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Brent Family Crest
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Where did the English Brent family come from? What is the English Brent family crest and coat of arms? When did the Brent family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Brent family history?

The name Brent came to England with the ancestors of the Brent family in the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Brent family lived in Somerset in the area of Brent, from where their family name is taken. The Brent family was originally from Conteville, in the arrondissement of Eure in Normandy.

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Multitudes of spelling variations are a hallmark of Anglo Norman names. Most of these names evolved in the 11th and 12th century, in the time after the Normans introduced their own Norman French language into a country where Old and Middle English had no spelling rules and the languages of the court were French and Latin. To make matters worse, medieval scribes spelled words according to sound, so names frequently appeared differently in the various documents in which they were recorded. The name was spelled Brent, Brente and others.

First found in Somerset where they are conjecturally descended from Ralf de Conteville who was Lord of the manor of Brent, and an undertennant of the Abbot of Glastonbury, as shown in the Domesday Book in 1086. They were originally of Conteville in the arrondisement of Eure in Normandy.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Brent research. Another 212 words(15 lines of text) covering the year 1309 is included under the topic Early Brent History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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More information is included under the topic Early Brent Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Because of this political and religious unrest within English society, many people decided to immigrate to the colonies. Families left for Ireland, North America, and Australia in enormous numbers, traveling at high cost in extremely inhospitable conditions. The New World in particular was a desirable destination, but the long voyage caused many to arrive sick and starving. Those who made it, though, were welcomed by opportunities far greater than they had known at home in England. Many of these families went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations of Canada and the United States. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Brent or a variant listed above:

Brent Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century


  • Margaret Brent (born c. 1600, Gloucestershire, England - died 1669/71, Westmoreland county, Virginia) who arrived in Maryland in 1638 and obtained a patent for 70 acres. She was the first woman in the colony to hold land in her own right
  • Mary Brent, who arrived in Maryland in 1637
  • Margaret Brent, who landed in Maryland in 1638
  • Fulke Brent, who arrived in Maryland in 1638
  • Gibe., Brent, who arrived in Maryland in 1638


Brent Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • Robt Brent, who arrived in Virginia in 1711
  • Susannah Brent, who landed in Virginia in 1711
  • Peter Brent, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1741
  • Peter Brent arrived in Pennsylvania in 1741
  • Peter and Thomas Brent, who both arrived in Philadelphia in 1741

Brent Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • John Brent, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pa in 1840
  • Benjamin Brent, who landed in New York in 1843
  • A G Brent, who landed in San Francisco, Cal in 1850
  • August Brent, who arrived in Baltimore, Md in 1857
  • Christine Brent, aged 19, arrived in New York, NY in 1867

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  • J Allen Brent (b. 1921), American beverage company executive
  • Richard Brent (1757-1814), American politician, U.S. Congressman and Senator from Virginia
  • George Brent (1904-1979), American (Irish born) film actor
  • Richard Brent (b. 1946), Australian mathematician and computer scientist
  • Dannielle Brent (b. 1979), British actress
  • Charles Henry Brent (1862-1929), Canadian prelate


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  10. Mills, A.D. Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4).
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The Brent Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Brent Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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