The surname Wimbush was first found in Essex, at Wimbish, an ancient Anglo-Saxon village and civil parish within Uttlesford that dates back to c. 1040 when it was listed as Winebisc and Wimbisc. By the time of the Domesday Book of 1086, the village was known and listed as Wimbeis and possibly meant "bushy copse of a man called Wine," from the Old English personal name + "bysce." 1
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Early History of the Wimbush family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Wimbush research. Another 106 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1190, 1510 and 1600 are included under the topic Early Wimbush History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Wimbush Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Wimbishe, Wymbishe, Wimbyshe, Wymbyshe, Wimbush, Wimbish, Winbush, Winbisse, Winbiss, Wimbis and many more.
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Early Notables of the Wimbush family
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Wimbush Ranking
In the United States, the name Wimbush is the 9,375th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 2
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Migration of the Wimbush family
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..
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