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From Stirnet's "Burnett01" page: "This family was in England before the Conquest and so was probably of Saxon origin. It achieved some importance in Wiltsthire, Bedfordshire, etc.. The first known was ... <Burnard, who was alive in 1086.>"
Also from Stirnet's "Burnett01" page: "The branch of this family that we focus on in this page <Burnard/Burnet/Burnett of Leys> was descended from a descendant of one of the above, possibly the last Roger <a second great grandson of the aforementioned Burnard>, who settled in Scotland in the 12th century. The first on record of this branch was ... <Alexander Burnard, who was alive in 1323.>"
other versions of this surname
links
- http://www.burnett.uk.com/
- http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/bb4fz/burnett01.php (membership required to view without interruption)
- http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/bb4fz/burnett02.php (membership required to view without interruption)
- http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/bb4fz/burnett03.php (membership required to view without interruption)
- http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/bb4fz/burnett04.php (membership required to view without interruption)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Burnett
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnett_of_Leys
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnett_baronets
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnett_%28surname%29