First found in Sussex where they were anciently seated 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 1279 when William Homewood held estates in Sussex. The name was interchangeable with Homeward and Homeworth.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: James Homewood, who came to Maryland in 1649; Thomas Homewood, who settled in Maryland in 1650 with his wife; Josiah Boydell Homewood, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1846.

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