Brakyn History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Brakyn family

Early History of the Brakyn family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Brakyn research. Another 92 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1014, 1697 and 1764 are included under the topic Early Brakyn History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Brakyn Spelling Variations

Those scribes in Ireland during the Middle Ages recorded names as they sounded. Consequently, in this era many people were recorded under different spellings each time their name was written down. Research on the Brakyn family name revealed numerous spelling variations, including Bracken, Braken and others.

Early Notables of the Brakyn family

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Migration of the Brakyn family

During the 19th century thousands of impoverished Irish families made the long journey to British North America and the United States. These people were leaving a land that had become beset with poverty, lack of opportunity, and hunger. In North America, they hoped to find land, work, and political and religious freedoms. Although the majority of the immigrants that survived the long sea passage did make these discoveries, it was not without much perseverance and hard work: by the mid-19th century land suitable for agriculture was short supply, especially in British North America, in the east; the work available was generally low paying and physically taxing construction or factory work; and the English stereotypes concerning the Irish, although less frequent and vehement, were, nevertheless, present in the land of freedom, liberty, and equality for all men. The largest influx of Irish settlers occurred with Great Potato Famine during the late 1840s. Research into passenger and immigration lists has brought forth evidence of the early members of the Brakyn family in North America: James Bracken, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1831; John Bracken, who settled in New England in 1806; Michael, Patrick, Robert, Thomas, who all arrived in Philadelphia between 1840 and 1860..