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 (John, Webb, Blake, Umpelby, Wallis, Gurnett, Lewis, Mardlin, Freeman, ,....).
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:
Section 23.A William of Inglesham
Section 24.D Thomas the much married 1777-1864
Section 29.A Samuel the letter carrier
Section 29.B John Thomas 1831-1864
Section 29.D Arthur Wallis BRUSH and his siblings, from 1855
Section 29.E Arthur Wesley BRUSH, his children and siblings.
Section 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 Sections 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
Section 1.A Summary ,
My own Line of Descent and Preface
Section 1.B The earliest Brush entries and
The state of play at 1588
Section 1.C The origin of the Brush name?
Section 1.D Conventions used in this history
Section 2 : Suffolk, Essex and Kent
There are early entries in Suffolk indicating a family group but they lead us nowhere. Entries in Essex and Kent are just isolated mentions.
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.
Section 3.A Richard of Tewkesbury
Section 3.B Richard's children
Section 3.B2 John, William and Joan, c.1650
Section 3.C The 3rd, 4th and 5th Generations
c.1550-c.1650 - Multiple Richards
Section 3.D 6th, 7th and 8th Generations
c.1670-c.1805
Section 3.E Benjamin of Ripple, his children and grandchildren - from 1792.
Section 3.F Spreading out from Ripple
Section 3.G Generation 12
Section 4 : Gloucestershire and thereabouts 1454-16??
Section 4.A Gloucestershire Introduction
Section 4.B Brockworth
Section 4.C Brockworth continued
Section 4.D Cheltenham, Cirencester & Wiltshire
Section 4.E Early Gloucestershire conclusions
Section 4 - Appendix Transcripts of some Register entries
Section 5 : East Midlands
Section 6 : Wotton under Edge
Section 6.A Wotton under Edge 1589-1642
Section 6.B Thomas of Wotton
Section 6.C Robert & Richard
Section 6 : Appendix Wotton register entries
Section 7 : Yorkshire
Section 8 : Herefordshire
Section 8.A Herefordshire
Section 8.B Herefordshire
Section 8.C Herefordshire
Section 8.D Herefordshire
Section 8.E Herefordshire
Section 9 : Early South West
Section 9.A Early South West
Section 9.B Early South West
Section 9.C Early South West
Section 10 : Oxfordshire & Berkshire
Section 11 : London 1575-1700
Section 11.A London 1575-1700
Section 11.B London 1575-1700
Section 12 : Emigrants to America
Section 12.A Brush families in the USA
Section 12.B Thomas Brush of Southold and Huntington
Section 12.C Richard Brush of Huntington
Section 12.D The children of Thomas and Richard
Section 12.E The children of Thomas and Richard - 2
Section 12.F Generation 3 in Huntington
Section 13 : Wiltshire 1641-1800
Section 13.A Wiltshire 1
Section 13.B Wiltshire 2
Section 13.C Wiltshire 3
Section 13.D Wiltshire 4
Section 14 Kildwick, in Yorkshire
Section 14.A Kildwick
Section 15 South West 1701-1851
Section 15.A South West 1701-1851
Section 16 : South West England
Section 16.A Photos
Section 16.B St Germans and east Cornwall from 1544
Section 16.C Rame and Plymouth from 1752
Section 17 Ireland :
Contents page and
Introduction
Section 17.A Ireland - a single source?
Section 17.A2 Omagh families to 1739
Section 17.A - Appendix The key Deed
Section 17.B John in 1599?
Section 17.C Ireland; other families, mostly in Dublin
Section 17.D Ireland; 3 sons of Crean
Section 17.E James the Jeweller of Dublin
Section 17.F Ireland; Richard of Madeira
Section 17.G Ireland; Generation 5
Section 17.G2 Ireland; Generation 5
Section 17.H John Ramsey BRUSH
Section 17.I Crane and Ann Skelton
Section 17.J Ireland; JER BRUSH
Section 17.K Richard of Virginia
Section 17.L The infamous Crane BRUSH of the American War of Independence
Section 18 : Gloucestershire & Wiltshire 1701-1851
Section 18.A Section 18 Gloucestershire & Wiltshire
Section 18.B Section 18 Gloucestershire & Wiltshire
Section 18.C Section 18 Gloucestershire & Wiltshire
Section 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
Section 23.A William of Inglesham
Section 23.B Thomas of Swindon
Section 23.C Ann of Purton
Section 24 : The children of William of Inglesham >
Four sons who moved to London
Section 24.A Samuel of Harrow
Section 24.B Isaac of Leavesden
Section 24.C William the Cheesemonger
Section 24.D Thomas the much married of London 1777-1864
Section 25 : Grandchildren of William of Inglesham
Section 25.A Children of Thomas
Section 25.B Not yet used
Section 25.C Children of William the Cheesemonger
Section 25.D Children of Thomas the much married' (Duplicate?)
Section 25.E George Thomas, a son of Thomas
Section 26 The great-grand-children of William of Inglesham
Section 26.A & B not yet used
Section 26.C Children of William the Decorator
Section 26.E Children of George Thomas
Section 27 The children of Samuel of Harrow
Section 27.A George
Section 27.A Charles Alfred
Section 27.A Mary Ann
Section 28 Isaac James & family
Section 28.A Isaac James
Section 29 London - my own direct line from 1809
and its side shoots - my cousins
Section 29.A Samuel the letter carrier
Section 29.B John Thomas BRUSH-
Section 29.C The younger children of Samuel and Sarah, from 1833
Section 29.C2 Samuel of Dundee
Section 29.D Arthur Wallis BRUSH 1855-1922
Section 29.E Arthur Wesley BRUSH, his children and siblings.
Section 29.F Children of John Thomas ( other than Arthur Wallis)
Section 30 Umpleby
Section 30.A Umpleby
Section 31 Lewis & Mardlin
Section 32.A Mary Ann Wallis - the wife of John Thomas Brush, and her parents.
Section 32.B The Gurnett family
Section 32.C The siblings of Mary Ann Wallis
Section 32.D The siblings of George Gurnett Wallis
Section 32.E Other Wallis families
Section 33 Webb, Freeman, Hobbs & Smedley
Section 33.A From Freeman to Webb
Section 33.B From Freeman to Smedley
Section 33.C The Webb family of Coventry
Section 33.D The Webb family of Coventry Duplicate?
Section 33.E The army service of Thomas Webb
Section 34 Pleming & Savage
Section 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.
Section 36.A
Worcester: early entries
Section 36.B
Worcester: Joseph & family 1783-1948
Worcester: ???
Section 36.C Worcester: John & family 1783-1948
Section 36.D
Birmingham: Cornelius & family from 1828
Section 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
Section 45 part 1 Dartford Brickmakers
Section 45 part 2 Analysis of Dartford Brickmakers information
Section 45 part 3 The interpretation of 'Dartford Brickmakers' by my father F.W. Brush : Alternative text
Section 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