.
.
The main content of BFBI.uk is a one-name genealogical study 'The BRUSH families of the British Isles'. But it also includes sections on other families linked somehow to my particular BRUSH family (Blake, Umpelby, Wallis, Gurnett, Lewis, Mardlin, Freeman, John,....). The full list of contents is below but here are some key links:
The introductory section of the BFBI,if you want to read the whole history as if it was a book. It's a long read!
My Own Direct Line:
Chapter 23.A William of Inglesham
Chapter 24.D Thomas the much married 1777-1864
Chapter 29.A Samuel the letter carrier
Chapter 29.B John Thomas 1831-1864
Chapter 29.D Arthur Wallis BRUSH and his siblings, from 1855
Chapter 29.E Arthur Wesley BRUSH, his children and siblings.
Chapter 33.C
Laura Nellie Webb and her family
The early BRUSH family in Tewkesbury, c.1550. and in other parts of Gloucestershire
The roots of BRUSH families in the USA, c.1650
The English roots of the BLAKE family of Brisbane, Australia, c.1850
The 19th century WALLIS family in Westminster.
Wills - Images and transcripts
Trees - Some outline trees
This list links to the chapters available online and gives an indication of the material available offline. The task of uploading and formatting it all is not going to be a quick job!!!
In the meantime do feel free to contact me : brushdw@gmail.com I'm happy to share info from my offline pages.
Section 1 : Introduction
Chapter 1.A Summary and
My own Line of Descent
Chapter 1.B Preface
Chapter 4 The earliest Brush entries
Chapter 5 The state of play at 1588
Chapter 1.C The origin of the Brush name?
Chapter 1.D Conventions used in this history
Section 2 : Suffolk and the east of England
Chapter 2.A Suffolk and other eastern England entries
Chapter 2.B Essex and Kent
Chapter 2.C Conclusion
Section 3 : Rooted in Tewkesbury
From a single individual in Tewkesbury, Richard, six generations live in Tewkesbury. The line almost dies out but from Benjamin of Ripple a large section of the Brush family develops and spreads out from the West Midlands.
Chapter 3.A Richard of Tewkesbury
Chapter 3.B Richard's children
Chapter 3.B2 John, William and Joan, c.1650
Chapter 3.C The 3rd, 4th and 5th Generations
c.1550-c.1650 - Multiple Richards
Chapter 3.D 6th, 7th and 8th Generations
c.1670-c.1805
Chapter 3.E Benjamin of Ripple, his children and grandchildren - from 1792.
Chapter 3.F Spreading out from Ripple
Chapter 3.G Generation 12
Section 4 : Gloucestershire and thereabouts 1454-16??
Chapter 4.A Gloucestershire Introduction
Chapter 4.B Brockworth
Chapter 4.C Brockworth continued
Chapter 4.D Cheltenham, Cirencester & Wiltshire
Chapter 4.E Early Gloucestershire conclusions
Chapter 4 - Appendix Transcripts of some Register entries
Section 5 : East Midlands
Section 6 : Wotton under Edge
Chapter 6.A Wotton under Edge 1589-1642
Chapter 6.B Thomas of Wotton
Chapter 6.C Robert & Richard
Chapter 6 : Appendix Wotton register entries
Section 7 : Yorkshire
Section 8 : Herefordshire
Chapter 8.A Herefordshire
Chapter 8.B Herefordshire
Chapter 8.C Herefordshire
Chapter 8.D Herefordshire
Chapter 8.E Herefordshire
Section 9 : Early South West
Chapter 9.A Early South West
Chapter 9.B Early South West
Chapter 9.C Early South West
Section 10 : Oxfordshire & Berkshire
Section 11 : London 1575-1700
Chapter 11.A London 1575-1700
Chapter 11.B London 1575-1700
Section 12 : Emigrants to America
Chapter 12.A Brush families in the USA
Chapter 12.B Thomas Brush of Southold and Huntington
Chapter 12.C Richard Brush of Huntington
Chapter 12.D The children of Thomas and Richard
Chapter 12.E The children of Thomas and Richard - 2
Chapter 12.F Generation 3 in Huntington
Section 13 : Wiltshire 1641-1800
Chapter 13.A Wiltshire 1
Chapter 13.B Wiltshire 2
Chapter 13.C Wiltshire 3
Chapter 13.D Wiltshire 4
Section 14 Kildwick, in Yorkshire
Chapter 14.A Kildwick
Section 15 South West 1701-1851
Chapter 15.A South West 1701-1851
Section 16 : South West England
Chapter 16.A Photos
Chapter 16.B St Germans and east Cornwall from 1544
Chapter 16.C Rame and Plymouth from 1752
Section 17 Ireland :
Contents page and
Introduction
Chapter 17.A Ireland - a single source?
Chapter 17.A2 Omagh families to 1739
Chapter 17.A - Appendix The key Deed
Chapter 17.B John in 1599?
