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Early Origins of the Bruyers family

The surname Bruyers was first found in Huntingdonshire where the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 record John in le Breres in 1273. 1 2

The name is thought to have derived from the Old English word for "prickly thornbush, formerly including the bramble" as in "dweller among the brambles." 2

"Brear is as well-known Yorkshire name" 1 as the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 include: Willelmus del Breres; Ricardus Brere; and Robertus Brere as all holding lands there at that time.

Early History of the Bruyers family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bruyers research. Another 142 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1390, 1455, 1487, 1510, 1600, 1762, 1765, 1774, 1778 and 1799 are included under the topic Early Bruyers History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bruyers Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bryers, Bruyers, Buyers and others.

Early Notables of the Bruyers family

Distinguished members of the family include Henry Bryer (d. 1799), English engraver, a pupil of William Wynne Ryland, in partnership with whom he for some years carried on an extensive printselling business in Cornhill; but, owing chiefly to Ryland's extravagance, the firm became bankrupt. In 1762 Bryer gained the Society of Arts...
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Migration of the Bruyers family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Robt. Bryers, who received a land patent in Virginia in 1714; Alexander Bryers, who arrived in Hampton, Virginia in 1728; William Bryers, who was recorded in as being a ".
  1. Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
  2. Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
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