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BRIMBERRY DNA PROJECT & FAMILY TREE
I. BRIMBERRY DNA PROJECT
The BRIMBERRY DNA Project was established to create a databank of DNA profiles of Brimberry males and their lineage from Christiern Brunberg (1684-1752) and Maria Peterson (1699-1750), the progenitors of the Brimberry Family in the United States, to aid in genealogical research. DNA analysis assists in supporting or refuting the premise that participants descend from a common ancestor.
For more information about the Brimberry family history in the United States, visit: http://genealogy.wikia.com/wiki/Family_History_of_the_Matthias_Brimberry_and_Mary_Anderson_Families To join the BrimberryResearchGroup email jlb651@bellsouth.net
As results become available, a complete list of participants' pedigrees can be accessed via a link provided at the wikia website under the discussion of the Brimberry Y-DNA Project (see table of contents).
TESTING LAB:
Family Tree DNA (FTDNA), affiliated with Dr. Michael Hammer and the University of Arizona, tests the Y-chromosome for genetic matches between males. Results are placed in FTDNA's Y-DNA database and when 2 people show matching results, the lab will inform both parties (provided both signed the FTDNA Release Form).
HOW TO JOIN:
To paricipate in the project and order a DNA kit, please click the icon "JOIN THIS GROUP" in the upper left column. If you need assistance, please contact the Project Administrator, Jerry Brimberry, jlb651@bellsouth.net.
The lab tests the y-chromosome passed down through an unbroken male lineage (father to son to son, etc.), so you must be a male with the BRIMBERRY surname to participate. In order for a female to determine her paternal ancestry, she must use the y-chromosome of a male on her father's side - her brother, father, father's brother, grandfather, etc.
There are several tests available adn the procedure is very simple. The 25-marker test is more refined than the 12-marker test; however, though more expensive, the 37-marker test is recommended. DNA collection kits, which involve a painless swabbing of inside the cheek, will be sent to participants directly from the lab. Your payment is remitted to the lab with the completed kit.
II. BRIMBERRY FAMILY TREE
THE BRIMBERRY FAMILY IN THE UNITED STATES is descended from Matthias Brimberry (1736-c.1810) and Mary Anderson (1748-after 1785). Matthias Branberry and Mary Anderson were of pure Swedish stock and were married March 22, 1766 at Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church in present-day Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware.
Matthias was the son of Christiern Brunberg (1684-1752)and Maria Peterson (1699-1750) who were also married at Old Swedes Church in 1719. Mary Anderson was the daughter of Peter Anderson (1705-aft.1787) and his second wife Catherina Lynam 1719-aft.1787).
Christiern Brunberg was born in the province of Halland, Sweden, and came to America about 1711. He appears to have been educated and may have been a member of a similiarly named shipping and trading family in Varberg on the west coast of Sweden south of Gotenborg. In Swedish, the "g" at the end of Gotenborg and Christiern's surname both have a "y" sound. Hence various changes occurred in spelling over the next 125 years.
Variations in the spelling of the surname include BRUNBERG, BRUNSBERG, BRYNBERG, BRANBERRY, BRUMBERRY, BROOMBERRY, BRYMBERRY. To avoid confusion, Brimberry is used herewith, but readers should be aware that early records contained variant spellings.
Maria Peterson, wife of Christiern Brunberg, was the daughter of Mathhias Peterson and Elizabeth Justis. Maria's paternal grandfather, Samuel Petersson was from Fryksande in Varmland, Sweden. He arrived on the "Oren" in 1654. Around 1665, he married Brita Jonsdottor. Maria's maternal grandfather, Johan Gustaffson (Justis), a King's soldier from the Kinnekulle area of Skaraborg, arrived in New Sweden in 1643 and in 1654 married Brita Monsdotter, daughter of Mons and Brita Anderson. Mons Andersson and his wife and daughter were one of two families on the "Kalmar Nyckel" in 1640.
