William Brinston and his wife Elizabeth Beazley had 9
children on Sound Island between 1808 and 1831. Seven of their children being
male created the potential for many descendants carrying the name Brinston in
succeeding generations.
Children of William Brinston and Elizabeth Beazley:
Sons
Henry 1808
Charles 1810
John 1814
William 1816
Thomas 1821
Robert 1823
James 1830
Daughters
Louise 1817
Jane 1831.
Other Brinston researchers have told me they believe William
was the first Brinston on Sound Island, that he was likely born in Burin or
Hants Harbour and that there were Brinstons in Burin in the 1760s.
Lovell’s 1871 Directory which can be found on the
Newfoundland’s Grand Banks Site http://ngb.chebucto.org/
described Sound Island: “An island at the head of Placentia Bay on west side,
district of Placentia and St. Mary's. The population are engaged in both the
cod and salmon fishery. Distant from Harbour Buffett 11 miles by boat, from
Little Placentia by packet boat, fortnightly, 20 miles. Mail fortnightly.
Population 227”
Some Sound
Island residents in 1871, all fisherman unless otherwise noted:
Brenston
Robert, planter
Brenston,
Thomas
Brinston
Henry
Brinston James
Brinston John
The above could be 5 of the 7 sons of William Brinston and
Elizabeth Beazley; alternatively, some or all could be from succeeding generations.
Family Names of the
Island of Newfoundland[1]
cites Josiah Brinston, of Sound Island (Placentia B.), 1858 as an early example
of the name and states that the name Brinston is found at Swift Current,
Arnold's Cove and Garden Cove, all Placentia Bay communities.
[1] Family
Names of the Island of Newfoundland by E.R. Seary (Memorial University of
Newfoundland, 1976). Corrected edition by William J. Kirwin. (Montreal:
McGill-Queen's University Press, 1998).
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