See also
| Husband: | James BRINDLEY (c. 1716-1772) | |
| Wife: | Mary BENNETT ( - ) | |
| Children: | John BENNETT (c. 1760-1799) | |
| Status: | Never Married | |
| 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) | |
| Name: | Mary BENNETT | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Name: | John BENNETT | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | c. 1760 | Burslem, Staffordshire |
| Baptism | 31 Aug 1760 (age 0) | Burslem, Staffordshire |
| Death | 1799 (age 38-39) | |
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.
Possibly related to Abraham Bennett, James Brindley's old boss.
Of Burslem.