The Quest for a Lost Race

by Thomas Edward Pickett

Bran, for Brand.

Branch, from St. Denis de Branche, Normandy; Suffolk, 1219.

Brand. Walter Brandus, Caen, 1165. William Brant, Norfolk, 1086. Simon Brand, Hertfordshire, 1325. The Brands of Lexington, Kentucky, a well-known family.

Brandram. William Brandram, Normandy, 1198.

Branis, for Brain.

Brant. Vide Brand.

Brasier. William Braisier paid a fine, Normandy, 1180. Soon after "William de Neelfa was a fugitive for slaying him." The name occurs also as Bracheor, and Broshear.

Brasil, from Bresles, near Beavois.

Brass, for Brace. Brass is one of Dickens' names.

Brassey. Vide Bracy.