The Broughs of Gnosall, Staffordshire
and their English and American Descendants
The Ancestors of William Brough (1848-1903) of Gnosall,
Staffordshire
Richard de Burgh, b.1450, Brewood,
Staffordshire, England, m.Alice
Robert Burgh (b.1488) & Joan, moved
to Chapel House, Leek, England, in early 1500's
Thomas Burgh (Broughe, b.1523) & Margarett,
Waterhouse, Leek, Staffordshire, England
Ralph (Raphe) Burgh (Broughe, b.1559),
Waterhouse, Staffordshire, England
Edmund Brough (b.1602) & Alice, Waterhouse,
Staffordshire, England
Ralph Brough (b.1638), Leek, Staffordshire,
England
Ralph Brough (Burke, b.1670) & Elizabeth,
Rushton Spencer, Staffordshire, England
Robert Brough (chr.1711) & Hannah
Hancock, Rushton, Spencer, Staffordshire, England
Thomas Brough (chr.1742) & Elizabeth
Walter, Biddulph, Staffordshire, England
Ralph Brough (b.1772) & Elizabeth
Kerby, Haughton and Gnosall, Staffordshire, England
Sarah Brough (chr.1800, d.1823), Gnosall,
Staffordshire, England
William Brough (chr.1818, d.1893) &
Mary Stagg, Auldmore and Gnosall, Staffordshire, England
William Brough (b.1848, d.1903) &
Jane Mear, Gnosall, Burton and Branston, Staffordshire, England
As mentioned in the History
of the Broughs, in the 1400's, the de Burghs had established themselves
in the areas of Ranton, Brewood and Gnosall, Staffordshire, England.
By the early 1500's, several de Burgh families had moved northward and
settled in the Leekfrith area of northern Staffordshire. In the late
1500's through the 1600's, the name "Burgh" gradually changed
to "Brough."
During the 1400's to the 1800's, a number
of related Brough families in and around Gnosall and the Leeklfrith
areas of Staffordshire, England, occasionally communicated with and
visited each other. In fact, several Brough families have been traced
to both geographical areas, and their descendants eventually settled
in different parts of the United Kingdom and the United States.
In 1697, Ralph Brough (b.1670) married Elizabeth,
their first child Mary being born at Blackshaw Moor. They then had six
other children who were all born at Rushton Spencer (northwest of Leek).
Ralph (b.1670) died at Rushton Spencer in 1729, followed by Elizabeth
in 1738. The fourth child and third son of Ralph and Elizabeth was Robert
Brough, born 1708 (chr.1711) at Rushton Spencer. Robert married Hannah
Hancock in 1733/1734 in Stone, Staffordshire. Robert and Hannah had
seven children, with their fourth child and second son, Thomas Brough,
christened in 1742 at Biddulph.
In 1765, Thomas Brough (chr.1742) of Biddulph,
married Elizabeth Walter of Gnosall. In 1869, William Brough (1848-1903)
of Gnosall--who was the 2nd great-grandson of Thomas Brough--married
Jane Mear in 1869 in Wittingham, Staffordshire, England. Between 1870
and 1890, William and Jane Brough had nine children. Five of these children
eventually immigrated to the United States in the 1890's and early 1900's.
Today, many of their descendants reside in Utah and California.

The following photographs
were provided to the RBFO in March 2006 by Eileen Brough Ernst
of California, USA. Eileen is a grand-daughter of Albert Brough Sarah
Jane South.









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