Linwood History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Linwood family

The surname Linwood was first found in Lincolnshire at Linwood, a parish, in the union of Caistor, S. division of the wapentake of Walshcroft. This parish dates back to the Domesday Book of 1086 when it was known as Lindude. 1 Literally the parish meant "lime-tree wood" from the Old English words "lind" + "wudu." 2

"This place was formerly the residence of the Lynwoods, of whom William, who died in 1446, was bishop of St. David's, and keeper of the privy seal under Henry VI." 3

The Lingwood variant probably originated in Lingwood, Norfolk having derived from the the Old English words "hlinc" + "wudu," collectively meaning "wood on a blank or slope." The earliest record of this parish was in 1199 when it was known as Lingewood. 2

Early rolls revealed Richard de Lindewude in the Registrum Auntquissimum (1196-1203); and John de Lyndewode in the London Assize of Nuisance in 1334. Later again, Thomas Lynwood was listed in the Register of Freemen of York in 1437. 4

Early History of the Linwood family

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Linwood Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Lingwood, Linwood, Lynwood, Lyngwood and others.

Early Notables of the Linwood family

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Linwood migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Linwood Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Faith Linwood, who arrived in Virginia in 1703 5

Contemporary Notables of the name Linwood (post 1700) +

Roy Linwood Clark (1933-2018), American singer and musician, best known for having co-hosting Hee Haw, the nationally televised country variety show, from 1969 to 1997, inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2009
Peter Linwood Ladd (1956-2023), American professional baseball pitcher
Abner Linwood Holton Jr. (1923-2021), American politician, 61st Governor of Virginia, from 1970 to 1974, United States Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs (1974-1975)
E. Linwood Foil, American politician, Mayor of Salisbury, North Carolina, 1956 6
Ernest Linwood Ives (b. 1887), American politician, U.S. Vice Consul in Frankfort, 1917; U.S. Consul in Paris, 1919-20; Alexandria, 1924; U.S. Consul General in Belfast, 1937-39 7
Linwood Bookard "Lin" Sexton (1926-2017), American football halfback who played for the Los Angeles Dons in 1948
Linwood Boomer (b. 1955), Canadian Primetime Emmy Award winning television producer, writer, and actor, known for his role as Adam Kendall on Little House on the Prairie, and for creating the Fox sitcom Malcolm in the Middle
Linwood Wray Carlton (b. 1937), former American collegiate and CFL professional football running back
Linwood W. Erickson, American Democratic Party politician, Mayor of Bridgeton, New Jersey, 1929-32; Member of New Jersey State Senate from Cumberland County, 1935-37 8

Citations +

Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 19) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html