Брынк / Brynk / Brink, Brinck / Бринк

[Helgi]

Интересует любая информация о роде Брынков (Brynk). В частности о представителях рода проживавших в 18 веке в Вилкомирском повете или по-близости (Людовика Брынк, сер.- конец 18 в.).

[олег сакович]

Воевода БрЕнк погиб на Куликовом поле в латах князя Дмитрия.Но,фамилия Бринк часто встречается в Голландии,Бельгии,Дании.Тот же Витус БеРИнг.

[Helgi]

В принципе знаю, что были Brynk h. Sas, род Бринк внесен в 6-ю часть Гродненской род. кн., но варианты фамилии в заголовке похожи на немецкие. Возможно кто-нибудь просветит меня на счет национального происхождения этой фамилии?

[Ўладзіслаў Вяроўкін-Шэлюта]

Яны, відаць, паходжаньня зь нямецкамоўных краёў. Усе мае згадкі датычаць к. 18 — 19 ст. Ранейшых дадзеных няма. На колькі разумею, шляхі вядуць на Віцебшчыну-Полаччыну, туды, напэўна, прыехалі зь Інфлянтаў.

[Konstant22]

Pardon this late reply. According to my late great-uncle Mickey Brink, who emigrated to the US from a rural area south east of Vilnius/Wilno, the Brinks came inland from Courland as a result of misfortunes of wars -- many years of conflict eventually destroyed their land and livelihood. In the Duchy of Courland (Herzogtum Kurland), the family - a name well known there at the time and in Latvia still -- they used the form von den Bryncken or the Latvian "fon den Brinckenu." At that time, they were shipbuilders and traders and traveled widely around the world. The family had emigrated around ~1500 to Courland from Germany, Westphalia, I believe, and became prominent in government and business when the Duchy of Courland-Semigallia was at its height. Later, some became prominent in the military; Great Uncle Mickey (Miecyzlaw) also said there was an officer von Brincken who fought against Napoleon. Once the von den Brynckens moved further inland, they dropped the "den," and then the "von," went to v.d.Brincken, and then to just "Brink" or "Brynk." Oral family history when first told but easy to confirm in this internet age. regards, Konstant