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Where did the English Whitborn family come from? When did the Whitborn family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Whitborn family history?

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Whitborn, Whitbourn, Whitbourne, Witborn, Witbourn, Witbourne, Whiteborn, Whitebourn, Whitebourne, Whytebourn, Wytbourn, Whitbarn and many more.

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 year 1327 when Thomas de Whitbourn held lands.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Whitborn research. Another 261 words(19 lines of text) covering the years 1455 and 1487 are included under the topic Early Whitborn History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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

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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..

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