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brayton Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from places in Cumbria and North Yorkshire named Brayton, from Old Scandinavian breithr ‘broad’ or the personal name Breithi + Old English tun ‘farmstead’.

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The brayton name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the brayton family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of brayton Families in the US in 1920
Number of brayton families
 54-106
 19-53
 1-18
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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George and Alice Brayton mesteven11 0
American Brayton Ancestry Happy Howard 15
Mrs. Teresa Brayton, Rhode Island - Obituary masspike13 0
janet or derek or lance brayton brayton 3
Richard Brown, 1798, VT - 1860, CA bgolden1951 1
Brayton Family Becky Newlon- Babcock 2
Stephen Brayton, Herkimer Co., NY Nan_Lambert 0
BRAYTON Patti Gaynor 8
Brayton Child melwhisenant31 0
Daniel Brayton, Knox County, IL dektarr 0
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