Brymstown Surname, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The history of the Brymstown family name begins after the Norman Conquest of 1066. They lived at Brimstone Hall at Little Wakering in Essex. Originally the family came from Briencun in Normandy, France.

Brymstown Early Origins

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The surname Brymstown was first found in Essex, where they held a family seat after the Norman Conquest. The family came from Briencun in Normandy and has left its name in Brimstone Hall at Little Wakering in Essex.

Brymstown Spelling Variations

Anglo-Norman names are characterized by a multitude of spelling variations. When the Normans became the ruling people of England in the 11th century, they introduced a new language into a society where the main languages of Old and later Middle English had no definite spelling rules. These languages were more often spoken than written, so they blended freely with one another. Contributing to this mixing of tongues was the fact that medieval scribes spelled words according to sound, ensuring that a person's name would appear differently in nearly every document in which it was recorded. The name has been spelled Brimson, Brimsone, Brimstone, Brymstone, Briencun, Brinzun, Brinsun, Brimsun and many more.

Brymstown Early History

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Brymstown research. Another 475 words (34 lines of text) covering the years 1240, 1274, 1379, 1500, 1633, 1638 and 1777 are included under the topic Early Brymstown History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Brymstown Early Notables (pre 1700)

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The Great Migration

For many English families, the political and religious disarray that plagued their homeland made the frontiers of the New World an attractive prospect. Thousands migrated, aboard cramped disease-ridden ships. They arrived sick, poor, and hungry, but were welcomed in many cases with far greater opportunity than at home in England. Many of these hardy settlers went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Among early immigrants bearing the name Brymstown or a variant listed above were: a number of settlers who arrived by the 19th century.

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Marcharn, Frederick George. A Constitutional History of Modern England 1485 to the Present. London: Harper and Brothers, 1960. Print.
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The Brymstown Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Brymstown Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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