Gnosall, Staffordshire

The Broughs of Gnosall, Staffordshire

and their English and American Descendants

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.

Thomas Burgh (Brough) was christened in 1735 in Rushton Spencer, Staffordshire. His ancestry goes back to the early Brough's of Leek in the 1500's. Thomas Burgh (Brough, chr.1735) married Elizabeth Walter of Gnosall in 1765, and they had five children--with their fourth child named Ralph Brough--who was born in about 1771 and was of Gnosall, Staffordshire. In 1792, Ralph Brough married Elizabeth Kerby in Adbaston, Staffordshire, and they had nine children--including Thomas Brough (chr.1792) who was christened in Adbaston and who married Elizabeth Butler, and Sarah Brough (chr.1800) who was christened in Gnosall. A number of Thomas Brough's (b.1792) descendants currently live in England and Australia; and a number of Sarah Brough's (b.1800) descendants currently reside in Utah and California.

The Ancestors and Descendants of the Broughs of Gnosall, Staffordshire, England

John Burgh (b.1508) & Johanna Saunderson; Leek, Staffordshire, England

Thomas Burgh (b.1538) & Ann Cooke; Leek, Staffordshire, England

Richard Burgh (b.1579) & Joan; Leek, Staffordshire, England

Richard Brough (b.1620) & Ann; Kingsley, Staffordshire, England

Richard Brough (b.1657) & Margaretae; Kingsley, Staffordshire, England

Richard Brough (b.1688) & Ann Mellor; Ipstones, Staffordshire, England

Mary Brough (Burgh, b.1716); Leek, Staffordshire, England

Thomas Burgh (b.1735) & Elizabeth Walter; Rushton Spencer, Staffordshire, England

Ralph Brough (b.1771) & Elizabeth Kerby; Gnosall, Staffordshire, England

Thomas Brough (b.1792) & Elizabeth Butler; Adbaston, Staffordshire, England

Nathaniel Brough (b.1823) & Jane Talbot; Gnosall, Staffordshire, England

John Brough (b.1851) & Elizabeth Davis; Bushbury, Staffordshire, England

Thomas Brough (b.1880) & Sarah HJawkins; Norbury, Staffordshire, England

Alfred John Brough (b.1906) & Emma Altree; Newport, Staffordshire, England

Brian Alfred Brough (b.1938); currently lives in Staffordshire, England

Philip Mark Brough (b.1965); currently lives in Western Australia

The Ancestors and Descendants of the Broughs of Gnosall, Staffordshire, England

John Burgh (b.1508) & Johanna Saunderson; Leek, Staffordshire, England

Thomas Burgh (b.1538) & Ann Cooke; Leek, Staffordshire, England

Richard Burgh (b.1579) & Joan; Leek, Staffordshire, England

Richard Brough (b.1620) & Ann; Kingsley, Staffordshire, England

Richard Brough (b.1657) & Margaretae; Kingsley, Staffordshire, England

Richard Brough (b.1688) & Ann Mellor; Ipstones, Staffordshire, England

Mary Brough (Burgh, b.1716); Leek, Staffordshire, England

Thomas Burgh (b.1735) & Elizabeth Walter; Rushton Spencer, Staffordshire, England

Ralph Brough (b.1771) & Elizabeth Kerby; 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

Joseph Brough (b.1870) & Ruth Fearn; Whittington, Staffordshire, England; moved to Utah, USA

Joseph Sedley Brough (b.1906) & Cleo Peek; Trenton, Cache Co., Utah, USA

Lewis Sedley Brough (b.1945); currently lives in Utah, USA, and is a former BFO Board Member

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.