Brockleigh History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Etymology of Brockleigh

What does the name Brockleigh mean?

The name Brockleigh is of Anglo-Saxon origin and came from when a family lived in one of the various settlements called Brockley in the counties of Kerry, Suffolk, or Somerset, or in the place called Brookley in Kerry.

Early Origins of the Brockleigh family

The surname Brockleigh was first found in Suffolk, where they held a family seat from ancient times.

Early History of the Brockleigh family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Brockleigh research. Another 274 words (20 lines of text) covering the years 1086, 1200, 1216, 1272, 1311, 1320, 1325, 1420 and 1500 are included under the topic Early Brockleigh History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Brockleigh Spelling Variations

Sound 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 Brockleigh family name include Brockley, Brocleg, Brokeley, Brokele, Brokkeley, Broclee, Brocklee, Brocleigh and many more.

Early Notables of the Brockleigh family

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Migration of the Brockleigh family

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, 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 Brockleigh surname or a spelling variation of the name include : Catherine Brockley who sailed to America in 1743 and Thomas Brockley to America in 1752.