Rash's Surname Index
Notes for William Jr. BRINTON
William, born in 1670 in Worchestershire, married the girl next door, Jane Thatcher, in 1690 in his father's cabin. Their children: Joseph (married first, Mary Pierce and second, Mary Elgar), William (married first, Hannah Buller, second,Azubah Townsend, and third, Cecily Chamberlain), Edward (marreid Hannah Pierce), Mary (married Daniel Corbit), Ann (married Samuel Bettle) and John (married Hannah Vernon). After his father's death in 1699, William "The Younger" became the head of the family and in 1704, he and his wife, Jane, built the house that still stands in Birmingham township. Owned and maintained by the Brinton Family Association, the "Brinton 1704" house is a National Historic Landmark. Carefully restored to its original state, the house is a period showpiece.
Though by no means luxurious by modern standards, the house was obviously the home of a prosperous family of the times. In an age when window glass was taxed by the pane, the mullioned windows in William's house must have cost a mint! The numerous closets in the house are another seldom-seen extravagance for homes of this period. And 'below-stairs', in the huge family kitchen, the enormous hearth which dominates the room has a built-in bread baking oven!
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