The brereton Surname
brereton Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from places called Brereton, in Cheshire
and Staffordshire. The former is named with Old English
br?r, brer ‘briar’ + tun ‘enclosure’,
‘settlement’; the latter originally had as its final element Old
English dun ‘hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Rev. Henry Brereton 1783 - 1867 |
 juliegreen58
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| First wife of Thomas Brereton, mother of Owen Salusbury Brereton |
peter9213
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| BREARTON | Rose | 10 |
| Henry Brereton | Romalee (Okey) Amos | 2 |
| Brereton | Scott Diamond | 3 |
| Mary Brereton, 1776, |
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| JOHN T. & MAGGIE BRERETON, 1891England Census, Yorkshire |
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| Brereton | Laura CLARK | 2 |
| BRERETON England > NJ > CA |
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