Spouse: Frederick DeBoer. Irene Elizabeth Brierly and Frederick DeBoer were married.

Spouse: Alfred E. Carlson. Children were: Catherine Carlson, Dorothy Carlson.

An 1830 description: "Crompton, a township in the parish of Oldham cum Prestwich, hundred of Salford. Inhabitants 6482. 10 miles N.E. from Manchester. This is a bleak and sterile district: it partakes of a portion of the cotton manufacture. The two separate hamlets, High and Low Crompton, give name to the township." [http://www.mancuniensis.info/CromptonFP.htm]

In 1840 he was an a spinner, in the Goats neighborhood in Crompton, Oldham, Lancashire, England. He arrived on 27 April 1841 in New York, New York
Family tradition says they were shipwrecked in the Canary Islands on their journey to the US. One of the few items they could save was a small brown luster ware pitcher, in the possession of John Brierly McCall. While I cannot confirm this (January 2006) there is a record showing the ship Suviah was wrecked in the Florida Keys, 3 Sept 1840 <http://www.adp.fsu.edu/wreck_list.html> carrying 1187 bales of cotton. Typical passage took 18 days or so. <http://www.authorama.com/old-merchant-marine-8.html>
James was naturalized on 14 December 1848 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Court of Common Pleas, Worcester. Silas Dinsmore of Worcester and Hutchins P. Upham (unclear) of Millbury, gave testimony that James Brierly had resided in the United States for at least five years, specifically: Sutton, North Oxford, and Millbury. In 1850 he was an a manufacturer in Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He died on 9 October 1896 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
Worcester Evening Gazette,
10 October 1896, pg. 5

FORMER MILLBURY MAN DIES.
James Brierly Passes Away at His Home In This City

James Brierly, for many years a prominent citizen and business man of Millbury, died at his residence, at 6 Dale street, Worcester, at 11 o'clock last night. He had been in feeble health for some years, but the immediate cause of his death was congestion of the lungs. Mr. Brierly was born in England 77 years ago and came to America in 1841. His first business venture was in North Oxford, in 1846, where he manufactured cotton goods. Later he located in Millbury at what is known as the Pinafore mill, now owned by the Rhodes Warp company. At about the same time he was also engaged in the manufacture of paper at a mill located where Lapham's mill now stands.
In 1851 he became associated with the late Jason Emerson, under the firm name of Brierly & Emerson, in the manufacturing of print cloth in a mill upon the present site of the West Side flax mill. The old mill was destroyed by fire many years ago.
Mr. Brierly served upon the board of selectmen while a resident of Millbury, was a member of the First Congregational Church of that town and was very highly esteemed.
He leaves a widow, two sons, and three daughters, one of the latter being Mrs. Charles A. Geer of Millbury. The funeral will take place from his late residence in Worcester at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. Rev. George A. Putnam will officiate. The burial will be in Hope cemetery, Worcester.

James was buried on 12 October 1896 in Hope Cemetery, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
From the Centennial History of Millbury: "James Brierly, formerly a cotton manufacturer, was also, in the fifties, engaged in making paper at the old Burbank Mill in Bramanville. He was among the most respected citizens of the town, a man of strict integrity, and commanded the esteem of his associates. His useful life added much to the material prosperity and moral elevation of the community." [pg. 416]
Parents: James Brierley and Elizabeth Henthorn.

Spouse: Hannah "Ann" Barrott. Hannah "Ann" Barrott and James Brierly were married on 12 January 1840 in St. Mary's Church, Oldham, Lancashire, England.
"Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church." Witnesses: Abram Jackson and John Jackson. Signed by T. Fallowfield, clergyman.
Children were: Mary B. Brierly, Sarah Brierly, James Barrot Brierly, Charles E. Brierly, James Barrett Brierly, Joseph Franklin Brierly, Daniel B. Brierly, John Thomas Brierly, Elizabeth Ann Brierly, Ella Jean Brierly, James B. Brierly, Mary Estella Brierly.

Spouse: Mary Taylor. Mary Taylor and James Brierly were married on 16 June 1859 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Children were: George Fred Brierly, Arthur E. Brierly, William H. Brierly.

