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NOTICE - The information on this page is still being worked. These Brinkley families, are mostly from the Nansemond County, Virginia area. We will be linking them where possible and adding additional information as we locate it. If you have information that fits these families, please share it and we'll post it. -- J. Hartline
Jacob Brinkley, born ca. 1780-84 was the father of Admiral Brinkley (1809). D D = (descendants)
Charles Brinkley
(1802- )
Children:
Admiral Brinkley, born 1834 in Nansemond County died June 17, 1922.
Catherine J. Brinkley, born 1836.
Mills Brinkley, born 1838.
Archibald Brinkley, born 1843 was a farmer and Confederate soldier in 3rd VA Inf. Co. F, rank: Private.
Louisa Brinkley, born 1846.
Admiral Brinkley (1) A = (ancestor)
(1809-1849)
Admiral Brinkley, born 1809, a son of Jacob Brinkley (1780) was a farmer in Nansemond County, married Margaret J. Saunders, daughter of Job Saunders.
Children:
Robert Beverly Brinkley, born January 27, 1836 was a Confederate Soldier, Civil War Captain, 41st VA Infantry, Co. I (Mahone’s brigade). He was killed May 25, 1864 in skirmish at Hanover Junction. D
John Randolph Brinkley, Confederate Soldier, born October 22, 1837, married Mary Eliza Roundtree, born July 28, 1839, married March 21 1861. John R. Brinkley died at his home in Nansemond County, VA in 1884. Mary E. (Roundtree) Brinkley died June 13, 1914. D
Mary E. Brinkley, born 1839.
Hugh Griffin Brinkley, born August 15, 1840, married Susan Catherine Daughtrey, born 1847. Hugh was a Confederate lieutenant in Mahone’s brigade. He was captured and remained a prisoner until after the surrender. He was later a businessman in Norfolk, Virginia until he died 1869. D
Cornelia Brinkley, born 1842.
Margaret A. Brinkley, born 1845.
Admiral A. Brinkley, born 1845.
Admiral Brinkley born 1809 died 1849. Margaret J. (Saunders) Brinkley died 1853.
Jason Brinkley (1) A
(1813-1925)
Jason Brinkley was born in 1813 in Nansemond County, VA. He married Elizabeth, born 1822 in Nansemond County.
Children: (All born in Nansemond County)
Mountford Franklin Brinkley, born 1835.
Jackson Richard Brinkley, born January 20, 1840, married Mary E. Brinkley, born 1839, daughter of Abram and Nancy Knight Brinkley. 8 children. D
Mary Elizabeth Brinkley, born 1843.
Martha Brinkley, born 1844.
Eliza Brinkley, born 1845.
Nathaniel Brinkley, born January 20, 1847, married Sarah Elizabeth Brinkley, daughter of James Wesley and Amanda Wilkins Brinkley. Nathaniel died February 3, 1925. Sarah Elizabeth Brinkley died September 15, 1925. D
Josephine Brinkley, born 1848.
William Henry Brinkley (1) A
(1823-1879)
William Henry Brinkley, born ca. 1823, married Margaret A., born ca. 1823.
Children:
Jesse W. Brinkley, born 1848.
Charles E. Brinkley, born 1851.
Archibald Brinkley, born 1858.
Mary F. Brinkley, born 1858.
William Henry died November 23, 1879, buried at Glebe Church Cemetery, Bennett’s Creek, Suffolk, Virginia. Inscription:
“To the virtues of William Henry Brinkley who died November 23rd 1879, aged 66 years.” (2)
1-1850-1860 U. S. Census records. 2-Cemetery record.
James Henry Brinkley (1) A
(1840-1912)
James Henry Brinkley, born September 19, 1840 married Mary Elizabeth Powell, born February 4, 1843.
Children:
John W. Brinkley, born 1866. (2)
Mary E. Brinkley, born 1867. (2)
Joseph H. Brinkley, born 1870. (2)
Julian Brinkley, born February 9, 1871, married Martha Elizabeth Beamon. Julian Brinkley died November 25, 1947. D
Lora Bell Brinkley, born February 29, 1881, died December 21, 1953.
James Henry Brinkley died August 31, 1912 and is buried at Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery, Suffolk, VA. Mary Elizabeth (Powell) Brinkley died April 7, 1913 and is buried at Cypress Chapel Cemetery.
1-Cemetery records. 2-U. S. Census record for Nansemond County, VA 1870.
Ancestry of the late NBC and later ABC newsman David Brinkley of Wilmington, North Carolina.