Chapter 17.C Ireland; other families, mostly in Dublin
Chapter 17.D Ireland; 3 sons of Crean
Chapter 17.E James the Jeweller of Dublin
Chapter 17.F Ireland; Richard of Madeira
Chapter 17.G Ireland; Generation 5
Chapter 17.G2 Ireland; Generation 5
Chapter 17.H John Ramsey BRUSH
Chapter 17.I Crane and Ann Skelton
Chapter 17.J Ireland; JER BRUSH
Chapter 17.K Richard of Virginia
Chapter 17.L The infamous Crane BRUSH of the American War of Independence
Section 18 : Gloucestershire & Wiltshire 1701-1851
Chapter 18.A Section 18 Gloucestershire & Wiltshire
Chapter 18.B Section 18 Gloucestershire & Wiltshire
Chapter 18.C Section 18 Gloucestershire & Wiltshire
Chapter 18.D Section 18 Gloucestershire & Wiltshire
Section 19 : London & Middlesex 1701-1851
Section 20 : Berkshire & Bruch
Section 21 : John the Gunsmith from London to Williamsburg
Section 22 : Newington to Dartford 1809 onward
Section 23 : Wiltshire : Inglesham and Swindon
Chapter 23.A William of Inglesham
Chapter 23.B Thomas of Swindon
Chapter 23.C Ann of Purton
Section 24 : The children of William of Inglesham >
Four sons who moved to London
Chapter 24.A Samuel of Harrow
Chapter 24.B Isaac of Leavesden
Chapter 24.C William the Cheesemonger
Chapter 24.D Thomas the much married of London 1777-1864
Section 25 : Grandchildren of William of Inglesham
Chapter 25.A Children of Thomas
Chapter 25.B Not yet used
Chapter 25.C Children of William the Cheesemonger
Chapter 25.D Children of Thomas the much married' (Duplicate?)
Chapter 25.E George Thomas, a son of Thomas
Section 26 The great-grand-children of William of Inglesham
Chapter 26.A & B not yet used
Chapter 26.C Children of William the Decorator
Chapter 26.E Children of George Thomas
Section 27 The children of Samuel of Harrow
Chapter 27.A George
Chapter 27.A Charles Alfred
Chapter 27.A Mary Ann
Section 28 Isaac James & family
Chapter 28.A Isaac James
Section 29 London - my own direct line from 1809
and its side shoots - my cousins
Chapter 29.A Samuel the letter carrier
Chapter 29.B John Thomas BRUSH-
Chapter 29.C The younger children of Samuel and Sarah, from 1833
Chapter 29.C2 Samuel of Dundee
Chapter 29.D Arthur Wallis BRUSH 1855-1922
Chapter 29.E Arthur Wesley BRUSH, his children and siblings.
Chapter 29.F Children of John Thomas ( other than Arthur Wallis)
Section 30 Umpleby
Chapter 30.A Umpleby
Section 31 Lewis & Mardlin
Chapter 32.A Mary Ann Wallis - the wife of John Thomas Brush, and her parents.
Chapter 32.B The Gurnett family
Chapter 32.C The siblings of Mary Ann Wallis
Chapter 32.D The siblings of George Gurnett Wallis
Chapter 32.E Other Wallis families
Section 33 Webb, Freeman, Hobbs & Smedley
Chapter 33.A From Freeman to Webb
Chapter 33.B From Freeman to Smedley
Chapter 33.C The Webb family of Coventry
Chapter 33.D The Webb family of Coventry Duplicate?
Chapter 33.E The army service of Thomas Webb
Section 34 Pleming & Savage
Chapter 34.A Pleming & Savage
Section 35 unallocated
Section 36 : Worcester & Birmingham
Beginning with Thomas marrying in 1775, a substantial BRUSH family develops in the Birmingham area. It seems most likely that this was an offshoot from the Tewkesbury family.
Chapter 36.A
Worcester: early entries
Chapter 36.B
Worcester: Joseph & family 1783-1948
Worcester: ???
Chapter 36.C Worcester: John & family 1783-1948
Chapter 36.D
Birmingham: Cornelius & family from 1828
Chapter 36.E
Birmingham: George & family from 1880
Section 37 : Crean 1725-1788
Section 38 : Charles William 1869-19?? and his descendants
Section 40: Bruch
Section 41 : Bruge
Section 42 : Brugh
Section 45 : Surrey/South London/Dartford
Chapter 45 part 1 Dartford Brickmakers
Chapter 45 part 2 Analysis of Dartford Brickmakers information
Chapter 45 part 3 The interpretation of 'Dartford Brickmakers' by my father F.W. Brush : Alternative text
Chapter 45 part 4 A wider look at families in South London
Section 50 : Australasia
Section 51 : The Caribbean
Section 60 : The John family
The John family of Pembrokshire, around Haverfordwest. My mother was a John before marriage
Section 70 ; Military Brushes
Section 71 : a store for miscellaneous oddmnts
Section 72 : Canada
Section 73 : The Brush Electrical companies
Section 80 : Fictional Brushes
Section 98 : A tribute to my parents' work
Section 99 : Some Genealogical Resources
Section 100 : Oddments
From Canterbury 1800 to 18??Blake 1
1612 William "the younger" of Brockworth
T3 Sherston Families from 1641
TD1 Descendants of William of Dufton (born c.1630)
TD2 Descendants of Thomas Brush of Sherston
TD3 Descendants of William of Inglesham
TW4 Descendants of William the Cheesemonger(1777-1864)
Errors? More information? Comments? Please do get in touch: brushdw@gmail.com