When Edward Bright was born before 7 January 1676, in North Shropshire, Shropshire, England, his father, Edward Bright, was 31 and his mother, Margaret Nethersole, was 30. He married Mary Calcott on 29 February 1692, in Montford, Shropshire, England. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He died about 1706, in Baschurch, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom.
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Athelstan, king of Wessex and Mercia, formed the Kingdom of England.
"Shropshire is first recorded in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle annal for 1006.[25] The origin of the name is the Old English Scrobbesbyrigscīr, meaning ""Shrewsburyshire"", ""the shire of the fortified place in the scrublands"" (or ""shrubs"", the modern derivate). Salop is an old name for Shropshire, historically used as an abbreviated form for post or telegrams, it is thought to derive from the Anglo-French ""Salopesberia"". It is normally replaced by the more contemporary ""Shrops"" although Shropshire residents are still referred to as ""Salopians"".[26] Salop however, is also used as an alternative name for the county town, Shrewsbury,[26] which also shares the motto of Floreat Salopia. When a county council for the county was first established in 1889, it was called Salop County Council.[27] Following the Local Government Act 1972, Salop became the official name of the county. The name was not well-regarded locally however,[28] and a subsequent campaign led by a local councillor, John Kenyon, succeeded in having both t"
English: usually a nickname from Middle English bright ‘bright, good-looking, fresh-faced’ (Old English beorht ‘bright, shining’).
English: perhaps occasionally from an unrecorded Middle English survival of the Old English personal name Briht, Beorht, from a short form of any of several Old English personal names of which beorht was the first element, such as Beorhtrīc ‘bright’ + ‘powerful’. Compare Bert .
Americanized form of German Brecht .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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