Benjamin Brinkley (1)
(1813-1864)
Benjamin Brinkley was born about 1813. He married in March 1834 to Mary E. Bowen, born about 1814 in Pender County, NC. She died in 1897 at 83 and is buried at Mt. Holly Baptist Church Cemetery in Pender County, North Carolina. Benjamin was a farmer. He never returned from Civil War.
Children:
Dempsey H. Brinkley, born 1848, died April 18, 1895, married Ada J. Brinkley, born April 3, 1851. (1850 U.S. Census) D
Boney Southerland Brinkley was born August 5, 1849 in New Hanover County, North Carolina, married (1) Mariah D. Garris (2) Hazeltine Judson Garris. D
Boney Southerland Brinkley (1) A
(1849-1926)
Boney Southerland Brinkley was born August 5, 1849 in New Hanover County, North Carolina, a son of Benjamin and Mary Bowen Brinkley. Boney married on May 10, 1872 to Mariah D.Garris, daughter of Garned James Garris, a son of John Garris. She was born in 1847 in North Carolina. After Mariah’s (Maria) death in 1882, Boney Southerland Brinkley married Mariah’s first cousin, Hazeltine Garris, daughter of Rufus Washington Garris, a son of John Garris.
Children of Boney S. and Mariah:
Emma Brinkley, married Will Blackmon.
Infant Brinkley.
William Graham Brinkley, born 1875, died 1928, married Mary MacDonald West, born 1879, died April 10, l966. D
Elizabeth Brinkley, born October of 1878.
Janie Brinkley, born 1880, married (1) Turner, married (2) Peter Dykes.
Mariah (Maria) S. (Garris) Brinkley died in 1882 and is buried in Garris Cemetery at Watha, in Pender County, NC.
Boney Southerland Brinkley married again, November 02, 1882, to Hazeltine Judson Garris, born August 4, 1847, a daughter of Rufus Washington “Reet” Garris, a son of John Garris.
Children of Boney S. and Hazeltine:
Mary Catherine Brinkley, born June 1884 in Pender County, married William A. Croom.
Alphus Brinkley, born February 1885, Pender County, died April 12, 1935.
Timothy Brinkley, born February 1887, Pender County.
Wesley Southerland Brinkley, born December 15, 1889, Pender County. D
Boney Judson Brinkley, born 1891 in Pender County.
Boney Southerland Brinkley died July 24, 1926 and is buried in Garris Cemetery, in Watha, Pender County, North Carolina. (Observation: Boney may be a nickname for Bonapart.)
Hazeltine Judson (Garris) Brinkley died March 6, 1937, and is buried at Garris Cemetery.
William Graham Brinkley (1) A
(1875-1928)
William Graham Brinkley was born in 1875, a son of Boney Southerland Brinkley (1849) and wife Mariah Garrison. He married Mary MacDonald West, born 1879. They lived at Wilmington, North Carolina.
Children:
Mary W. Brinkley, born April 22, 1903, married William H. West. She died November 18, 1964, buried at Oakdale Cemetery.
Margaret Brinkley, born 1904.
Jesse G. Brinkley, born 1907, died 1970, buried at Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, NC.
William Graham Brinkley, Jr., born 1910, married Ida Belle Gaskins. He was a postal worker; died in 1974. He is buried at Oakdale Cemetery at Wilmington, NC.
David McClure Brinkley, born July 10, 1920. He died June 12, 2003 at 83. D
William Graham Brinkley, Sr., died in 1928, buried at Oakdale Cemetery.
David McClure Brinkley (1) A
(1920-2003)
David McClure Brinkley, born July 10, 1920, a son of William (Willy) Graham Brinkley (1875) and wife Mary MacDonald West. David married Ann Fischer.
Children:
Alan Brinkley, (Historian and provost of Columbia University.)
Joel Brinkley, (Correspondent for New York Times).
John Brinkley. (Director of U.S. Institute for Peace.)
David and Ann Fischer divorced. He married again in 1972 to Susan Adolph.
Child of Susan’s marriage to Peter Adolph:
Alexis Rose West Brinkley (Collins), (daughter of Susan Adolph), whom Mr. Brinkley adopted, married at St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church in Washington to Jeremiah Collins, a son of Joan and Jeremiah C. Collins of Bethesda, Md.
David Brinkley was a news reporter who became the anchor for NBC Evening News for many years.
David McClure Brinkley died June 11, 2003. He is buried at Oakdale Cemetery in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Lazarus Parke Brinkley (1) A
(1844-1910)
Lazarus Parke Brinkley was born June 17, 1844, a son of Jackson (1810) and Martha Amanda (Parker) Brinkley. He married Sarah Elizabeth Rogers born October 7, 1845, a daughter of Jonathan and Mary Eliza Rogers.
