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Goodenow, L. B. The Brett Genealogy: I. The Bretts in England. II. William Brett. III. Roger Brett. (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Murray and Emery Co., 1915), 51-52.
ALICE BRETT (William1), born about...
From Ancestry.com: English: occupational name for an official who was responsible for protecting land or enclosed forest from damage by animals, poachers, or vandals, from Middle English hay ‘enclosure’ (see Hay 1) + ward ‘guardian’.