Bratt, armorially identified with Brett.
Braund. Brand.
Brawn, for Braund.
Bray, from Bray near Evreux, Normandy. William de Bray occurs 1189-95. A branch of the family was seated in Devon in the Thirteenth Century. Sir Reginald Bray, the eminent architect, temp. Henry VII.
Brayne. Vide Brain.
Brazier. Vide Brasier.
Brazill, for Brasill.
Breache. Vide Brache.
Breckinridge. Vide Cabell.
Breckinridge is from Bracken-rigg, a loc n. Cumb. Robt. J. Breckinridge, John C. Breckinridge, and W. C. P. Breckinridge were descended on the maternal side from the Cabells—a famous Norman family. Vide Cabell. The Breckinridge family is directly of Scottish origin. The foregoing derivation rests upon the authority of the English genealogist, Doctor Henry Barber. But no American family has ever given more varied and striking illustrations of the power of inherited Norman blood. Scarcely a characteristic trait is lacking.