Brinston

Brinston One-Name Study

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Study details

Study: Brinston

Variants: Brimston, Brimstone, Brinstone

Category: 2 - A study where research using core genealogical datasets and transcriptions is well under way, but currently in some countries only.

Guild hosted website: brinston.one-name.net

DNA website: familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=brinston

Contact: Marilyn Astle

About the study

The Brinston One-Name Study was registered with The Guild of One-Name Studies in February 2014. For over 30 years I have collected instances of the name and for much of that time have been in contact with other Brinston researchers. I am related by marriage to the Brinstons of Sound Island, Newfoundland, Canada and still hope to learn exactly where in England they came from (most likely somewhere in the west such as Devon) and determine if they are related to Brinstons in other places. I look forward to continued co-operation with other researchers on Brinston families from all locations.

Variant names

Registered variants are Brinstone, Brimston and Brimstone. Brinston, at least in some locations, appears to be a variant of the name Brinson. Some Brinsons who came to Newfoundland kept that spelling and others became Brinstons. I am in periodic contact with the coordinators of the Brimson and Brinsdon registered studies.

Name frequency

Brinston is a rather rare surname not currently in use in the UK. A search on Surnames of England and Wales - the ONS list http://www.taliesin-arlein.net/names/search.php gives no hits.

Census records show 22 people of the surname Brinston in England and Wales in 1841. The number peaks at 54 in 1891 with the 1911 census showing only 1 Brinston plus two Brinstones.

Distribution of the name

Brinston families were early settlers in Newfoundland, Ontario, the south-eastern USA and Queensland, Australia. The name Brimston(e) occurs in Ireland and some Brimstones became Brinstons in Australia. Brinston occurs as a given name in India and the USA.

DNA

A Brinston Y-DNA project has been established with Family Tree DNA. Since there were no other Y-DNA projects for similar names I included the following surnames in the project: Brinsden, Brinsdon, Brinson, Brinston, Brinstone. A Brimson Y-DNA project has since been established.

http://www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=Brinston

Links

I created a simple blog to record progress on the study. https://astlemarilyn.wixsite.com/brinston-one-name/blog

Newfoundland's Grand Banks Site has a great deal of information for genealogy/family history research.
http://ngb.chebucto.org/

Contact Details

Marilyn Astle

General Search Results

Occurrences of the surname Brinston in the Guild Indexes

(Click on the number to view the search results in each index. Indexes marked by * are only accessible by logged in Guild members.)

Global Marriages (public) 177
Global Marriages (members)* 190
Inscriptions Index 1
References to the name Brinston in the Guild Journal 1

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