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Origin: English
Burchert, Burchett: transformations of Burkett.
Burchett: derived from the Old English word "bircett" meaning a grove of birch trees. The name was given to those who lived in such places. Genealogies: "They That Live" was compiled by Geraldine S. Kelly and published in Arlington, Texas 1981.
Burchett - Bapt. 'the son of Burchard' : occurs as Burchardus, a personal name, in Domesday. In the form of Burckhardt, the surname has been imported recently from Germany, v. Buckett.
1632 Married - John Cowell and Sarah Burchett, in St. Thomas the Apostle, London, England.
Thomas Burchett 1535 - England
