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Wylde History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables

Ireland United States Australia West Indies

Contemporary Notables Related Stories Motto Citations

Wylde History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England
Ireland

The name Wylde is an ancient name that was given to a person in Britain soon after the arrival of the Normans in the 1066. It is a name for a person who was a person of wild or undisciplined character. Looking back even further, we found the name was originally derived from the Old English word "wilde," meaning "untamed" or "uncivilized." 1

There may be a Norman connection in that some references refer the name as a variant of the French Le Sauvage. 2 The Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae lists Unfrid Salvage and Walter Salvage in Normandy (1180-1195.) 3

Early Origins of the Wylde family

The surname Wylde was first found in Berkshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the manor of Wyld Court. 4 The family claims descent from Ulric Wilde, a Domesday tenant in that county. 5

"This ancient English name is mostly confined to the northern midlands, its principal homes being in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and the West Riding [of Yorkshire], whence it has spread to the counties around. " 6

The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 listed various early spelling of the family including: Emma la Willde, Oxfordshire; Walter le Wilde, Suffolk; and William le Wilde, Huntingdonshire. The Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 listed numerous entries for Johannes Wylde. 7

Early History of the Wylde family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Wylde research. Another 73 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1508, 1550, 1559, 1584, 1590, 1609, 1611, 1616, 1627, 1660, 1669, 1679 and 1692 are included under the topic Early Wylde History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Wylde Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Wild, Wilde, Wildee, Wylde, Wildes and others.

Early Notables of the Wylde family

Outstanding amongst the family at this time was

Thomas Wylde (ca.1508-1559), Clothier of The Commandery, Worcester, England; George Wild or George Wylde (1550-1616), an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1584 and...
Robert Wild or Wylde (1609-1679), was an English Puritan divine and poet, son of Robert Wild, a shoemaker of St. Ives, Huntingdonshire. 8

Migration of the Wylde family to Ireland

Some of the Wylde family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 31 words (2 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Wylde migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Wylde Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

George Wylde, who settled in Boston in 1635
Geo Wylde, aged 37, who landed in New England in 1635 9
Mr. George Wylde, (b. 1598), aged 37, British farmer travelling from London, England aboard the ship "Elizabeth and Anne" arriving in Massachusetts Bay (Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire) in 1635 10

Wylde Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Nathaniel Wylde, aged 24, who landed in New York in 1812 9
Harry Wylde, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1876 9

Wylde migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Wylde Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

George Wylde, English convict from London, who was transported aboard the "Anson" on September 23, 1843, settling in Van Diemen's Land, Australia 11

Wylde migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 12

Wylde Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

Susan Wylde, an emigrant in bondage, who was sent to Barbados in 1671

Contemporary Notables of the name Wylde (post 1700) +

Chris Wylde (b. 1977), born Chris Noll, an American actor from New Jersey, known for Space Cowboys (2000), The Revenant (2009) and Joe Dirt (2001)
Danny Wylde (b. 1985), birth name of Christopher Daniel Zeischegg, an American writer, musician, filmmaker
Zakk Wylde (b. 1967), born Jeffrey Phillip Wieland, an American musician, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and occasional actor, best known as the guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne
Leonard Wylde (1962-1963), American scientific officer at Hallett Station, eponym of the Wylde Glacier, Antarctica
Catherine Peck Wylde, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for New York State Senate 1st District, 1918 13
Gregg Wylde (b. 1991), Scottish professional footballer
General William Wylde CB (1788-1877), British Army officer, Master Gunner, St James Park
William Henry Wylde (b. 1817), Canadian merchant and politician in Nova Scotia, Canada
Ronald Burns Wylde (1913-1934), Scottish bronze medalist relay runner at the 1934 British Empire Games
Mr. Thomas Wylde, British sheriff, held the joint position of Sheriff of Nottingham, England from 1792 to 1793
... (Another 1 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

The Wylde Motto +

The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.

Motto: Veritas victrix
Motto Translation: Truth Conquered.

Citations +

Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States Of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0636-X)
Smith, Eldson Coles, New Dictionary of American Family Names New York: Harper & Row, 1956. Print
Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
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)
Pilgrim Ship Lists Early 1600's. Retrieved 24th September 2021 from https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/shiplist.htm
State Library of Queensland. (Retrieved 2015, January 8) Anson voyage to Van Diemen's Land, Australia in 1843 with 499 passengers. Retrieved from http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ships/anson/1843
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 15) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html