| ![Show Contents]() Bramly History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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England
Etymology of BramlyWhat does the name Bramly mean? Bramly is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived in Yorkshire where Bramley was a local name 'of Brambley,' a chapelry and village near Leeds. Early Origins of the Bramly familyThe surname Bramly was first found in Yorkshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D. Early History of the Bramly familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bramly research. Another 52 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Bramly History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Bramly Spelling VariationsSound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Bramly family name include Bramley, Bramlie, Bramble, Brambley and others. Early Notables of the Bramly familyMore information is included under the topic Early Bramly Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
| Bramly migration to the United States | + |
For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Bramly surname or a spelling variation of the name include:
Bramly Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Francis Bramly, who arrived in Virginia in 1633 1
| Bramly 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. 2Bramly Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century- Thomas Bramly, aged 29, who landed in Barbados in 1682 1
- 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)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
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