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Margaret Jane Saunders 1817 – 1853 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 Aug 1817

Birth Location: Nansemond County, VA

Death Date: 28 DEC 1853

Death Location: Portsmouth, Portsmouth city, Virginia, USA

Father: Job Saunders

Mother: Mary Riddick

Spouse(s): Admiral Brinkley

Children(s): Robert Brinkley, John Brinkley, Mary Boothe, Hugh Brinkley,, Cornelia Brothers, Margaret Harrison, Admiral Brinkley,

Margaret Jane Saunders was born in Nansemond County, VA in 1817, to Job Rawles Saunders and Mary (Polly) Riddick. Later in life, Margaret Jane Saunders married Admiral Brinkley; among their children were Robert Beverly Brinkley, John Randolph Brinkley, Mary Eliza Brinkley Boothe, Hugh Griffin Brinkley,, Cornelia Brinkley Brothers, Margaret Ann Brinkley Harrison and Admiral Brinkley,. Margaret Jane Saunders died in Portsmouth, Portsmouth city, Virginia, USA, 1853.

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Parents

Job Saunders
1794 – 1834
Birth Location: Nansemond County, Virginia
JS
Mary Riddick
1800 – 1884
Birth Location: Nansemond County, Virginia
MR

Spouses(s)

Admiral Brinkley
1810 – 1849
Birth Location: Nansemond, Virginia, USA
AB

Children(s)

Robert Brinkley
1836 – 1864
Birth Location: Nansemond County, Virginia, USA
RB
John Brinkley
1837 – 1884
Birth Location: Nansemond County, Virginia
JB
Mary Boothe
1839 – 1877
Birth Location: Suffolk, Suffolk City, Virginia, USA
MB
Hugh Brinkley,
1840 – 1869
Birth Location: Nansemond County, Virginia, USA
HB
Cornelia Brothers
1842 – 1881
Birth Location: Nansemond County, Virginia
CB
Margaret Harrison
1846 – 1880
Birth Location: Nansemond County, Virginia, USA
MH
Admiral Brinkley,
1850 – 1930
Birth Location: Nansemond, Virginia, USA
AB

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 27 Aug 1817
    Event Place: Nansemond County, VA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 28 DEC 1853
    Event Place: Portsmouth, Portsmouth city, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Portsmouth, Portsmouth City, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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