Claybrooks History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Origins of the Claybrooks family

The surname Claybrooks was first found in Kent where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when they held estates in that county.

Claybrooks Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Cleybrook, Claybrook, Cleybrooke, Claybrooke, Clebrook, Clabrook and many more.

Early Notables of the Claybrooks family

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Claybrooks Ranking

In the United States, the name Claybrooks is the 17,000^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Claybrooks family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..