Simon Solomon Brink

Brief Life History of Simon Solomon

When Simon Solomon Brink was born on 5 July 1780, his father, Garret Brink, was 24 and his mother, Catherine Cortregt, was 22. He married Phoebe Winfield on 18 December 1806, in New York City, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 24 August 1828, in Phelps, Phelps, Ontario, New York, United States, at the age of 48.

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Simon Solomon Brink
1780–1828
Phoebe Winfield
1788–1841
Marriage: 18 December 1806
Jannetje "Jane" Brink
1807–1808
Henry Winfield Brink
1808–1886
John Brink
1811–1904
Abraham Brink
1814–1814
Abram Brink
1820–1891
Leman Hotchkiss Brink
1822–1886

Sources (5)

  • Solomon Brink, "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962"
  • Simon Brink in entry for Yannetye Brink, "New York, Church Records, 1660-1954"
  • Simon Brink in entry for Henry Brink, "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962"

World Events (8)

1781 · The First Constitution

Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

1789

Historical Boundaries 1789: Ontario, New York, United States

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

Name Meaning

North German; Danish and Swedish (of German origin): topographic name for someone who lived by a pasture or green, from Middle Low German brinc ‘hill, edge, slope, grazing land’, especially a raised meadow in low-lying marshland. Swedish name is ornamental.

Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived by the brink, which is in the central and east Netherlands the name of the common area in the centre of the village, the village square. Compare Vandenbrink .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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