John Hill Brinton (1772 - 1827)

Born 8 Aug 1772 in Thornbury Township, Chester, Pennsylvania [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Steinmetz) Brinton — married 30 Apr 1795 in Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 7 May 1827 at age 54 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

"John Hill Brinton, son of George and Christiana (Hill) Brinton, was born August 18, 1772, in Thornbury, and died May 7, 1827. He married, April 30, 1795, Sarah Steinmetz, of German descent. She was the daughter of John and Catharine (Keppele) Stinemetz, and a graddaughter of John Henry Keppele, born 1716 in Heilbroon, Wurtemberg."^[1]

"John Hill Brinton studied law in Philadelphia with John Dickinson Sergeant. He was admitted to the bar in 1793. Afterwards, when he retired from the law, he dealth largely in real estate, his activities being scattered in the West, in New York, and in Lehigh after its coal products attracted attention. He died at his home on Arch Street, Philadelphia, where the theatre later stood."^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Schoonover, Janetta W, Gilbert Cope, and Ellen S. Brinton. The Brinton Genealogy: A History of William Brinton Who Came from England to Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1684 and of His Descendants, with Some Records of the English Brintons. (Trenton, N.J: Press of MacCrellish & Quigley Co, 1924), 197.
2. ↑ ibid, p. 198

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Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Brinton-103 created through the import of McLellan - Herndon Family Tree.ged on Sep 17, 2011 by Kathy Cason.