The origins of the Braikspear surname date from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. Their name originated with an early member who was a person who is victor in a tournament or battle.
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Early Origins of the Braikspear family
The surname Braikspear was first found in Hertfordshire at Breakspear College in Abbots Langley, Three Rivers, Hertfordshire which is now a Grade II Listed Building and thought to have originally been built c. 1770 as a rebuilding of an earlier house. The present name commemorates Nicholas Breakspear (c. 1100-1159), born in Abbots Langley, who, as Pope Adrian IV, became the only English Pope in 1154. (British Listed Buildings)
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) in his novel Manalive mentions the Warden of Brakespeare (Brikespeare) College, Cambridge University, but this is a fictional reference.
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Early History of the Braikspear family
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Braikspear Spelling Variations
The English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore, spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Braikspear has been recorded under many different variations, including Brakespear, Breakspear, Brakespeare, Breakspeare and others.
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Early Notables of the Braikspear family
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Migration of the Braikspear family
For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Braikspear or a variant listed above: Jane Breakspeare who settled in New England in 1773.
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