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Daniel Brinson of Middlesex, New Jersey
This brief chapter is extracted from "The Van der Vliet Family in America" (James Vliet, manuscript) correspondence with Bill Schooley (rbsch@open.org) and his postings to an Internet discussion group, BRINSON-L@rootsweb.com. The name, Brinson, is also spelled as Brymson.
1. WILLIAM-A BRINSON, was born in England about 1620. He married MARGARET . The Brinsons were of Membury Parish, Devonshire, England; they did not venture to the New World.
Child:
2. i. DANIEL-1, m. FRANCES GREENLAND.
2. DANIEL-1 BRINSON, was born in Membury Parish, Devonshire, England on 8 September 1653; he died at Middlesex, Somerset County, New Jersey about 1696. Daniel was married in [Devonshire, England] on 8 August 1681 to FRANCES-2 GREENLAND (Henry-1). Frances was also born in Membury Parish, Devonshire, England about 1653; she died in Princeton, Somerset County, New Jersey between 1750 and 1756. She was the daughter of Henry-1 and Mary ([Barefoote/Bareford]) Greenland.
Frances, daughter of Princeton's first settler, Henry Greenland and Daniel, who came from Devon, England in 1677 aboard [the] ship Willing Mind, first settled in Bucks Co., Penn. by 1685/86 they moved to a 300 acre tract on [the] north branch of Stony Brook, about a mile from the Millstone River. Quaker John Horner willed funds for building Stony Brook Meeting House. In some cases Daniel's name was spelled Brymson.
Children, born in Membury, Devon, England:
i. RUTH-2, b. 6 Feb 1682/83; d. in Hopewell, Hunterdon Co., NJ about 1768; m. COLONEL JOSEPH STOUT.
ii. BAREFOOT, b. 1686; d. NJ 1741-1748; m. MARRITJE LAURENCE, dau. of Lawrenze Popinga and Catherine Lewis.
* iii. MARGARET, b. 1689; d. after 1730; m. JAN3 JANSE VAN DER VLIET (Jan2 Dirckes, Dirck1 Jans) "The Brewer," b. (then Flatbush, now) Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY in Sep or Oct 1684, d. Six-Mile-Run, Somerset Co., NJ ca. 1737, son of Jan2 Dirckes Van der Vliet and Geertje2 Janse Ver Kerk; direct ancestors of the compiler; see Dirck Jans Van der Vliedt of Brooklyn, New York for more information.
iv. MARY, b. 1692; d. before 1759; m. HENRY2 FARNSWORTH, son of Thomas1 and Susannah (Ellis) Farnsworth; resided in Kingswood Township, Hunterdon Co., NJ.
v. ANNA, b. 1695; d. about 1749; m. (1) NATHANIEL LEONARD; m. (2) JAMES GOULD.
I am seeking all genealogical and biographical details for the family documented above including their ancestors, children, and grandchildren and the spouses thereof, including the full names of those spouses' parents. All additions and corrections, however speculative, will be greatly appreciated.
Please send a copy of any response directly to me. I subscribe to many lists and post to many websites; I would not want to miss your reply! Thank you!
Perry Streeter
Canandaigua, New York USA
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