Equally interesting information is available concerning Mary Anderson's Swedish ancestors; however limited space does not permit further description of the couple's ancestors here. As an inducement, DNA project participants will receive a detailed history of the Swedish Ancestors of Matthias Brimberry and Mary Anderson, including a copy of Christiern's will which was written shortly before his death in 1752. As an additional point of information, the Houston County, Texas Brimberrys erected a granite marker dedicated to the memory of Christiern Brunberg & Maria Peterson. For an online tour of Old Swedes Church and graveyard visit www.oldswedes.org as well as the Brimberry family history wikia website.
THE SEVEN SONS OF MATTHIAS BRIMBERRY AND MARY ANDERSON form the seven branches of the Brimberry family. They were:
1.Peter Brimberry (1767-c.1831) m. Dicey Walker 1790 Washington Co., VA
2. Jacob Brimberry (1768-c.1823) m. Jane Cunningham 1808 Indiana Territory
3. Joseph Brimberry (1770-1820/30) m. in KY or IL, last appeared Ouchita Pr., LA
4. John Brimberry (1772-1830/40) m. Agness Beethe 1797 Bourbon Co., KY
5. Isaac Brimberry (1775-1847) m. Mary Beethe 1798 Bourbon Co., KY
6. William Brimberry (1778-c.1836), m. Catherine Duggins 1807 Wilkinson Co., MS
7. Samuel Brimberry (1785-1837) m. Mary Jones 1816 Crawford Co., KY
In some respects, it has been easier to trace Matthias and Mary's ancestors than it has been to trace the footsteps of their sons as they moved about the frontier. The couple moved with Mary's family to Orange Co., NC in 1768; thence to Washington Co., VA in 1785, the same year son Jacob signed a petition at Ft. Boonesborough, KY. During this period, they were often accompanied or joined other Swedish kin (Anderson, Lynam, Stalcup, Hendricks).
Jacob, John, Joseph, Isaac and Samuel are subsequently found in Kentucky by 1791 and Illinois by 1813. Peter, who like his father before him, was a wagon maker and moved from SW Virginia to Greenville Co., SC where he lived out his life. Joseph and William are also found in early Greenville Co., SC records.
William eventually settled along the Ouchita River in LA by 1810 and served in a La. Voluntary Infantry Regiment at the Battle of New Orleans. By 1830, he was joined in Northern La. by his brothers, Joseph and John, who moved there from Illinois. Isaac and Samuel, who was a captain in the Black Hawk Indian War, moved to Texas from Illinois when Texas was still a part of Mexico. Jacob apparently died or was killed by river pirates as he transported produce on a flatboat enroute to New Orleans from Illinois on the Mississippi River.
Peter's children all moved to Georgia; some remaining there, others westward to Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. Through out all of these movements it appears that the brothers maintained contact with one another. Their constant search for land or a better life, and overlapping presence in the same locations, has caused confusion and presents questions which the Brimberry DNA project strives to answer.
KNOWN ADOPTION LINES:
(1) Jacob Brimberry's son, John, married Margaret Higgins who had a son by Leonard Simons. John was a veteran of the Black Hawk War in Illinois and his stepson, also named Leonard, adopted the Brimberry surname. (2) Jacob Brimberry's son, Joseph, and Joseph's wife Nancy Jones reared three children of Clarissa Seaney and William Fuller. "Orphaned" Perry adopted the Brimberry surname and enlisted in the Union army in another man's place at the age of 15. (3) Peter Brimberry's son, William, owned a slave named John who adopted William's surname. The former slave, John Brimberry, was born in Rockbridge, VA and lived to be 106 years old (1800-1906). His descendants live in South Georgia and Florida. The DNA of male descendants of these "adoption" lines will therefore not match that of male descendants of Christiern Brunberg.
Non-participants, please contact Project Co-Administrator, Marion Brimberry, mebrimberry@mvn.net for family tree information.
CONTRIBUTIONS to the Brimberry Surname Project are a convenience provided by FTDNA to help pay for DNA testing of willing participants who may be unable to pay for an initial or upgraded test. The Project Administrator, Jerry L. Brimberry, and Co-Administrator, Marion E. Brimberry, do not receive any compensation in any form and fully paid for their 37-marker tests from their own funds. Tests results are posted as they become available.
