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![Show Contents]() Weight History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Early Origins of the Weight familyThe surname Weight was first found in Gloucestershire 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 1176 Roger Wicht when they held lands. Early History of the Weight familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Weight research. Another 73 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1455 and 1487 are included under the topic Early Weight History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Weight Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Wight, Whight, Weight, White, Whyte, Wight, Whites, Whitte, Whyte, Wighte and many more. Early Notables of the Weight familyMore information is included under the topic Early Weight Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Weight RankingIn the United States, the name Weight is the 16,680th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1
 Weight migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Weight Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Jonathan Weight, who arrived in Maryland in 1674 2
Weight Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Elizabeth Weight, a bonded passenger, who arrived in Annapolis, MD, in 1725
Weight Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Matthew Weight, who landed in New York in 1820 2
- Christ Weight, who landed in North America in 1832-1849 2
| Weight migration to Canada | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Weight Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century- William Weight, who arrived in Esquimalt, British Columbia in 1862
| Weight migration to Australia | + |
Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include: Weight Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century- T. Weight, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "William Watson" in 1849 3
| Weight 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. 4Weight Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century- Joane Weight, a servant sent to the "foreign plantation" of Barbados in 1658
| Contemporary Notables of the name Weight (post 1700) | + |
- Douglas Daniel "Doug" Weight (b. 1971), former American professional ice hockey player, current Assistant Coach and Special Assistant to the General Manager for the New York Islanders
- "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)
- State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) The barque WILLIAM WATSON 1849. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1849WilliamWatson.htm
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
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Weight migration to the United States 
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