Marin County Biographies N.J. BRINK Transcribed by Betty Wilson This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm Born in Denmark, December 13, 1826. In 1844 he went to Prussia; after four months returned to Hamburg, and in the Summer of that year went to sea. This livelihood he followed until 1853, when he came to Marin county and settled at his present place, consisting of seventy-nine acres, located at Black Point. History of Marin County, California; Including Its Geography, Geology, Topography and Climatology; by J. P. Munro-Fraser, Historian; Alley, Bowen & Co., Publishers, San Francisco, California, 1880