I. BRIMBERRY DNA PROJECT
The BRIMBERRY DNA Project was established to create a databank of DNA profiles of Brimberry males and their lineage from Christiern Brunberg (1684-1752) and Maria Peterson (1699-1750), the progenitors of the Brimberry Family in the United States, to aid in genealogical research. DNA analysis assists in supporting or refuting the premise that participants descend from a common ancestor.
For more information about the Brimberry family history in the United States, visit: http://genealogy.wikia.com/wiki/Family_History_of_the_Matthias_Brimberry_and_Mary_Anderson_Families To join the BrimberryResearchGroup email jlb651@bellsouth.net
As results become available, a complete list of participants' pedigrees can be accessed via a link provided at the wikia website under the discussion of the Brimberry Y-DNA Project (see table of contents).
TESTING LAB:
Family Tree DNA (FTDNA), affiliated with Dr. Michael Hammer and the University of Arizona, tests the Y-chromosome for genetic matches between males. Results are placed in FTDNA's Y-DNA database and when 2 people show matching results, the lab will inform both parties (provided both signed the FTDNA Release Form).
HOW TO JOIN:
To paricipate in the project and order a DNA kit, please click the icon "JOIN THIS GROUP" in the upper left column. If you need assistance, please contact the Project Administrator, Jerry Brimberry, jlb651@bellsouth.net.
The lab tests the y-chromosome passed down through an unbroken male lineage (father to son to son, etc.), so you must be a male with the BRIMBERRY surname to participate. In order for a female to determine her paternal ancestry, she must use the y-chromosome of a male on her father's side - her brother, father, father's brother, grandfather, etc.
There are several tests available adn the procedure is very simple. The 25-marker test is more refined than the 12-marker test; however, though more expensive, the 37-marker test is recommended. DNA collection kits, which involve a painless swabbing of inside the cheek, will be sent to participants directly from the lab. Your payment is remitted to the lab with the completed kit.
II. BRIMBERRY FAMILY TREE
THE BRIMBERRY FAMILY IN THE UNITED STATES is descended from Matthias Brimberry (1736-c.1810) and Mary Anderson (1748-after 1785). Matthias Branberry and Mary Anderson were of pure Swedish stock and were married March 22, 1766 at Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church in present-day Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware.
Matthias was the son of Christiern Brunberg (1684-1752)and Maria Peterson (1699-1750) who were also married at Old Swedes Church in 1719. Mary Anderson was the daughter of Peter Anderson (1705-aft.1787) and his second wife Catherina Lynam 1719-aft.1787).
Christiern Brunberg was born in the province of Halland, Sweden, and came to America about 1711. He appears to have been educated and may have been a member of a similiarly named shipping and trading family in Varberg on the west coast of Sweden south of Gotenborg. In Swedish, the "g" at the end of Gotenborg and Christiern's surname both have a "y" sound. Hence various changes occurred in spelling over the next 125 years.
Variations in the spelling of the surname include BRUNBERG, BRUNSBERG, BRYNBERG, BRANBERRY, BRUMBERRY, BROOMBERRY, BRYMBERRY. To avoid confusion, Brimberry is used herewith, but readers should be aware that early records contained variant spellings.
Maria Peterson, wife of Christiern Brunberg, was the daughter of Mathhias Peterson and Elizabeth Justis. Maria's paternal grandfather, Samuel Petersson was from Fryksande in Varmland, Sweden. He arrived on the "Oren" in 1654. Around 1665, he married Brita Jonsdottor. Maria's maternal grandfather, Johan Gustaffson (Justis), a King's soldier from the Kinnekulle area of Skaraborg, arrived in New Sweden in 1643 and in 1654 married Brita Monsdotter, daughter of Mons and Brita Anderson. Mons Andersson and his wife and daughter were one of two families on the "Kalmar Nyckel" in 1640.
