The ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of England produced the name of Brakspeare. It was given to a person who is victor in a tournament or battle.
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Early Origins of the Brakspeare family
The surname Brakspeare 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 Brakspeare family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Brakspeare research. Another 60 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Brakspeare History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Brakspeare Spelling Variations
One relatively recent invention that did much to standardize English spelling was the printing press. However, before its invention even the most literate people recorded their names according to sound rather than spelling. The spelling variations under which the name Brakspeare has appeared include Brakespear, Breakspear, Brakespeare, Breakspeare and others.
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Early Notables of the Brakspeare family
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Migration of the Brakspeare family
At this time, the shores of the New World beckoned many English families that felt that the social climate in England was oppressive and lacked opportunity for change. Thousands left England at great expense in ships that were overcrowded and full of disease. A great portion of these settlers never survived the journey and even a greater number arrived sick, starving, and without a penny. The survivors, however, were often greeted with greater opportunity than they could have experienced back home. These English settlers made significant contributions to those colonies that would eventually become the United States and Canada. An examination of early immigration records and passenger ship lists revealed that people bearing the name Brakspeare arrived in North America very early: Jane Breakspeare who settled in New England in 1773.
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