Eleventh Generation

1126. William BRINTON³⁵¹ immigrated in 1683 to America from England.³⁵²
William Brinton. One certificate "which was given under the Hands of his Dealers & Correpondents," January 14, 1683, was subscribed by Thomas Brindley, John Clay, John Gree, Josiah Stanney, with several others.
Another certificate, dated 11 mo. 15, 1683, from Mo. Mtg. at Dudley [England]. Received 9 mo. 4, 1684.
He died in 1700 in Birmingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania.³⁵³
As early as 1687, sessions of the Concord Monthly Meeting had been held on week days at the cabin of William Brinton. In those days it was customary to hold such sessions at the homes of certain members and once or twice a year Friends journeyed through the woods and over the Indian trails to the aforesaid cabin (as of 1940 the site of this cabin was on property owned Isaac Sherwood, located one mile north of Painter's Cross Roads).

And now a few facts are in order relative to William Branton, or Brinton, as it was later written. In the summer of 1684 the Brinton family, who had emigrated from England the previous year, arrived at their grant of 400 acres. They appear to have been the first white settlers in the district which was to be named by them "Brummagen" or "Bromidgam" or "Birmingham" - so called for the home district in England - a name which signifies the ham or home of the descendents of Boerm, a Saxon chief. The family consisted of William and his wife, Ann (Bagley), their seventeen year old son William, and perhaps their two daughters, Elizabeth and Esther. Another daughter Ann, and her husband John Bennett, who had been married in England, followed the parents to America in 1685 and settled upon an adjoining property. Here at Birmingham the Brintons were not disturbed by religious persecution.
He was born in England.

1127. Ann BAGLEY immigrated in 1683 to America from England. She was born in England. Children were:

563	i.	Elizabeth BRINTON.
	ii.	William BRINTON Jr354 was born about 1667 in England. He immigrated in 1683 to America from England. Married Jane Thatcher, daughter of Richard and Jane Steven Thatcher on 8 Oct 1690 "at a meeting in Birmingham".
	iii.	Ann BRINTON was born before 1670 in England. She immigrated in 1685 to America from England. Married John Bennett in England.
	iv.	Esther BRINTON was born before 1683 in England. She immigrated in 1683 to America from England.