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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,

The story of Margaret Jane Saunders began in 1817 in Nansemond County, VA. Margaret Jane Saunders married Admiral Brinkley, and had children including Robert Beverly Brinkley, John Randolph Brinkley, Mary Eliza Brinkley Boothe, Hugh Griffin Brinkley,, Cornelia Brinkley Brothers, Margaret Ann Brinkley Harrison, Admiral Brinkley,. Margaret Jane Saunders passed away in 1853 in Portsmouth, Portsmouth city, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaret Jane Saunders began in 1817 in Nansemond County, VA.
  • Margaret Jane Saunders married Admiral Brinkley, and had children including Robert Beverly Brinkley, John Randolph Brinkley, Mary Eliza Brinkley Boothe, Hugh Griffin Brinkley,, Cornelia Brinkley Brothers, Margaret Ann Brinkley Harrison, Admiral Brinkley,.
  • Margaret Jane Saunders passed away in 1853 in Portsmouth, Portsmouth city, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Job Saunders
1794 – 1834
Birth Location: Nansemond County, Virginia
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Mary Riddick
1800 – 1884
Birth Location: Nansemond County, Virginia
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Spouses(s)

Admiral Brinkley
1810 – 1849
Birth Location: Nansemond, Virginia, USA
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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
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Margaret Harrison
1846 – 1880
Birth Location: Nansemond County, Virginia, USA
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Admiral Brinkley,
1850 – 1930
Birth Location: Nansemond, Virginia, USA
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Margaret Saunders's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Saunders
1817 – 1853
Birth Place: Nansemond County, VA
Parents
Job Rawles Saunders
1794 – 1834
Nansemond County, Virginia
Mary ((Polly)) Riddick
1800 – 1884
Nansemond County, Virginia
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Saunders's Descendants

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Margaret (Jane) Saunders (27 Aug 1817 – 28 DEC 1853) m. Admiral Brinkley (22 Feb 1810 – 11 Dec 1849)
  1. 1. Robert (Beverly) Brinkley (27 Jan 1836 – 25 May 1864)
  2. 2. John (Randolph) Brinkley (22 Oct 1837 – 1884) m. Mary (Elizabeth "Molly") Rountree (2 Mar 1842 – 13 May 1908)
    1. 1. Ida (Florence) Brinkley (26 May 1862 – 05 October 1914)
    2. 2. Robert (W) Brinkley (Oct 1865 – )
    3. 3. Fannie (F) Brinkley (Nov. 1867 – 1907)
    4. 4. Jesse (Morton) Brinkley (9 Sep 1869 – 24 Mar 1938)
    5. 5. Mattie Brinkley (1870 – )
    6. 6. Margaret Brinkley (abt 1875 – )
    7. 7. John (Jacob) Brinkley (16 Sep 1878 – 2 Nov 1939) m. Gertrude Shepherd (23 Nov 1881 – 03 Jun 1947)
      1. 1. John (Shepherd) Brinkley (30 Oct 1903 – December 8, 1956)
      2. 2. Bernice Brinkley (06 Jan 1906 – 27 Jun 1971)
      3. 3. Marion (Rebecca) Brinkley (02 Nov 1908 – 17 Feb 1996)
  3. 3. Mary (Eliza Brinkley) Boothe (03 Jan 1839 – 13 Apr 1877)
  4. 4. Hugh (Griffin) Brinkley, (15 Aug 1840 – 9 Oct 1869) m. Catherine (Susan "Susie") Daughtrey (1847 – 1920)
    1. 1. Hugh (Griffin) Brinkley (1868 – 1 May 1918) m. Julia Kimmel (Aug 1864 – 4 Oct 1914)
      1. 1. Marie (L) Brinkley (Sep 1893 – )
      2. 2. Hugh (Griffin) Brinkley, (22 Dec 1897 – 6 February 1923)
      3. 3. Virginia (S) Brinkley (Nov 1899 – )
    2. 2. Mary ("Mamie" Catherine) Brinkley (25 Oct 1869 – 12 Sep 1962) m. Charles (Reuben) Welton (27 July 1867 – 4 May 1937)
      1. 1. Mary (Catherine) Welton (March 1899 – abt 1910)
  5. 5. Cornelia (Brinkley) Brothers (1842 – 1881)
  6. 6. Margaret (Ann Brinkley) Harrison (23 Nov 1846 – 11 Jan 1880)
  7. 7. Admiral Brinkley, (8 Mar 1850 – 23 Jul 1930) m. Annie Land (1832 – ) m. Annie (Lewis) Land (1872 – ) m. Laura (O) Warren (Abt 1857 – )
    1. 1. Harry (Admiral) Brinkley (25 Apr 1877 – 19 February 1956) m. Mary Thompson (abt 1879 – )
    2. 2. Mary (C) Wellen (abt 1870 – )

Margaret Saunders's Timeline

2 Records

1817
27 Aug 1817
Birth of Margaret Jane Saunders in Nansemond County, VA
Nansemond County, VA
1853
28 DEC 1853
Age 36
Death of Margaret Jane Saunders in Portsmouth, Portsmouth city, Virginia, USA
Portsmouth, Portsmouth city, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 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 Date: 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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