Brantly History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Brantly family

The surname Brantly was first found in Northumberland where they held a family seat on the English/Scottish border. After the Norman Conquest of England many of Duke William's rebellious Barons moved north. The border became a convenient no-man's land. Notable families such as the Percy, the Umfravilles and the Nevilles gathered many supporting clans around them. In the 16th century they became known as the 'unruly clans'. In that century, many of those clans drove their herds south, and they settled in Yorkshire and Lancashire. The name was first recorded in the 13th century at Gosforth.

Early History of the Brantly family

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Brantly Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Brently, Brendling, Brandling, Brantley, Brandly, Brendley, Brandley, Brantsley, Brantesly, Brandlyn, Branlyn, Brendlyn and many more.

Early Notables of the Brantly family

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Migration of the Brantly family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..

Contemporary Notables of the name Brantly (post 1700) +

Susan Brantly, American scholar in Scandinavian literature and a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Theodore Brantly (1851-1922), American jurist, Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court (1899-1922)
Newby Odell Brantly (1905-1993), American inventor and entrepreneur who founded the Brantly Helicopter Corporation
Kent Brantly, American physician and author
Justin Jay Brantly (b. 1986), American former football punter for the Omaha Nighthawks
Robert Jacob "Rob" Brantly (b. 1989), American Major League Baseball catcher for the Toronto Blue Jays organization
Keith Alan "KB" Brantly (b. 1962), American long-distance runner at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games

Historic Events for the Brantly family +

Fraterville mine

Mr. Roscoe Brantly (d. 1902), "Brantley", American coal miner at Fraterville mine in Tennessee, on the 19th May 1902 when an explosion collapsed the mine; he died 1

Sources +

News paper article Fraterville Mine Disaster retrieved on 6th August 2021. Retrieved from http://www.tn.gov/tsla/exhibits/disasters/fraterville.htm