Woodell History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Woodell family

The surname Woodell was first found in Warwickshire 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 the held lands.

Early History of the Woodell family

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Woodell Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Wodell, Wodel, Woodell and others.

Early Notables of the Woodell family

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Woodell Ranking

In the United States, the name Woodell is the 11,425^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Woodell migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Woodell Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

John Woodell, who landed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1651 2
John Woodell, who was one of the Scottish prisoners sent to Massachusetts in 1652

Citations +

"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)