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Early Origins of the Drybrough family

The surname Drybrough was first found in Berwickshire, but one of the first records of the name was Adam of Dryburgh (c.1140–1212), a late 12th and early 13th century Anglo-Scottish theologian, writer and Premonstratensian and Carthusian monk born in what is now the Scottish Borders. His life was well documented from when he first rose to be Abbot of Dryburgh Abbey (1184–1188) to his life in England at old priory in Witham, Somerset.

Early History of the Drybrough family

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Drybrough Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Dryburgh, Dribrough, Drybrough and others.

Early Notables of the Drybrough family

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Migration of the Drybrough family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: James Dryburgh who settled in Pennsylvania in 1773; Andrew Dryburgh settled in Pennsylvania in 1828.


Contemporary Notables of the name Drybrough (post 1700) +

  • Andrew Drybrough, Scottish founder of Drybrough & Co, a brewery in Edinburgh, Scotland, active from 1895 to 1987, sponsor of the Drybrough Cup, a Scottish annual football tournament
  • Colin David Drybrough (b. 1938), Australian-born former cricketer who played all of his first-class cricket in England, Middlesex County Cricket Captain (1963–1964)


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