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There are many different English Brinley groups in the
United States, as well as Brindley's,
which ARE NOT related to each other and not related to us, although we have an English Name, our forefathers were not English. We do not know what our name was when Jacob and Mathias immigrated into this country but it certainly wasn't Brinley. Over the years the spelling of names have changed some of which were related to the difference in how the German spelled a word and how it sounded in English. As the individuals were allowed off of their boats, upon reaching the shores of America, many could not write or talk English. If they signed their name in German no one could read what they wrote and if they said their name, the register would write the name the way they heard it, which may have been wrong more than right. While this cannot be proved 100% it appears Jacob Brinley was registered as Johann Jacob Braun and Mathias was registered as Matheus Brundle. Both arrived on the ship "Two Brothers" 28 August 1750 from Rotterdam along with the Weis family. They arrived with the Hildebrand's and Wise families, which we know are related. The book German-American Names, written by George F. Jones, lists the name of Brendel, Brendl, Brendler as derived from Hildebrand. The publication of German Names by Hans Bahlow Brendeke, Brandli, Brendle as derived from Hildebrandl while Breinle was equal to Braunle and Breinlinger was rounded from Braunlinger. This is very interesting as the Hildebrand's and Wise families were in Pennsylvania and Missouri with our Brinley Families. DNA testing shows our Brinley's as Haplogroup I1 which was an indigenous European group and is hypothesised to have spread out from the Iberian refugium after the last glacial maximum 18,000 years ago. I1 reaches its highest frequency in Scandinavia and has a decreasing gradient in frequency to the East and to the South and West. I1 is relatively common in the British Isles, having been taken there by Norse and Danish Vikings
as well as Anglo-Saxons.
While there are many Brindley's in the United States, based on DNA testing there are no longer any Brindley's living that were related to our Brinley's.
In Pennsylvania, the last name was spelled many different ways, due to the translation from the German to English. No one knows what the original spelling was. For years Brinley as well as Brindley were common in our family line but all Brindley spelling are now deceased and all or now spelled Brinley.
All
descend from Jacob Brinley and Eve Hoke OR
Mathias Brinley and Barbara Brinley,
daughter of Jacob and Eve. | 
