John Brindley

Brief Life History of John

When John Brindley was born in 1766, in Norton in the Moors, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Brindley, was 21 and his mother, Sarah Dawson, was 28. He married Jane Dale on 28 October 1787. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 30 March 1836, at the age of 70, and was buried in Norton in the Moors, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

John Brindley
1766–1836
Jane Dale
1766–
Marriage: 28 October 1787
Sarah Brindley
1788–
William Brindley
1793–
Elizabeth Brindley
1794–
Hannah Brindley
1790–
John Brindley
1802–
Elijah Brindley
1805–1863
Ellen Brindley
1806–1892
Joshua Brindley
1809–1826
Joseph Brindley
1812–1812

Sources (26)

  • James Brindley in household of James Tomkinson, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • John Brindley, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
  • John Brindley in entry for John Brindley and Sarah Bradshaw, "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944"

World Events (5)

1801 · The Act of Union

The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.

1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

Name Meaning

English (northwest Midlands and Staffordshire): habitational name from a place in Cheshire named Brindley, from Old English berned ‘burnt’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

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

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