Spouse: Elizabeth Dean "Lizzie" Woolfenden. Elizabeth Dean "Lizzie" Woolfenden and James Brierly were married on 18 January 1879. Children were: Annie Mary Elizabeth Brierly, Walter James Brierly, Margaretta Ellen "Etta" Brierly.

Spouse: Mary Jane Burcune. Mary Jane Burcune and James Brierly were married on 23 September 1876 in Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

Spouse: Maude M. Smith. Maude M. Smith and James Adelbert Brierly were married on 12 October 1892 in Northbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Children were: Ralph C. Brierly.

Spouse: Jeanette Schott. Jeanette Schott and James Adelbert Brierly were married on 28 November 1906 in Providence, Rhode Island.

Spouse: Ruth A. Harrison. Ruth A. Harrison and James Edwin Brierly were married on 23 October 1877 in Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts. They lived at 187 Middle Street in Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts in 1889. Children were: Raymond Brierly.

Spouse: Winifred Sterling. Children were: Jacquelyn "Jacqui" Brierly.

Spouse: Philip D. Doherty Jr.. Children were: Ellen Doherty.

Spouse: Elizabeth Flagg. Elizabeth Flagg and John Brierly were married on 1 July 1870 in Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts. VR says this is a second marriage for both John & Elizabeth. She is the daughter of Joseph and Lucy Aumsett (sp?). Married in Worcester by E. Cutler, Congregational Clergy.

Spouse: Margaret Butterworth. Margaret Butterworth and John Brierly were married about 1835 in Lancashire, England. Based on their residence (1841 Census) suggests a further search of St. Mary's Oldham. Children were: James Brierly, Sarah Ann Brierly, John Brierly Jr., Mary E. Brierly, William J. Brierly, Benjamin Franklin Brierly, Elizabeth H. Brierly.

Spouse: Ellen Nellie Ashton. Ellen Nellie Ashton and John Brierly Jr. were married on 16 June 1868 in Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. First marriage for both, Alvan J. Bates clergyman. Wedding in Grafton, registered in Worcester since John was residing there. [Brierly family tree says Saundersville]. They lived at 17 Wyman Street in Worcester in 1900. They lived at 3 King Terrace in Worcester in 1910. Children were: Flora M. Brierly, Etta Alma Brierly, Ernest William Brierly.

Spouse: Maxine Pogorell.

Spouse: Carol Tourneau. Children were: Ann Brierly, Amy Elizabeth Brierly, John Travers Brierly.

JOHN T. BRIERLY
DIES IN FLORIDA
Widely Known Retired Head of
Brierly-Lombard Co. Made
Home in Holden

John T. Brierly, 74 years old, of Holden, for many years a widely known Worcester business man, died Saturday in Orlando, Fla. Mr. Brierly was born in Millbury April 21, 1854.
On graduating from the Millbury High school he became associated with his father in cotton manufacturing. He held a position in the woolen mill of Ashworth & Jones, Valley Falls, and later became super-intendent of the Brick City mill at Cherry Valley. Two years after he associated himself with the Sumner-Pratt Co. of Worcester, a business founded in 1847, being one of the oldest mill supply houses in New England.
The firm of Sumner-Pratt & Co. became Crawford & Co., in 1898, Mr. Brierly being the junior partner, and in October, 1909, upon the retirement of Mr. Crawford, Mr. Brierly became the sole owner. In January, 1910, the Lombard Machine Co., consolidated with Mr. Brierly under the name of Brierly-Lombard Co., with Mr. Brierly as president, treasurer and general manager.
He was a director of the Whittaker Reed Co. of Worcester and the Worcester Collateral Loan Association. He was a member of the Rotary Club and the Worcester County Mechanics association, was a past noble grand of the Anchoria Lodge, I. O. O. F., one of the charter members and a member Regulus lodge of Knights of Pythias.
Mr. Brierly was an active worker in Pilgrim Church, Worcester, until his removal with his family to Holden, where he became a member of the Congregational church of that town.
He interested himself in all town matters, serving on many of the important committees, especially at the time of the installation of the town water system.
After his retirement from business he spent most of his time in Holden until the death of his wife, Julia E. Pierce, in October, 1923, when it became his custom to spend his winter in the South.
He leaves four daughters: Mrs. George W. Field of Scarsdale, N. Y.; Mrs. Eugene A. Copeland of Worcester; Mrs. William H. Warren and Mrs. William J. Jamieson of Holden; 12 grandchildren; a brother Charles E., and two sisters, Elizabeth A., and Mrs. Albert W. Libby, all of Worcester.
The funeral will be tomorrow in Holden at a time and place to be announced.
He was buried on 27 March 1928 in Grove Cemetery, Holden, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Parents: James Brierly and Hannah "Ann" Barrott.

