Briggs Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Briggs Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Briggs

The Briggs family history was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. Briggs is a locality name taken from a person who lived near a bridge. Variants include Brigs, Brigg, Bridge, Bridges, Bridger, Bridgeman and Brigman. This name is of Anglo-Saxon descent spreading to the Celtic countries of Ireland, Scotland and Wales in early times and is found in many mediaeval manuscripts throughout these countries. Examples of such are a Hugh ate Brugge, Oxford, and a Roger ate Brugge, Oxford, who were recorded in the 'Hundred Rolls', England, in the year 1273. An Elena de Bryg held land 'in vico de la Grene', Aberdeen, Scotland, in the year 1382. In Ireland this name and its variants were first introduced into Ulster Province by settlers and traders who arrived from England and Scotland, especially during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.