James Brandwood [SEP] date of death
James Brandwood
James Brandwood (1739–1826) was an English Quaker minister.
Life.
Brandwood was born at New House in Entwistle, near Rochdale, Lancashire, England, on 11 November 1739; his parents were of yeoman stock. After a visit to the Friends' meeting at Crawshawbooth, Brandwood ceased to attend the services at Turton chapel. He never married, and practised as a land surveyor and conveyancer, and is also said to have acted as the steward of the Turton estate. He had the character of
a plain, conscientious countryman, and after his death a selection from his letters on religious subjects was published.
Brandwood joined the Quakers in 1761, and a meeting was shortly afterwards settled at Edgworth, where he lived for many years. His religious views deprived him of his fair share in the patrimonial inheritance, and he received only an annuity of £25. As a recognised minister of the Society of Friends he visited various parts of England, and in 1787 went to Wales in company with James Birch. In the