Brundage History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

The Brundage name has descended through the generations from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture. Their name comes from having lived in Brundish, the parish near the county of Suffolk.

Early Origins of the Brundage family

The surname Brundage was first found in Suffolk, where they held a family seat from ancient times.

Early History of the Brundage family

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Brundage Spelling Variations

Only recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Brundage has undergone many spelling variations, including Brundish, Brundische, Brundisshe, Brundysh, Brundyshe and many more.

Early Notables of the Brundage family

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Brundage Ranking

In the United States, the name Brundage is the 7,223^rd most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 1

Brundage migration to the United States +

To escape the unstable social climate in England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Brundage were among those contributors:

Brundage Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

J L Brundage, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1850 2

Brundage migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Brundage Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Mr. Andrew Brundage U.E. who settled in Saint John, New Brunswick c. 1783 3
Mr. Daniel Brundage U.E. who settled in Saint John, New Brunswick c. 1783 3
Mr. James Brundage U.E. who settled in Saint John, New Brunswick c. 1783 3
Mr. Jeremiah Brundage U.E. who settled in Carleton [Saint John City], New Brunswick c. 1783 3
Mr. John Brundage U.E. who settled in Carleton [Saint John City], New Brunswick c. 1783 he was a Magistrate 3
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Contemporary Notables of the name Brundage (post 1700) +

James A. Brundage (1929-2021), American Professor Emeritus of history and Ahmanson-Murphy chair of medieval European history at the University of Kansas
William Fitzhugh Brundage (b. 1961), American historian
Mathilde Brundage (1859-1939), American actress
Jennifer Brundage (b. 1973), American softball player and Olympic champion
Frances Isabelle Brundage (1854-1937), American illustrator
David Charles Brundage (b. 1964), American professional baseball manager
Margaret Brundage (1900-1976), born Margaret Hedda Johnson, an American illustrator and painter
Avery Brundage (1887-1975), American international athletics administrator
Edward Jackson Brundage (b. 1869), American Republican politician, Member of Illinois State House of Representatives 6th District, 1899-1900, 1903-04; Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1916, 1928 (alternate) 4
Charles L. Brundage (b. 1830), American Republican politician, Member of Michigan State Senate 23rd District, 1893-96 4
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Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)
Rubincam, Milton. The Old United Empire Loyalists List. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1976. (Originally published as; United Empire Loyalists. The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada. Rose Publishing Company, 1885.) ISBN 0-8063-0331-X
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, December 1) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html