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brightwell Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from any of various places, for example in Berkshire, Oxfordshire, and Suffolk, named Brightwell, from Old English beorht ‘bright’, ‘clear’ + well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The brightwell name in History

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

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Distribution of brightwell Families in the US in 1920
Number of brightwell families
 37-71
 13-36		 1-12
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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