“A very common name in Scotland, of more than one origin. (1) Brun is a common personal name in Old English charters, e.g. Brun, c. 970, Brun bydel (‘beadle’), c.…
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“The surname, Kingston, is derived from a geographical locality. ‘)’of Kingston,’ parishes in Cambridgeshire, Devon, Somerset (a), Southampton, Sussex (a), Berkshire, Wiltshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, &c.; (a) ‘of Kingstone,’…
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“This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. ‘the son of Osbern,’ a favourite personal name in the hereditary surname period. It is scarcely ever used now at…