Spouse: Julia Elizabeth Pierce. Julia Elizabeth Pierce and John Thomas Brierly were married on 28 May 1874 in Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts. They lived in Holden, Worcester County, Massachusetts in 1900. Children were: Allison Pierce Brierly, Ethel Elizabeth Brierly, Mary Putnam "Auntie May" Brierly, Edith Maude Brierly, Helen Marion Brierly.

Spouse: Elizabeth "Betsy / Mary" Hoyle. Elizabeth "Betsy / Mary" Hoyle and Joseph Brierly were married on 22 May 1851 in Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Sutton VR (Vol. 56, pg. 251 for 1851) shows he was 26, a spinner, born in England; he married Miss Betsy Hoyle, daughter of "Ewd" (sic) and Margaret Hoyle. She was also born in England and was 25. First marriage for each. Officiant was "Dr. L. L. B. Goodwin, a Clergyman residing in Sutton." Children were: James Edwin Brierly, Moses Franklin Brierly, Hannah D. Brierly, Sarah Brierly.

Spouse: Susan Holman. Susan Holman and Joseph Franklin Brierly were married on 10 March 1873 in Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Children were: Leon Leroy Brierly.

Spouse: Gail L. Kleber. Children were: Kurt F. Brierly Jr., Derek Michael Brierly.

Spouse: Lisa Huntington.

Spouse: Kerry Duffy. Children were: Nicholas Kurt Brierly.

Spouse: Ezra Lewis Burke. Lillian Isabel Brierly and Ezra Lewis Burke were married on 12 June 1901. Children were: Esther Grace Burke, Edna Lillian Burke, Melvin Ezra Burke, Harold Elmer Burke.

Spouse: Arthur G. Milton. Mabel Alice Brierly and Arthur G. Milton were married before 1932. Children were: Barbara Anne Milton.

Spouse: Ralph Eugene Thatcher. Martha Brierly and Ralph Eugene Thatcher were married. Children were: Edward Thatcher, Clyde Thatcher, Elwyn Thatcher, Ethyl Thatcher, Malcolm Thatcher, George Thatcher, Bernice Thatcher, Chester Thatcher.

Spouse: Abraham "Abram" Buckley. Mary Brierly and Abraham "Abram" Buckley were married on 6 November 1854 in Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. First marriage for each, officiant was B. H. Chase, minister of St. John's [Episcopal] Church, Sutton. They lived with Mary's parents in Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts in 1855. Children were: Content Increase Buckley.

Spouse: Dennis J. McGillicuddy. Mary E. Brierly and Dennis J. McGillicuddy were married on 3 July 1916 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Children were: John McGillicuddy, Mary McGillicuddy, Catherine McGillicuddy, James McGillicuddy, Richard McGillicuddy.

Spouse: Albert W. Libby. Mary Estella Brierly and Albert W. Libby were married on 10 September 1895 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

Spouse: Eugene Augustus Copeland. Mary Putnam "Auntie May" Brierly and Eugene Augustus Copeland were married on 23 November 1898 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Children were: Sidney Eugene Copeland, Ruth May Copeland, Emily Adelia Copeland, Marion Brierly Copeland, Gordon Brierly Copeland.

Spouse: Mortimer S. Fisher. Children were: Philip Brierly Fisher.

Spouse: Anna E. "Annie" Carpenter. Anna E. "Annie" Carpenter and Moses Franklin Brierly were married on 22 October 1896 in Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Children were: Stanley Franklin Brierly.

Spouse: John Jacob Singer Jr.. Children were: Naomi Jane Singer.