| Birth | 23 Sep 1787 | | | | |
| Military | Bet 1812 and 1813 | as a Captain of a military company in the War of 1812 - New York | | | |
| Marriage | 1814 | Sarah SWARTWOUT | | | |
| Residence | Abt 1814 | on his father's farm - Owasco, Cayuga County, New York | | | |
| Residence | 1815 | Brinkerhoff's Point, Cayuga County, New York | | | |
| Military | 5 Jun 1819 | and was commissioned as a Colonel in the 158th Regiment - Cayuga County, New York | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 16 May 1825 | Auburn, Cayuga County, New York | | | |
| Military | 14 Aug 1825 | as a brigadier general in the state militia and order the regiments for inspection and review - Owasco, Cayuga County, New York | | | |
| Military | 22 Aug 1826 | Owasco, Cayuga County, New York | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 7 Mar 1827 | was chosen secretary of a meeting to aid the Greeks in donations of cash and clothes - Owasco, Cayuga County, New York | | | |
| Residence | 14 Mar 1827 | Owasco, Cayuga County, New York | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1828 | was elected to the House of Representatives in the Legislature of NY State and served 2 terms | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1837 | purchased 200 acres of Henry Barney's farm - Plymouth, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
| Residence | 1838 | with his family - Plymouth, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1838 | removed with his family - New Haven, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 28 Apr 1840 | asked to be remembered to Millard Fillmore by his nephew Alonzo Powers when he wrote to him - Plymouth, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
| Will | 25 Feb 1842 | Huron County, Ohio | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 29 Apr 1842 | executed a codicil to his will | | | |
| Election | 1843 | to US Congress in the 21st District - Ohio | | | |
| Death | 30 Apr 1844 | Plymouth, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
| Burial | Aft 30 Apr 1844 | in Pioneer Rest Cemetery - Plymouth, Richland County, Ohio | | | |
| Probate | May 1844 | Huron County, Ohio | | | |
| Probate | May 1844 | | | | |
| Alt name | | General Henry R BRINKERHOFF | | | |