Winchell History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Winchell family

The surname Winchell was first found in Berwickshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times at Winscheill near Duns, 12 miles west of Berwick on Tweed, in that shire. 1 Notable in Berwickshire is Duns Castle.

Further to the south, Robert de Winchelsea (d. 1313) was "Archbishop of Canterbury [and] derived his name from Old Winchelsea in Kent, where he was probably born. A confusion of him with a namesake, John Winchelsea, has led to the improbable assertion that he was a fellow of Merton College. " 2

Today, Winchelsea is an ancient town in Sussex. 3 Dating back to at least 1130, the town literally means "island by a river bend." from the Old English "wincel" + "eg." 4

The Assize Rolls of Northumberland recorded Hawis Wenchel in 1203 and later, the Assize Rolls for Cheshire listed Puncok le Wenchill. 5

Early History of the Winchell family

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Winchell Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Winchell, Winchel, Winshell, Wynchell, Wynshell, Wynchel, Wynchil and many more.

Early Notables of the Winchell family

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Winchell Ranking

In the United States, the name Winchell is the 6,459^th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 6

Winchell migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Winchell Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Joe Winchell, who settled in New England in 1635 with Elizabeth his mother
Elizabeth Winchell, aged 52, who landed in New England in 1635 7
Jo Winchell, aged 13, who arrived in New England in 1635 7
Robert Winchell, who arrived in Virginia in 1653 7
Nathaniel Winchell, who landed in New England in 1686 7

Contemporary Notables of the name Winchell (post 1700) +

Philo M. Winchell, American politician, Member of New York State Assembly from Dutchess County, 1830 8
Joseph R. Winchell, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1868; Postmaster at Hannibal, Missouri, 1876-77 8
John P. Winchell, American Democratic Party politician, Member of Connecticut State House of Representatives from Cornwall; Elected 1906 8
James Winchell, American politician, Member of New York State Assembly from Dutchess County, 1802-03 8
J. Rice Winchell, American politician, U.S. Collector of Customs, 1909 8
J. M. Winchell, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1856 8
George Winchell, American Republican politician, Mayor of Ionia, Michigan, 1908 8
G. Winchell, American politician, Member of California State Assembly 22nd District, 1873-75 8
Bryant C. Winchell, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916 8
Newton Horace Winchell (1839-1914), American geologist and author, best known for his six-volume The Geology of Minnesota: Final Report of the Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota
... (Another 6 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Citations +

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
"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 2016, January 26) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html