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

The Boernician-Scottish Woodby family lived in any of a number of places of the same name in Ayrshire, Kincardine, and Midlothian. The place-name Woodby comes from the Old English words, wudu and burna, which mean wood and stream. The place-name referred to a stream which ran through the woods. The original bearer of the surname Woodby would have lived near such a stream.

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Spelling rules had not yet evolved in medieval Scotland, some names dating from that era often appear many different ways. Some spelling variations of Woodby include Woodburn, Woodburne, Woodbine, Woodbourne, Whiteburn and many more.

First found in Northumberland, where they held a family seat from very ancient times, before and after the Norman Conquest of 1066.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Woodby research. Another 139 words(10 lines of text) covering the years 1500, 1506, and 1685 are included under the topic Early Woodby History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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

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Some of the Woodby family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 223 words(16 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products.

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The Boernician-Scottish people who came to North America were often nearly penniless when they arrived, and brought very few personal effects with them. Much Scottish heritage was lost in the process, and it is only this century that highland games, Clan societies, and other patriotic Scottish organizations have helped the ancestors of Scots to rediscover their national legacy. Woodbys were some of the first of the immigrants to arrive in North America:

Woodby Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century


  • Robert Woodby, who landed in Virginia in 1656
  • William Woodby, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1683

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