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Where did the English Woodbury family come from? What is the English Woodbury family crest and coat of arms? When did the Woodbury family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Woodbury family history?

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Woodbery, Woodbury, Woddisbery, Woodisberry, Woodberry, Woddisberry, Woodburry, Woodborough, Woodborgh, Woddisbro, Woodbro, Wodeburg, Wodebury, Woodburgh, Woodbough, Woodberg and many more.

First found in Northamptonshire 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 1194 when Alan Woodbery held lands.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Woodbury research. Another 255 words(18 lines of text) covering the years 1455 and 1487 are included under the topic Early Woodbury History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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More information is included under the topic Early Woodbury Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Woodbury Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century


  • John Woodbury, who arrived in Salem, Mass in 1624
  • Humphrey Woodbury, who landed in New England in 1628
  • William Woodbury, who arrived in Beverly, Mass in 1630
  • Nicholas Woodbury, who landed in Salem, Mass in 1638
  • Peter Woodbury, who arrived in Beverly, Mass in 1640

Woodbury Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • S Woodbury, who landed in San Francisco, Cal in 1851

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  • Levi Woodbury (1789-1851), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
  • Charles Herbert Woodbury (1864-1940), United States marine painter
  • Joan Woodbury (1915-1989), American actress
  • Cliff Woodbury (1894-1984), American racecar driver
  • Wendall J. Woodbury (1942-2010), American television journalist and news anchor
  • Isaac Baker Woodbury (1819-1858), 19th-century American composer and publisher of church music
  • Urban Andrain Woodbury (1838-1915), American Civil War veteran, an entrepreneur and a U.S. politician
  • Peter Woodbury (1899-1970), Judge of the United States Court of Appeals
  • Gordon Woodbury (1863-1924), United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy
  • Bruce L. Woodbury (b. 1944), American politician and lawyer in Nevada

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The Woodbury Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Woodbury Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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