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Hi there, I have a dna match for brindsen and it's John, father John. I now wonder if this John is the one on Joseph's marriage cert. They could be brothers. The match is from Wiltshire. Amazing.
I don't think the John on Joseph's marriage licence is likely to be his father but could be a sibling. The only baptism in the county I can find is a Joseph Brunsden baptised at Bulford 6 July 1723 to William and Elizabeth. He had a brother John baptised in 1717 and a brother William in 1714. The registers are missing from Ancestry for some reason for that period, these are from transcripts from the Wiltshire FHS. Bulford being in the Salisbury area seems a good possibility.
Joseph's brother John died in Stratford in 1787. There is an Administration Bond viewable on Ancestry from 1788 which states granted to Joseph Brunsdon lawful brother and next of kin. John Brunsden was buried at Stratford 2 Nov 1787 aged 68 years so puts birth around 1719 which isn't that different from 1717 so definitely makes the Bulford baptisms a possibility.
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