Bruce Family Crest and Name History

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The Ancient History Of The Distinguished Surname Bruce

Bruce

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Bruce history with Bruce Family Crest
Bruce Motto Translated
Suggested Readings for Bruce
Surname Notables

Clan Badge of Bruce

Septs of Bruce

About Family Crests

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Origins Available: English, Scottish

Where did the Scottish Bruce family come from? What is the Scottish coat of arms/family crest? When did the Bruce family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the history of the family name?

The Origins of the great Scottish surname Bruce actually lie off of the British Isles, as Bruce (or Brus) was a name carried to England in the great wave of migration from Normandy following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Bruce family originally lived in Normandy. The exact location of the place from which the family name is derived is under dispute, as one may expect of such a prominent name. The traditional interpretation is that the name is derived from the place-name Brix, in La Manche. It is argued, however, that there is no real evidence in support of this, and that the name is actually derived from the place-name Le Brus, in Calvados.

Spelling variations of this family name include: Brywiss, Broyse, Bruce, Bruice, Bruise, Brus, Broys, Brywass, Brues, Brywess, Bruwes, Bruys, Bruze, Brwze, Brywes, Bruse, Braose, Bruis, Browse and many more.

First found in Yorkshire where they were recorded as a family of great antiquity seated at Skelton where Robert de Bruys was granted 94 manors in that shire. He was given those lands in return for his support in the Battle of Hastings.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Richard Bruce who landed in Virginia in 1650; Alexander Bruce who landed in Virginia in 1716; James Bruce who landed in South Carolina in 1716; Jane Bruce who arrived in Boston Massachusetts with her two children in 1767.

Motto Translated: We have been.

For more information on the last name Bruce, the PDF Surname History is available for purchase as well as other products.

Suggested Readings for the name Bruce

Alexander Bruce of Southside Virginia and Some of His Descendants by June A. Bruce Stubbs.
The Ancestry and Descendants of Robert Bruce and Catherine Cearley by Lawrence Little.

Some noteworthy people of the name Bruce

Sir William Bruce (1630-1710), Scottish architect
George Bruce (b. 1909), Scottish poet
Frederick Fyvie Bruce (1910-1990), Scottish classicist and biblical scholar
James Bruce (1730-1794), Scottish explorer
Robert Bruce (1078-1141), Scottish nobleman
Robert Bruce (1554-1631), Scottish churchman
Sir David Bruce (1855-1931), Australian physician and bacteriologist
Malcolm Gray Bruce (b. 1944), British politician, Member of Parliament for Gordon
Fiona Bruce (b. 1964), English (Singapore born) television presenter in the United Kingdom
Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, British diplomat. He served on diplomatic missions to Vienna, Brussels, Berlin, and Constantinople. While in Constantinople (1799–1803), he arranged for the so-called Elgin Marbles to be brought to England. He was succeeded by his son James Bruce, who became the 8th earl
James Bruce (1811-1863), 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, a British colonial administrator, best known as Governor General of the Province of Canada and Viceroy of India
Baron Henry Austin Bruce (1815-1895), Welsh 1st Baron of Aberdare and politician
Christopher Bruce (b. 1945), English dancer and choreographer
Prime Minister Stanley Melbourne Bruce (1883-1967), Australian politician and Prime Minister (1923-1929)

Bruce Clan Badge

A clan is a social group made up of a number of distinct branch-families that actually descended from, or accepted themselves as descendants of, a common ancestor. The word clan means simply children. The idea of the clan as a community is necessarily based around this idea of heredity and is most often ruled according to a patriarchal structure. For instance, the clan chief represented the hereditary "parent" of the entire clan. The most prominent example of this form of society is the Scottish Clan system...

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Septs of the Distinguished Name Bruce
Braose, Brieews, Briews, Briwes, Broce, Brois, Brose, Brouse, Browse, Broys, Broyse, Bruce, Brues, Bruice, Bruis, Bruise, Brus, Bruse, Bruwes, Bruys, Bruze, Brwze, Bryews, Brywass, Brywes, Brywess, Brywiss, Carithers, Carlal, Carlale, Carleil, Carleill, Carliel, Carliell, Carlil, Carlile, Carlill, Carlisle, Carlul, Carlyle, Carlysle, Carothers, Carouthers, Carrithers, Carrothers, Carrouthers, Carruders, Carruth, Carruther, Carruthers and more.

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Family Crests: the Heraldic Artist

We have researched the Bruce family crest in the most recognized sources. Before an artist or craftsman can render a family crest, it must exist. In other words the crest must have been designed and recorded by the heralds from time immemorial.

Heraldic designs matriculated by the lay-artist in many cases becomes uninspired, meretricious and even ugly...

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Family Crests: Timeline

Many of the symbols adopted into armory have been used since the time of the ancient Egyptians, but heraldry itself did not begin until the 11th century. In continental Europe, the most ancient recorded family crest was discovered upon the monumental effigy of a Count of Wasserburg in the church of St. Emeran, at Ratisobon, Germany...

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Family Crests: Elements

In the Bruce coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement. Again the Family Crest is just part of the story of Coats of Arms or Heraldry. Heraldry is defined as the hereditary art or science of blazoning, the description is appropriate technical terms of Coats-of-Arms and other heraldic and armorial insignia, and is of very ancient origin...

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Family Crests and Genealogy: how they relate

We encourage you to study the Bruce genealogy to find out if you descend from someone who bore a particular family crest. Anyone making a study of heraldry usually becomes interested in Genealogy or seeking legal claim to a particular family crest. No families, not even the royal houses, can make sound claim to the right to bear arms unless a proven connection is established through attested Genealogical records...

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The Bruce Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Bruce 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.