The first family to use the name Brostar lived in the area that was once the ancient Scottish kingdom of Dalriada. It is a name for a
brewster or
brewer. Brostar is an
occupational name, given to someone who held the
occupation of a brewer of ale. The inclusion of the feminine suffix
-ster, indicates that this was originally a woman's
occupation. Members of the Brostar family were originally found in
Lanarkshire, where the family can trace its origin to shortly after the
Norman Conquest, in 1066.
Early Origins of the Brostar family
The surname Brostar was first found in
Lanarkshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Lannraig) a former county in the central Strathclyde region of
Scotland, now divided into the Council Areas of North
Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, and the City of Glasgow. The Scord of Brouster is one of the earliest Neolithic farm sites in
Shetland,
Scotland dating back to 2220 BC. Some of the earliest records of the family include: Nicholaus, braciator regis (i.e. the king's brewer), was present at the perambulation of lands in 1219; Johannes the 'braciator' was one of the 'native men' of the Abbey of Dunfermline in the thirteenth century; and Thomas le Breuester of the forest of Passeley in the county of Lanark rendered homage in 1296.
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Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
Early History of the Brostar family
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Brostar Spelling Variations
Translation in medieval times was an undeveloped science and was often carried out without due care. For this reason, many early Scottish names appeared radically altered when written in English. The
spelling variations of Brostar include Brewster, Broster, Brouster, Brewester, Brostar and many more.
Early Notables of the Brostar family (pre 1700)
Notable amongst the family at this time was Robert Brewster (1599-1663), an English politician and officer who sat in the House of Commons between 1645 and 1659, he was a general in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War; Francis Brewster (1623- 1671), an English...
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Migration of the Brostar family to Ireland
Some of the Brostar family moved to
Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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Migration of the Brostar family to the New World and Oceana
Many settled along the east coast of what would become the United States and Canada. As the American
War of Independence broke out, those who remained loyal to the crown went north to Canada as United Empire Loyalists. The ancestors of all of these hardy Dalriadan-Scottish settlers began to recover their collective history in the 20th century with the advent of the vibrant culture fostered by highland games and
Clan societies in North America. Highland games, clan societies, and other organizations generated much renewed interest in Scottish heritage in the 20th century. The Brostar were among the earliest of the Scottish settlers as immigration passenger lists have shown: William Brewster who arrived in the " Mayflower" and settled in Plymouth in 1620, where he was the religious leader of the Plymouth Colony. He was from the
Essex branch of the family, and one of his descendants was Henry Calvin Brewster of Rochester, New York..