Winster Surname History

Origins Available:
England

Early Origins of the Winster family

The surname Winster was first found in Yorkshire 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 1327 when John of Westerdale held estates at the village of Westerdale in that shire.

Early History of the Winster family

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Winster Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Westerdale, Westdale, Westerdall, Westerdell, Westdell, Westdall, Wester and many more.

Early Notables of the Winster family

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Winster migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Winster Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Pieter Winster, who arrived in New York in 1664 1

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)