Samuel Bettle.
6. John, b. 5,4,1715, d. 3mo. 1748, m. 2,21,1736 to Hannah Vernon.

Joseph and Edward Brinton were prominent and active citizens, and their numerous descendants have inherited marked individuality and force of character. A daughter of Edward became the wife of Thomas Darlington and ancestor of a large portion of the family of that name. A genealogy and history of the family, quarto, pp. 60, was compiled and printed for private distribution by Dr. Daniel G. Brinton, 1878. His brother, Joseph H. Brinton, is the proprietor of Brinton's greenstone or serpentine quarries in Thornbury.

*"The English family of Brinton, from whom those in America derive descent, took their name from the parish of Brinton, now Brimpton, in Berkshire.
The first so named of whom we possess any definite account is Robert de Brinton, who received a manor in Shropshire from King henry II about the year 1160. his lineal descendant removed to Staffordshire about 1450."-Dr. Daniel G. Brinton
[S195] Correspondence, e-mail/Find A Grave contributor William DeCoursey, 02 Dec 2014.
William BRINTON, of Nether Gournall, in the parish of Sedgley, Staffordshire, England was among the early colonists in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He was born about 1630, and when a young man became a convert to the doctrines of the Society of Friends (Quakers) and accomplished his marriage among them, in 1659, to Ann BAGLEY, who was born in 1635. After her death in 1699, he wrote thus: "As to the family she came of, they were not of the meanest rank as to worldly account; her father's name was Edward BAGLEY; he was accounted a very honest man and loving man; he died about fifty years ago (1649c). Her mother became an honest Friend and so continued till the day of her death. She remained a widow all the days of her life after the death of her husband, which was above thirty years. --- This was the 40th year since we were married," etc.
William and Ann (BAGLEY) BRINTON had four children:
(1) Ann BRINTON married 18 June 1684, at Stourbridge, England, to John, son of John BENNETT of Overly, Worcester. They came to Pennsylvania, perhaps the next year, and settled in Birmingham.
(2) Esther BRINTON married John WILLITS, born in London 6, Jan. 1668, son of Henry and Mary (PEACE) WILLITS, settlers on Long Island. They settled in Thornbury township. (Note: Thomas WILLITS (1650-1710) married Dinah TOWNSEND, dau. of Richard and Deliverance (COLE) TOWNSEND of Hempstead, L.I. See: Harrison, J. Houston, SETTLERS BY THE LONG GREY TRAIL (1935), p.38.; A. C. Willits, ANCESTORS and DESCENDANTS of JAMES and ANN WILLITS of LITTLE EGG HARBOR, N.J..
(3) Elizabeth BRINTON, married in 1686, Hugh HARRY, and settled in Birmingham.
(4) William BRINTON (1667c-1751) was married 10 mo., 9, 1690, at a meeting held in Birmingham, to Jane THATCHER, dau. of Richard and Jane THATCHER, of Birmingham. They had children: Joseph BRINTON m. Mary PEIRCE and Mary ELGAR; William BRINTON m. Hannah BULLER, Azuba TOWNSEND and Cecily CHAMBERLAIN; Edward BRINTON m. Hannah PEIRCE; Mary m. Daniel CORBIT; Ann m. Samuel BETTLE; and John BRINTON m. Hannah VERNON.

William BRINTON had suffered persecution as a Friend (Quaker), and in the year 1683 had his goods distrained to the value of 5 pounds 11 shillings to satisfy a fine of 26 shillings imposed under the Non-conformity Act. In the Spring of 1684, William BRINTON, with his wife and son William, embarked for Pennsylvania, leaving, it is said, three daughters (Ann, Elizabeth and Esther) in England. On his arrival in Philadelphia, and while detained there in making arrangements for a permanent settlement, he presented two certificates to a Friends' meeting "held at the governor's house" on the 4th of the 9th month (November), 1684. One of these certificates is from the Monthly Meeting of Dudley, and is dated the 15th of the 11th month, 1683. The other is from "his dealers and Correspondents," and is dated Jan. 14, 1683. "Upon his arrival at the Delaware, he boldly pushed inland from the river into the unbroken forest and erected a temporary shelter in which he passed the succeeding winter, during which they must have suffered greatly for food had not the Indians supplied the family with game. The next year he made a clearing, built a log cabin and planted a pear tree before his door which survived until 1852.".
On 1st day, 1st mo., 1686, William BRINTON purchased fifty acres of land in Concord Township, of what is now Chester County, Pennsylvania.
William BRINTON obtained a patent on 9th mo., 23rd day, 1688, for four hundred and fifty acres in Birmingham, which had been surveyed to him 5 August 1685. On the same date he received another patent for four hundred acres on the Brandywine in Birmingham, which he conveyed to his sons-in-law, John WILLIS (John WILLITS) and Hugh HARRIS, in 1695.
William BRINTON was a member of Concord Monthly Meeting (Quakers) and of the particular meeting then held at private houses in that township. At the Quarterly Meeting, 9 mo., 3, 1690, "Chichester monthly meeting being called, it being moved to this meeting that Concord first-days meeting be every fourth first-day at William BRINTON's in Birmingham, beginning the 23d of this month, also the fourth-day following if the said meeting think fit; this to continue till further order."
William BRINTON's will is dated 6 mo., 20, 1699, and proven 1 December 1700, showing that he did not long survive his wife.

See: Cope, Gilbert and Ashmead, Henry Graham, GENEALOGICAL and PERSONAL MEMOIRS of CHESTER and DELAWARE COUNTIES, PENNSYLVANIA (New York 1904), pp.160,343-346,431-432,474; Futhey, J. Smith, and Cope, Gilbert, HISTORY of CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA with GENEALOGICAL and BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES (Louis H. Everts, Philadelphia 1881), pp.486-487.
[S421] The Brinton Genealogy, p. 97.