Children:
Fairlie Flavious Brinkley, born December 21, 1870 in Nansemond County, Virginia, married Mary Emily Culver. D
Mary Brinkley, born January 25, 1875, married Ashburn. She died August 28, 1959.
Susie Brinkley, born March 28, 1877, married Brown. She died July 31, 1935.
Cecilia Brinkley, born April 16, 1886, died January 12, 1897.
Lazarus was a soldier in the 24th Virginia Calvary, Co. I.
Lazarus Parke Brinkley died November 23, 1910, buried at Liberty Springs Christian Church Cemetery, Suffolk, VA. Sarah Elizabeth (Rogers) Brinkley died March 11, 1916.
Phillip Beverly Brinkley (1) A
(1844-1928)
Phillip Beverly Brinkley, born June 14, 1844, a son of Abram and Nancy (Knight) Brinkley of Nansemond County, VA. Phillip married on February 22, 1866 to Armesis C. Franklin, born November 7, 1848, daughter of Javan Riddick and Jane Rebecca Lee Eppes Franklin.
Children:
Wilber Hamlin Brinkley, born April 11, 1867, died June 22, 1903, buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, Virginia.
Adana Brinkley, born 1869.
Five other children.
Phillip B. Brinkley was a farmer and became a Lieutenant in Civil War. He was a member of the Tom Smith Camp.
Phillip Beverly Brinkley died April 29, 1928, buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery at Suffolk, VA.
Armesia Christian Eppes (Franklin) Brinkley died March 27, 1937 and is buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery at Suffolk, VA.
Fairlie Flavious Brinkley (1) A
(1870-1937)
Fairlie Flavious Brinkley, born December 21, 1870 in Nansemond County, Virginia, a son of Lazarus Parke Brinkley (1844) and wife Martha Amanda (Parker) married Mary Emily Culver in Boulder, Colorado, born May 17, 1875, daughter of Robert and Annie (Kennicot) Culver.
Children:
Parke C. Brinkley, born July 31, 1915, married Dorothy Holland, born September 16, 1914, daughter of Richard and Martha (Pierce) Holland.
Fairlie Flavious Brinkley died August 4, 1937, buried at Liberty Springs Christian Church Cemetery.
Mary Emily (Culver) Brinkley died January 18, 1959, Richmond, VA, buried at Liberty Springs Christian Church Cemetery.
Jackson Brinkley (1)
(1810- )
Jackson Brinkley was born in 1810. He married Martha Amanda Parker. born 1811. Jackson was a farmer.
Children:
Mary L. Brinkley, born 1834.
Sarah J. Brinkley, born 1836.
Martha E. Brinkley, born 1839.
Thomas S. J. Brinkley, born 1842.
Lazarus F. Brinkley, born 1844. D
Joel H. Brinkley, born 1847.
Jackson Brinkley was deceased by the time of the 1870 U. S. Census. Martha is listed with Joel, Lazarus and Sarah (E.)?
Abram Brinkley (1)
(1813- )
Abram Brinkley, born 1813, married Nancy Ann Knight, born 1824.
Children:
Juliann Brinkley (female), born 1833.
Mary Elizabeth Brinkley, born July 28, 1839, died June 13, 1914.
Jerusha Brinkley , born 1840.
Fredrick Brinkley, born December 10, 1842, married Ida V. Knight, born 1854, died 1930, married February 1, 1874.
Phillip Beverly Brinkley, born June 14, 1844, married Armesis C. Franklin. D
Ishmael Brinkley , born 1845.
Diana Brinkley , born 1847.
Norman Brinkley, born March 31, 1849, died November of 1929. D
Clarisa Brinkley, born 1852.
Daucy Brinkley, born 1854.
Felton Brinkley, born 1858, died 1938.
(1849-1929)
Norman Brinkley was born March 31, 1849 a son of Abram and Nancy Knight Brinkley. He married to Julia Franklin, born November 22, 1853, daughter of Simon and Emaline (Brothers) Franklin.
Children:
Bertha Inez Brinkley, born July 23, 13, 1890, died July 27, 1969.
Norman Brinkley died in October, 1929, and is buried at Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery, Suffolk, VA. Julia (Franklin) Brinkley died in 1942 and is buried next to her husband.
(1847-1925)
Nathaniel Brinkley, born January 20, 1847, a son of Jason and Elizabeth E. Brinkley, married Sarah Elisabeth Brinkley, born March 27, 1847, a daughter of James Wesley and Amanda Wilkins Brinkley.
Children:
Barnes W. Brinkley, born March 5, 1877, 1-married Mollie V. Jones, 2-Kate Josephine Jones.
Lovett Brinkley, born January 27, 1887, died July 19, 1965. PFC in the U. S. Army, WWI. Buried at Cypress Chapel Cemetery.
