When Roger Broadhead was christened on 20 June 1756, in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, his father, Robert Broadhead, was 44 and his mother, Martha Rayner, was 38. He died on 15 January 1757, at the age of 0, and was buried in Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.
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English (Yorkshire): topographic name for someone who lived by a broad headland, from Middle English brod ‘wide, broad’ (Old English brād) + Middle English heved, hed ‘head, headland’ (Old English hēafod).
English: nickname from northern Middle English brad + hed, heved ‘broad head’ (Old English brād + hēafod).
Americanized form of German Breithaupt or any of the cognates in other languages.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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