COLONEL WILLIAM L. CRITTENDEN.
Brecks, for Brake.
Brees. Vide Breese.
Breese, a form of Brice, being the Norman-French pronunciation.
Breeze. Vide Breese.
Bren, armorially identified with Brend.
Brennard, for Burnard.
Brery, or De Brereto, Breuery, near Vesoul, France.
Breton, from Bretagne. Baronial families in England (Devon, Bucks, Lincoln, etc.).