Luke Brinley

Luke Brinley, sometimes spelled Brisley, came to America in 1682 onboard the ship "Friend's Adventure". Settled in Buck's County, PA. Became Sheriff in 1684 and Ranger in 1686.

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Luke Brinley was by occupation a mason and his religion was Quaker. He was Sheriff in 1684 in Bucks Co., Pa- In 1689 he was a Ranger in Bucks Co., Pa. Immigrated Sept. 28, 1682 from Liverpool, England Bio: On 28 September 1682 at the Port of Philadelphia, many long months by sea voyage away, arrived one of William Penn's Twenty-three Ships, "The Friend's Adventure". The third passenger ship to arrive in Philadelphia that month, the "Adventure" was commanded by Thomas Wll, Master, and brought emigrants from both Cheshire and Staffordshire. Among these families were the Yardley's from Ransclough, near Leek, Staffordshire; the Clowes family of Gosworth, Cheshire; John Brock of Bramhall, with his servants, Job Houle and Eliza Eaton; the Milnor's of Staffordshire; the Powell's of Layloch, Cheshire; the Walley's of Bickley, Cheshire; the Pickering's of Halton, Cheshire; the Buckley's and the Heycock's of Slin, Eccleshall Parish, Staffordshire; and, last but by no means least, Luke Brinley, a mason from Leek, Staffordshire. All on board were of the Quaker faith and Luke's Certificate of Removal was from the Fallowfield Monthly Meeting "held in Joshua Dale's house" and dated the first day of "ye 3rd month, 1684". He was entered as a member of Falls Monthly Meeting in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The Old Penn Map discloses that Luke held an original warrant for land facing the Delaware River, across from the City of Trenton, possibly in co-ownership with a John Parsons. On April 8, 1688, he sold 90 acres to a Peter Worrall. In 1684, Luke was named High Sheriff of Bucks County, in 1688 he served on the Grand Jury, and in 1689 he was named Ranger of Bucks County. In 1701, a meeting of the Pennsylvania Commission in Philadelphia refers to his lands in Makefield Township, Bucks County.

The evidence indicates that Luke Brinley had made several trips to visit the colonies before his emigration in 1682, for he is shown on December 5, 1678 as an inhabitant of Burlington, New Jersey. It is further evidential that Luke fathered two sons, James and Alexander. James was born ca. 1688, and on January 1, 1712, he married a Mary Wivell at the Old Christ Church in Philadelphia. .....

Alexander Brinley was born ca. 1698, and his wife's name was Elizabeth. On October 26, 1737, Alexander received a warrant for 255 acres of land "upon the Allegany Creek in Rebeson Township, in what was then Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The warrant was issued by the Penns, and Alexander and his wife thereupon settled on this Tract of Land, which was to be thereafter known as "Alexander's Farm" in future deed descriptions....

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WikiTree profile Brinley-10 created through the import of EBENSTEIN-GRANGER.GED on Aug 19, 2011 by Merryann Palmer. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Merryann and others.

Source: S536 Title: Internet Web Page Abbreviation: Internet - private web page

Source: S554 Title: Ancestry Online Databases,

Second Location: http://www.ancestry.com Abbreviation: Ancestry Repository: #R3 Repository: R3 Name: Ancestry's Ancestral File Address: www.ancestry.com

Source: S655 Title: Brinleys of Pennsylvania, The Abbreviation: Brinleys of PA Author: Brinley, Robert M.

Publication: Author, Paramus, NJ, 1967 Repository: #R27 Repository: R27 Name: Library of Congress Address: City: Washington State: DC

Source: S689 Title: Bucks County Pennsylvania Deed Records 1684-173 Abbreviation: Bucks Co, PA Deeds 1864-1763 Author: Compiler: Davis, John David Publication: Heritage Books Inc., PA, 1997 Repository: #R23

Repository: R23 Name: Daughters of the American Revolution Library Address: 1776 Constitution Ave. City: Washington State: DC

Source: S691 Title: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography Abbreviation: Pennsylvania Magazine ↑ Source: #S554 Page: Descendents of Seventh Day Baptist, William Davis and other family branches; G. Maria Davis-Johnson; update 3 June 2004.

↑ Source: #S655 Page: pp. v-vi

↑ Source: #S536 Page: THE HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, CHAPTER IV, WILLIAM PENN SAILS FOR PA, 1682 from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time by W. W. H. Davis, A .M., Democrat Book and Job Office Print., Doylestown, PA, 1876. CONT

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/bucks/history/local/davis/d...; downloaded 17 March 2007

↑ Source: #S536 Page: THE HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, CHAPTER XLVII, OUR COURTS; COUNTY-SEAT; DIVISION OF COUNTY; BUILDING OF ALMS-HOUSE. from the discovery of the Delaware to the present time by W. W. H. Davis, A.M., 1876 and 1905* editions CONT ; http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/bucks/history/local/davis/d...; downloaded 17 March 2007

↑ Source: #S691 Page: "A partial List of the Families Who Resided in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Prior to 1687, with the date of their arrival"; vol. 9, p. 223; 1885

↑ Source: #S689 Page: p. 21

         [Picture of William Penn's earmark, appears here.]

       (19) This curious record belonging to the register's office,

            Doylestown, has been deposited in the Historical Society of

            Pennsylvania, for safe keeping.

   Below there is the following entry:

   "Att the fall of the yeare 1684 there came a long-bodyed large young bb cow with this earemarke. She was very wild, and being a stranger, after publication, none owning her, James Harrison, att the request of''' Luke''' '''Brindley, the Rainger''', wintered her, and upon the 23d day of the 7th month, 1685 sd cow was slaughtered and divided, two thirds to the Gournr, and one third to the Rainger, after James Harrison had had 60 lbs of her beef, for the wintering of her att jof." (10 shillings sterling.) In only one instance is the number of cattle owned by a settler stated in the record, that of Phineas Pemberton; "one heifer, one old mare, one bay mare, one horse somewhat blind, one gelding, one red cow."

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