Family
Brinkley married Esther, daughter of Matthew Weld of Molesworth Street, Dublin, by his wife Elizabeth Kane, daughter of Alderman Nathaniel Kane (d. 1757) of Drumreaske, Co. Monaghan, Sheriff (1720) and Lord Mayor (1734) of Dublin, and co-founder of the Bank of Kane & Latouche. Brinkley and his wife were the parents of two sons: John (1793–1840), a clergyman; and Matthew (1797–1855) J.P., of Parsonstown House, Co. Meath, who married a daughter of Dean Richard Graves and was the father of Francis Brinkley.
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