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Weatherhead History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables

United States Canada Australia New Zealand

Contemporary Notables Historic Events Related Stories Citations

Weatherhead History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Weatherhead family

The surname Weatherhead was first found in Berwickshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest in 1066.

Early History of the Weatherhead family

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Weatherhead Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Weatherhead, Wetherhead, Wedderhead and others.

Early Notables of the Weatherhead family

Notable amongst the family name during their early history was

George Weatherhead of Berwick

Weatherhead migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Weatherhead Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Mary Weatherhead and her husband who settled in New England in 1656
Mary Weatherhead, aged 26, who landed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1656 1

Weatherhead Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

John Weatherhead, who arrived in Boston Massachusetts in 1766

Weatherhead Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

John Weatherhead, who arrived in Arkansas in 1890 1

Weatherhead migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Weatherhead Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Mr. Samuel Weatherhead U.E. who settled in Eastern District [Cornwall], Ontario c. 1784 2

Weatherhead migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Weatherhead Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Thomas Weatherhead, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Jenny Lind" in 1850 3

Weatherhead migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Weatherhead Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Robert Weatherhead, who landed in Wellington, New Zealand in 1840

Contemporary Notables of the name Weatherhead (post 1700) +

Elizabeth C. "Betsy" Weatherhead, American climatologist, atmospheric scientist, government official, and professor who was appointed in 2020 by United States president Donald Trump to head the National Climate Assessment (NCA)
A. Linn Weatherhead, American Republican politician, Member of Connecticut State House of Representatives from Windham; Elected 1926 4
Shaun Weatherhead (b. 1970), English former professional footballer who played as a defender in the Football League for York City
Leslie Dixon Weatherhead CBE (1893-1976), English Christian theologian, known for his preaching ministry at City Temple in London and for his books, including The Will of God, The Christian Agnostic, and Psychology, Religion, and Healing.
John Weatherhead (1775-1797), English Royal Navy officer under the command of Samuel Hood, present at the Battle of Cape St Vincent, mortally wounded during the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Ian Weatherhead (b. 1932), English watercolour artist from Leeds, Yorkshire
Arthur Evelyn "A.E." Weatherhead, British colonial administrator who served in South Africa, Uganda and the Seychelles
David Bennington Weatherhead (1928-2012), Canadian Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons
George Hume Weatherhead (1790-1853), Scottish medical writer, born in Berwickshire
James Leslie Weatherhead CBE (1931-2017), Scottish minister, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (1993–1994)

Historic Events for the Weatherhead family +

Victoria steamboat disaster

James Weatherhead, Canadian passenger who was killed in the Victoria steamboat disaster when the boat capsized in 1881

Citations +

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)
Rubincam, Milton. The Old United Empire Loyalists List. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1976. (Originally published as; United Empire Loyalists. The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada. Rose Publishing Company, 1885.) ISBN 0-8063-0331-X
State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) JENNY LIND 1850. Retrieved http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1850JennyLind.gif
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html