Brooks (surname)

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Brooks is a surname that was thought by the early twentieth century to have been derived from the condition of residing near a stream (or brook).[1] The Hundred Rolls, a late thirteenth century census of England and part of Wales, contains many uses of "Broke" and variants "Brock" and "Brok" as a surname.[1] The word "brook" derives from the Old English "broc" and appears in the Medieval predecessors of "Brooks" such as "Ate-Broc" and "Atte-Broc".[1][2][3] The surname arrived in North America from England in the mid-seventeenth century.[1]

The surname Brooks is shared by many notable people.

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  1. ^ a b c d [1905] (2007-06-06) Origin and History of the Name of Brooks: With Biographies of All the Most Noted Persons of that Name (PDF), The Crescent Family Record (in English), Chicago, Illinois (United States): American Publishers' Association. Retrieved on 2008-01-10. “The name of Brooks is said to have derived from residence near a stream.” 
  2. ^ Harper, Douglas (November 2001). brook. Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved on 2007-01-10.
  3. ^ "brook". Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language (1989 ed.). (1989). New York: Portland House. 189. ISBN 051768781X. Retrieved on 2008-01-10. 
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