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The braxton Surname

braxton Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name of uncertain origin, perhaps from Branxton in Northumberland, which is named with the Celtic personal name Branoc + Old English tun ‘settlement’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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Distribution of braxton Families in the US in 1920

Number of braxton families

174-345

59-173

1-58

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Carter Braxton	Mary Jo Jones	6
Fla. Braxton's	Willa	1
Braxtons' from Claiborne County Mississippi	Kerry Braxton	3
Carter & Louisa Braxton, Washington, DC early 1900's	johnson098	4
Holland and Martha Braxton	Willa	31
Braxton family tree, Henry County to Holmes County	alto_sconiers	3
Carter Braxton ~ 1736-1797	BasketLady420	3
Carter Braxton Lineage	Jeanette Pfeifer	16
Holland /Oliver Braxton	PPellon\|MA777291	2

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