"Ancestrees"

William BRINTON ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

William and his wife lived in the cabin with parents William and Ann Brinton after coming to America. In 1704, he built a Stone House for his growing family of six children in Birmingham Twp. in what is now Delaware Co., Pennsylvania It still stands today with walls 2 feet thick and 27 leaded glass windows. It lies near the original temporary shelter that he and his parents lived their first winter. In 1965 it was a home/museum open to the public in Dilworthtown, Pennsylvania (C-636, 956) UA Record #:2763

Original meetings of the Birmingham MM took place in William and Ann's home. William was later a founding member of the Concord MM. In 1717, he and his wife were witnesses of a marriage taking place in Concord M.M. of Daniel Pyle and Mary Chamberlin. In 1742, he was a witness at the Quaker marriage of Samuel Jackson and Mary Pennell Pyle in the Concord Meeting Minutes, Chester Co., Pennsylvania He or members of his family appeared as witnesses in almost every marriage in that meeting from 1717-1742. (E)

  Noted events in his life were:

• Emigration, 1684, Birmingham Twp., Chester, PA, USA.

William married Jane (Jean) THATCHER on 10/9/1690 in Birmingham Twp., Chester, PA, USA. (Jane (Jean) THATCHER was born on 12/1/1670 in Uffington, Berkshire, ENG and died on 2/17/1755 in Birmingham, Chester, PA.)