Brinkworth Surname History

Origins Available:
England

Etymology of Brinkworth

What does the name Brinkworth mean?

Brinkworth is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived in Wiltshire, where they derived their name from the parish of Brinkworth. The place-name is derived from the Old English personal name Brynca and the word worth, for farm or enclosure. The name meant farm belonging to Brynca.

Early Origins of the Brinkworth family

The surname Brinkworth was first found in northern Wiltshire, where Brinkworth claims to be the longest village in Britain at over 6 miles, located between the towns of Malmesbury and Wootton Bassett.

Early History of the Brinkworth family

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Brinkworth Spelling Variations

Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Brinkworth family name include Brinkworth, Brinkworthe, Bringworth, Brinkewrthe and many more.

Early Notables of the Brinkworth family

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Brinkworth migration to the United States +

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Brinkworth surname or a spelling variation of the name include:

Brinkworth Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

William Brinkworth, who arrived in New York, NY in 1826 1

Brinkworth migration to Australia +

Brinkworth Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. Thomas Brinkworth, English convict who was convicted in Somerset, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Bardaster" on 7th September 1835, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 2
Eliza Brinkworth, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Somersetshire" in 1839 3
Thomas Brinkworth, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Somersetshire" in 1839 3
Joseph Brinkworth, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Somersetshire" in 1839 3
George Brinkworth, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Somersetshire" in 1839 3
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Brinkworth migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Brinkworth Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Mr. William Brinkworth, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Spray of the Ocean" arriving in Auckland, New Zealand on 1st September 1859 4

Contemporary Notables of the name Brinkworth (post 1700) +

Frank Brinkworth, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Michigan 17th District, 1932 5
George Brinkworth, eponym of the Australian town of Brinkworth, South Australia, established in 1892

Sources +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 16th September 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/bardaster
State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) SOMERSETSHIRE 1839. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1839Somersetshire.htm
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 26th March 2019). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, December 11) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html