Person:Hans Brinker (2)

Emigration: 28 JUN 1735 Brig Mary, London to Philadelphia Census: 1735 Colonial America PA Census Event: Land Record 20 NOV 1766 Monroe Co. Pensylvania Religion: 15 MAY 1773 Reformed Calvinist Church Military Service: BET. 1760 - 1761 Virginia Event: Politics MAY 1761 Frederick Co., Maryland Event: Petition 20 MAR 1755 Frederick Co., Maryland Event: Letter 7 AUG 1756 from George Washington,Winchester, Virginia WILL: 17 OCT 1769 Frederick Co. Virginia From Barnhart Ancestors by Janet Walther Henirich/Henry Brinker (1722-1772) oldest son of Andreas Most Brinker researchers believe that Heinrich Brinker settled early in Winchester, Frederick CO., VA and his brother Conrad Brinker, in what is now Shenendoah Co., VA Wesley M. Robinson, formerly of Greensburg, Pa., located some VA records which he believed referred to Henry. Robinson`s observations were written in "Some Historical Facts of the Brinker Family and Just What Part They May Have Played in Furnishing the Revoloutionary Army with flour, for which They Claim They Were Never Paid" available at the Westmorland Co. Historical Society. According to Robinson, this Henry Brinker, of Frederick Co. MD, petioned on 20 March 1755 to "sell beer in small quantities." Another record, a letter from George Washington to Commanding Officers on the frontier, dated 7 Aug. 1786, Winchester, VA, indicates that Henry Brinker was on the approved list for selling liquor to soldiers of the VA Militia. According to Robinson, Henry was also a candidate for Burgess of Frederick Co., MD in May 1761 (George Washington, won.) Another VA source, "Virginia`s Colonial Soldiers" by Lloyd D. Bockstruck, 1988 shows both Henry and Conrad Brinker as Colonial soldiers in 1760 & 1761, page 350-352, where they were fined for being absent. An earlier record of 15 May 1753 shows that Henry Brinker was one of 5 trustees of the Reformed Calvinist church who received a deed from Lord Fairfax for two lots in the eastern portion of Winchester for a meetinghouse. (p. 200 of History of the Lower Shenendoah Valley, J.E. Norris, 1890) Although the Henry Brinker in the VA records probably did not leave Frederick Co., he may have taken out a land warrant in what is now Monroe Co., Pa. at the same time that his younger brother Jacob Brinker obtained his. Both warrants were on 20 Nov. 1766, each for 150 acres in the northern part of Northampton Co., in what is now Hamilton Twp., Monroe County. There is a will for Henry Brinker in Frederick Co. Va. (p. 31, Abstracts of Wills, Inventories & Administration Accounts of Frederick Co. VA 1743-1800 by King, 1982.) The will was written 17 Oct 1769 and proved August 1772. It named his wife Catherine Brinker, and son-in-law Fred Hass as Executors. Children named were daughters Mildred Hass, Elizabeth Brinker, sons Henry Brinker and George Brinkler.