Wisse History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Wisse family

The surname Wisse was first found in Herefordshire 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 13th century when they held estates in that shire.

Early History of the Wisse family

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Wisse Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Wysham, Wisham, Wyshem, Wishem and others.

Early Notables of the Wisse family

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Wisse Ranking

In Netherlands, the name Wisse is the 672^nd most popular surname with an estimated 2,754 people with that name. 1

Wisse migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Wisse Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Abraham Wisse, aged 20, who landed in New York, NY in 1854 2
Thomas Wisse, who arrived in Virginia in 1884 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Wisse (post 1700) +

Wisse Alfred Pierre Smit (1903-1986), poet and an influential Dutch literary historian

Citations +

"Most Common Last Names in Netherlands." Forebears, https://forebears.io/netherlands/surnames
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)