When James Brazier was born about 1706, in Saint Georges, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, his father, William Brasher Jr., was 32 and his mother, Elizabeth Clayton, was 30. He married Sarah Cox Barnesly on 15 July 1742, in Bobbington, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He died in 1789, in Cumberland, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 84.
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English: occupational name from Middle English brasier, an agent derivative of Old English brasian ‘to braze, make of brass’, for a worker in copper, bronze, or brass.
French: variant of Brasier .
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