Nathaniel Brinkley died February 3, 1925 and is buried at Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery, Suffolk, VA. Sarah Elizabeth Brinkley died September 15, 1925 and is buried next to her husband.
Robert Beverly Brinkley (1) A
(1836-1864)
Robert Beverly Brinkley was born January 27, 1836, a son of Admiral and Margaret Jane (Saunders) Brinkley of Nansemond County, Virginia. He was the superintendent of Cypress Chapel Christian Church Sabbath School. He was killed in the Civil War on May 25, 1864 at Hanover Junction.
(Approximately 7600 Union and 3800 Confederate wounded soldiers were processed through Hanover Junction, en route to hospitals in York, Harrisburg and Baltimore.)
Jackson Richard Brinkley (1) A
(1840-1913)
Jackson Richard Brinkley, born January 20, 1840, a son of Jason and Elizabeth Brinkley, married on February 22, 1866 to Mary E. Brinkley, born 1839, daughter of Abram and Nancy (Knight) Brinkley.
8 children: (the following was found in the 1870 U. S. Census of Nansemond County.)
Nancy J. Brinkley born 1861.
Vroiker A. Brinkley, born 1866.
Jason Brinkley, born 1867.
Jackson's brother, Nathaniel Brinkley, born 1847 was working on Jackson's farm in 1870.
Jackson Richard Brinkley was a farmer living in the Holy Neck district and owning 170 acres three miles below Suffolk. He was in the Civil War in the Tom Smith camp of Confederate Veterans. He was one of the tallest men in that group and was often served at the color bearer.
Jackson Richard Brinkley died May 12, 1913. He is buried at Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery.
1-Cemetery records and Census records.
John Randolph Brinkley (1) A
(1837-1884)
John Randolph Brinkley, Confederate Soldier, born October 22, 1837, a son of Admiral (1809) and Margaret (Saunders Brinkley.) On March 21, 1861, John R. married Mary Eliza Roundtree, born July 28, 1839.
Children:
Ida F. Brinkley, born 1862.
Robert W. Brinkley, born 1866.
Annie Brinkley, born 1868.
Not named, 2 months old, born 1870.
John R. Brinkley died at his home in Nansemond County, VA in 1884. Mary E. (Roundtree) Brinkley died June 13, 1914.
Hugh Griffin Brinkley (1) A
(1840-1869)
Hugh Griffin Brinkley was born August 15, 1840, a son of Admiral (1809) and Margaret Jane Saunders Brinkley. He married on June 19, 1867, to Susan Catherine Daughtrey, born 1847.
Children:
Hugh Griffin Brinkley, Jr., born in 1868.
Mary Brinkley, born in 1869.
Hugh Griffin Brinkley, Sr., was a member of 41st Virginia Infantry, Co. I, with the rank of 2nd Lt.
In 1867 he was in the Grocery retail business with his younger brother Admiral, born 1850. They were doing business in Portsmouth, Virginia.
Hugh Griffin Brinkley died in 1869.
Susan Catherine (Daughtrey) Brinkley died in 1920.
1-Family records, military lists.
Dempsey H. Brinkley (1) A
(1848-1895)
Dempsey H. Brinkley, born 1848, died April 18, 1895, a son of Benjamin and Mary E. (Bowen) Brinkley. He married Ada J. Brinkley, born April 3, 1851. They lived at Burgaw, North Carolina.
Children:
George Dempsey Brinkley, born November 25, 1883, married Mattie Norris and lived at Burgaw, Pender County, North Carolina. George died May 14, 1955.
Dempsey H. Brinkley died April 18, 1895 and is buried at Mt. Holly Baptist Church Cemetery at Burgaw.
Ada J. Brinkley died August 15, 1940 and is buried at Mt. Holly Baptist Cemetery.
1- 1850 U.S. Census and gravestones at Mt. Holly Baptist Church Cemetery.
Wesley Southerland Brinkley (1) A
(1889-1947)
Wesley Southerland Brinkley, born December 15, 1889, Pender County, a son of Boney Southerland and Hazeltine (Garris) Brinkley. He married (1) Nina Simmons, June 28, 1914, New Hanover County, NC, divorced 1917.
Wesley S. Brinkley married (2) August 23, 1923, New Hanover County, to Annie Thelma Chesnutt, born April 6, 1895 in Pender County.
Annie Thelma (Chestnutt) Brinkley died March 30, 1925 in Sumter, South Carolina. She is buried at Pike Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Pender County. Her occupation: Western Union Operator.
Wesley S. died December 14, 1947 Pender County, NC, buried at Pike Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Pender County. He was a WWI Veteran and Worked for a Railroad.
