Show ContentsBramlette History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The Bramlette name has descended through the generations from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture. Their name comes from having lived in Yorkshire where Bramley was a local name 'of Brambley,' a chapelry and village near Leeds.

Early Origins of the Bramlette family

The surname Bramlette was first found in Yorkshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.

Early History of the Bramlette family

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Bramlette Spelling Variations

Only recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Bramlette has undergone many spelling variations, including Bramley, Bramlie, Bramble, Brambley and others.

Early Notables of the Bramlette family

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Migration of the Bramlette family

To escape the unstable social climate in England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Bramlette were among those contributors: Francis Bramley who settled in Virginia in 1635; Hugh Bramley settled in Virginia in 1640; Thomas Bramley settled in Virginia in 1650; Elizabeth Bramley arrived in New York in 1823..


Contemporary Notables of the name Bramlette (post 1700) +

  • Thomas E. Bramlette (1817-1875), American politician, Governor of Kentucky (1863 to 1867)


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