Brief Life History of John
John Bruce was born in 1712, in Fordyce, Banffshire, Scotland as the son of John Bruce and Issobell Horn.
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- John Bruce, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
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Name Meaning
Scottish (of Norman origin): habitational name from a place in Normandy, probably from Brix (La Manche).
Altered form of French Brousse .
History: The son of the Domesday baron, a friend of David I of Scotland, was granted by him the Lordship of Annandale in 1124, and his second son Robert became the founder of the Scottish house of Bruce. — This surname (see 2 above) is listed along with its original form Brousse in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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