Brokesbay History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Brokesbay family

Early History of the Brokesbay family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Brokesbay research. Another 73 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1220, 1235, 1605, 1637, 1666, 1712 and 1714 are included under the topic Early Brokesbay History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Brokesbay Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Brookesby, Brooksby, Brokesby, Brooksbie, Brookebee, Brocksby, Broxby, Booxby, Broockesby, Brockby, Brokeby, Brokesbourn and many more.

Early Notables of the Brokesbay family

Distinguished members of the family include Francis Brokesby or Brookesbuy (1637-1714), an English nonjuror. He was the son of Obadiah Brokesby, a gentleman of independent fortune, of Stoke Golding, Leicestershire, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of James Pratt, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. His uncle Nathaniel was a schoolmaster. As all the nine children of his grandfather Francis received scriptural names, it is probable that he came of a Puritan stock. He became a member and afterwards a fellow...
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Migration of the Brokesbay family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..