When David Branson Brinton Sr was born on 23 February 1850, in Savannah, Andrew, Missouri, United States, his father, David Brinton, was 35 and his mother, Harriet Wollerton Dilworth, was 27. He married Susan Erepta Huffaker on 20 April 1874, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910 and Election Precinct 1, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920. He died on 21 December 1929, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Scottish: habitational name perhaps from a lost or unidentified place, although possibly brought to Scotland from one or more of the English Brintons under 2 below.
English: habitational name from Brinton in Norfolk, named in Old English as Brȳningtūn ‘settlement (Old English tūn) associated with (-ing-) Brȳni’ (a personal name based on Old English bryne ‘fire, flame’), or from any of various other places with names of the same origin, such as Brineton in Staffordshire, Great Brington in Essex, Brimpton in Berkshire, Brimington in Derbyshire, Brenton in Devon, Brington in Cambridgeshire or (Great and Little) Brington in Northamptonshire.
History: William Brinton (1635–99) came from Staffordshire, England, to West Chester, PA, in 1684–85.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesDAVID BRANSON BRINTON David Branson Brinton, son of David Brinton and Harriet Wollerton Dilworth, was born February 23, 1850 in Savannah, Missouri. David's parents were converts to the church a …
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