Weatherford History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Weatherford family

The surname Weatherford was first found in Cambridgeshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1273 when Roger and Geoffrey Wethersfield held estates in that shire.

Early History of the Weatherford family

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Weatherford Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Wethersfield, Wetherfield, Weatherfield, Weathersfield, Wetterfield, Weatterfield, Weatherford, Wetherford, Wetterford and many more.

Early Notables of the Weatherford family

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Weatherford Ranking

In the United States, the name Weatherford is the 3,398^th most popular surname with an estimated 9,948 people with that name. 1

Weatherford migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Weatherford Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Asa Weatherford, aged 28, who arrived in Key West, Fla in 1837 2
Jeremiah Weatherford, aged 30, who landed in Key West, Fla in 1837 2

Weatherford Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

W.D. Weatherford, who immigrated to America, in 1909
John Weatherford, aged 19, who immigrated to the United States, in 1910
William Weatherford, who landed in America, in 1912
Anna Weatherford, aged 27, who landed in America, in 1913
Blanche Weatherford, aged 23, who immigrated to the United States, in 1919
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Contemporary Notables of the name Weatherford (post 1700) +

William "Red Eagle" Weatherford (1780-1781), Creek chief of the Upper Creek towns who led the Red Sticks offensive in the Creek War against the United States (1813–1814)
Will W. Weatherford (b. 1979), American Representative in the House of Representatives
Zadoc Lorenzo Weatherford (1888-1983), U.S. Representative from Alabama
Carole Boston Weatherford, American author and critic
Teddy Weatherford (1903-1945), American jazz pianist
Andrew Skillern Weatherford (b. 1985), former American football quarterback
Wade Stackhouse Weatherford Jr., American politician, Member of South Carolina State Senate 5th District, 1967; resigned 1967; Circuit Judge in South Carolina 7th Circuit; Elected 1967 3
Samuel Weatherford, American politician, Socialist Labor Candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1956 3
Robert P. Weatherford Jr., American Democratic Party politician, Mayor of Independence, Missouri, 1951-57 3
Marion T. Weatherford, American Republican politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from Oregon 2nd District, 1958 3
... (Another 4 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html