Married
The earliest Brunskill is Michael Brunskill a whitesmith. The first Brunskill family is shown below.
The Early Brunskills
The eldest son of Michael Brunskill, Michael, married Ann Green on 10th September 1743 and produced a son and daughter as shown below.
Family of Michael Brunskill (1718-????)
Michael later married Sarah Patrick on 1st December 1766. The couple had a daughter Sarah in 1772.
The Brunskills married into the Marston family with the marriage of Eleanor (Ellen) Brunskill to Samuel Marston. It is interesting that the senior Marstons and senior Brunskills were occupied as whitesmiths at this time. Samuel Marston himself was a spurrier, a trade that appears to have been related to the whitesmith trade
Samuel and Eleanor produced five children as shown below.
The Family of Samuel Marston & Ellen Brunskill
Sadly, Samuel Marston died of drowning in 1757.
Samuel's widow Eleanor Marston produced further children illegitimately as shown below. Whilst the father of the children is not known definitively, there is some evidence to suggest that Robert Moorhouse may have been the father. The evidence is two fold. Firstly, both Robert Moorhouse and Ellen Marston were excommunicated in 1760. Secondly, the names of Ellen's children, Robert and Christopher are found in Robert Moorhouse's family.
The Illegitimate Children of Eleanor Marston
The surviving child Robert became the first generation of the Modern Marston family.
John Brunskill married Mary Mawson in 1784 and produced three children as shown below. His occupation was labourer.
The Family of John Brunskill & Mary Mawson