Equally interesting information is available concerning Mary Anderson's Swedish ancestors; however limited space does not permit further description of the couple's ancestors here. As an inducement, DNA project participants will receive a detailed history of the Swedish Ancestors of Matthias Brimberry and Mary Anderson, including a copy of Christiern's will which was written shortly before his death in 1752. As an additional point of information, the Houston County, Texas Brimberrys erected a granite marker dedicated to the memory of Christiern Brunberg & Maria Peterson. For an online tour of Old Swedes Church and graveyard visit www.oldswedes.org as well as the Brimberry family history wikia website.
THE SEVEN SONS OF MATTHIAS BRIMBERRY AND MARY ANDERSON form the seven branches of the Brimberry family. They were:
1.Peter Brimberry (1767-c.1831) m. Dicey Walker 1790 Washington Co., VA
2. Jacob Brimberry (1768-c.1823) m. Jane Cunningham 1808 Indiana Territory
3. Joseph Brimberry (1770-1820/30) m. in KY or IL, last appeared Ouchita Pr., LA
4. John Brimberry (1772-1830/40) m. Agness Beethe 1797 Bourbon Co., KY
5. Isaac Brimberry (1775-1847) m. Mary Beethe 1798 Bourbon Co., KY
6. William Brimberry (1778-c.1836), m. Catherine Duggins 1807 Wilkinson Co., MS
7. Samuel Brimberry (1785-1837) m. Mary Jones 1816 Crawford Co., KY
In some respects, it has been easier to trace Matthias and Mary's ancestors than it has been to trace the footsteps of their sons as they moved about the frontier. The couple moved with Mary's family to Orange Co., NC in 1768; thence to Washington Co., VA in 1785, the same year son Jacob signed a petition at Ft. Boonesborough, KY. During this period, they were often accompanied or joined other Swedish kin (Anderson, Lynam, Stalcup, Hendricks).
Jacob, John, Joseph, Isaac and Samuel are subsequently found in Kentucky by 1791 and Illinois by 1813. Peter, who like his father before him, was a wagon maker and moved from SW Virginia to Greenville Co., SC where he lived out his life. Joseph and William are also found in early Greenville Co., SC records.
William eventually settled along the Ouchita River in LA by 1810 and served in a La. Voluntary Infantry Regiment at the Battle of New Orleans. By 1830, he was joined in Northern La. by his brothers, Joseph and John, who moved there from Illinois. Isaac and Samuel, who was a captain in the Black Hawk Indian War, moved to Texas from Illinois when Texas was still a part of Mexico. Jacob apparently died or was killed by river pirates as he transported produce on a flatboat enroute to New Orleans from Illinois on the Mississippi River.
Peter's children all moved to Georgia; some remaining there, others westward to Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. Through out all of these movements it appears that the brothers maintained contact with one another. Their constant search for land or a better life, and overlapping presence in the same locations, has caused confusion and presents questions which the Brimberry DNA project strives to answer.
KNOWN ADOPTION LINES:
(1) Jacob Brimberry's son, John, married Margaret Higgins who had a son by Leonard Simons. John was a veteran of the Black Hawk War in Illinois and his stepson, also named Leonard, adopted the Brimberry surname. (2) Jacob Brimberry's son, Joseph, and Joseph's wife Nancy Jones reared three children of Clarissa Seaney and William Fuller. "Orphaned" Perry adopted the Brimberry surname and enlisted in the Union army in another man's place at the age of 15. (3) Peter Brimberry's son, William, owned a slave named John who adopted William's surname. The former slave, John Brimberry, was born in Rockbridge, VA and lived to be 106 years old (1800-1906). His descendants live in South Georgia and Florida. The DNA of male descendants of these "adoption" lines will therefore not match that of male descendants of Christiern Brunberg.
Non-participants, please contact Project Co-Administrator, Marion Brimberry, mebrimberry@mvn.net for family tree information.
CONTRIBUTIONS to the Brimberry Surname Project are a convenience provided by FTDNA to help pay for DNA testing of willing participants who may be unable to pay for an initial or upgraded test. The Project Administrator, Jerry L. Brimberry, and Co-Administrator, Marion E. Brimberry, do not receive any compensation in any form and fully paid for their 37-marker tests from their own funds. Tests results are posted as they become available.