Brocas History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Brocas family

The surname Brocas was first found in Guyenne, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in the region of Guyen and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility.

Early History of the Brocas family

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Brocas Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Brocas, Brokas, Brokaw, Brogas, Brogaw, Broces and others.

Early Notables of the Brocas family

Notable amongst the name was

the Brocas family of Guyen

Brocas migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Brocas Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

George Brocas who settled in Virginia 1642
Georg Brocas, who landed in Virginia in 1642 1
George, Tabitha and John Brocas, who settled in Virginia in 1650
John Brocas, who arrived in Virginia in 1651 1
Tabithe Brocas, who settled in Virginia in 1653
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Brocas Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

William Brocas, who settled in Boston Massachusetts in 1766

Brocas Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

M Brocas, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1871 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Brocas (post 1700) +

Isabelle Brocas, Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Southern California
Henry Brocas (1762-1837), Irish landscape painter and as a drawing-master in the Dublin schools

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)