William Brinton

1670 - 1751  (81 years)

• Name	William Brinton  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	12 Jun 1670	Sedgeley, Staffordshire, ENG   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Aug 1751	, Chester, PA, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I11403	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	William Brinton, *,   b. Abt Nov 1636, Lower Gornall (Gournall), Staffordshire, ENG d. Abt 1700, Birmingham Twp., Chester, PA, USA (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ann Bagley, *,   b. Bef 27 Apr 1634, Sedgeley, Staffordshire, ENG d. Bef 20 Aug 1699, Birmingham Twp., Chester, PA, USA (Age < 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1659	, Staffordshire, ENG
  Family ID	F3386	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane (Jean) Thatcher,   b. 1 Dec 1670, Uffington, Berkshire, ENG d. 17 Feb 1755, Birmingham, Chester, PA (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	9 Oct 1690	Birmingham Twp., Chester, PA, USA   [3]
  Family ID	F3375	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• 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 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)

  
  

• Sources

  [S206] United Ancestries Linked Pedigrees CD 100 (Automated Archives). [S2915] Elmer R. Underwood, David Underwood, 1815-1857, His Antecedents and Descendants (A Private Printing, c1974). [S111] Ancestry.com, U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.