Family of James BRINDLEY and Ann HENSHALL

Husband:	James BRINDLEY (c. 1716-1772)
Wife:	Ann HENSHALL ( - )
Children:	Anne BRINDLEY (1770-1800)
	Susanna BRINDLEY (1772-1799)
Marriage	8 Dec 1765	Wolstanton, Staffordshire

Husband: James BRINDLEY

Name:	James BRINDLEY
Sex:	Male
Father:	James BRINDLEY (c. 1694-1770)
Mother:	Susanna BRADBURY (1694-1779)
Birth	c. 1716	Tunstead, Derbyshire
Occupation		Canal Engineer
Death	30 Sep 1772 (age 55-56)

Wife: Ann HENSHALL

Name:	Ann HENSHALL
Sex:	Female
Father:	-
Mother:	-

Child 1: Anne BRINDLEY

Name:	Anne BRINDLEY
Sex:	Female
Birth	3 Jan 1770	Newchapel, Staffordshire
Death	19 Mar 1800 (age 30)

Child 2: Susanna BRINDLEY

Name:	Susanna BRINDLEY
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	John BETTINGTON ( - )
Birth	27 Dec 1772	Newchapel, Staffordshire
Death	1799 (age 26-27)

Note on Husband: James BRINDLEY

James Brindley died when he was just 55, having caught pneumonia whilst surveying the line of the Caldon Canal. Exhaustion is believed to have played a part in his death.

He died at home at Turnhurst Hall and was buried in the churchyard at Newchapel.

Not only was he largely responsible for engineering the Trent and Mersey and Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canals, he was also in great demand for other waterways during the 'Canal Mania' period. Brindley's Harecastle Tunnel, near Kidsgrove, which was almost three thousand yards long, became the country's first ever canal tunnel.