Brodfield History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Etymology of Brodfield

What does the name Brodfield mean?

Brodfield is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived near an expansive field, or in one of the various settlements called Bradfield in the counties of Berkshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk, or the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Early Origins of the Brodfield family

The surname Brodfield was first found in Lancashire, where they held a family seat from the Middle Ages.

Early History of the Brodfield family

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Brodfield 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 Brodfield family name include Broadfield, Brodfield, Brodefield, Brodefeld, Broadfeld and many more.

Early Notables of the Brodfield family

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Migration of the Brodfield family

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 Brodfield surname or a spelling variation of the name include: Richard Broadfield who arrived in Maryland in 1774.