The Anglo-Saxon name Brears comes from when the family resided in Yorkshire where it is a well known name for many years. The name literally means at the brere, or someone who lived by a briar patch.
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Early Origins of the Brears family
The surname Brears was first found in Shropshire,where Walter le Brer was registered in 1255. Early in the history of the family name it branched to Huntingdonshire, where John le Breres was recorded in 1273, and to Oxfordshire, where Richard le Brer was living in 1279. 1
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Early History of the Brears family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Brears research. Another 140 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1379, 1500, 1612, 1759 and 1780 are included under the topic Early Brears History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Brears 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. Brears has been recorded under many different variations, including Brear, Breare, Brer, Breres, Brere, Brears and others.
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Early Notables of the Brears family
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Migration of the Brears 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 Brears or a variant listed above: a number of settlers who arrived in the New World by the 19th century.
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