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The
name Brabson or Brabston derives from the ancient name of Brabacon or
Brabazon. The earliest know was Jacques le Brabancon from Flanders and
Normany in 1060.
Jaques son was John who bore the last name of Brabancon also. John's son Adam went by Adam la Brabazon.
Adam's son was Thomas le Brabazon and he married Amelia of Mousely (Mowsley).
The
name le Brabazon later became Brabson and Brabston. There were branches
in England and Ireland. One branch became the Earl of Meath.
The
earliest positive connection we can find is John Brabston and his
brother Wilson Vinson Brabston who are believed to be the grandsons of
William Brabston and Mary Runyon. Both were in Grainger Co., Tennessee
in 1860 and were married to sisters, Sarah and Martha Smith. Sarah and
Martha were Native American (Cherokee) sisters who were adopted by Capt
John Smith during the Indian Removal in 1812 in North Carolina. When
the government tried another "removal" in 1838, Martha hid in Missouri
with family members to be kept from being sent to Oklahoma. She was
pregnant with her 2nd child at the time. The "t" in Brabston is elusive. It comes and goes. My grandfather Simon Luke Moore always pronounced the T. But Wilson Vinson's descendents do not use the T.
John and Martha had 9 children. Elizabeth Aline Brabston married Simon Lafayette Moore in 1873 in Jefferson Co., TN. You can see John Brabston's signature on the license.
John's son Eli Wilson Brabson married Sarah Moore (believed to be the daughter of Simon Lafayette Moore's brother, Joseph) and the T is absent on that document.
As
is so often the case, I have found intermingled lines in my research.
In the ancient Brabazon files you will also find a reference to
Ondby's (Ownby) . These 2 familes married in the 12th century which makes me my
own cousin, I guess.
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