Braben History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Etymology of Braben

What does the name Braben mean?

The lineage of the name Braben begins with the Anglo-Saxon tribes in Britain. It is a result of when they lived in Brabant in Flanders, which was formerly a province of France and is now part of the Netherlands.

Early Origins of the Braben family

The surname Braben was first found in Lancashire where they held a family seat from very ancient times before the advent of the Norman Conquest of England by Duke William of Normandy in 1066 A.D.

Early History of the Braben family

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Braben 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 Braben has undergone many spelling variations, including Brabyn, Brabyne, Brabine, Brabines, Brabant, Brabent and many more.

Early Notables of the Braben family

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Braben migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 1

Braben Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

Robert Braben, aged 29, who arrived in Barbados in 1635 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Braben (post 1700) +

Eddie Braben (1930-2013), British comedy writer and performer

Sources +

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
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)