First found in Cumberland where they were Lords of the manor which was anciently written Warthwick. The first on record was Alwine of Warwick who held the castles and manor about the year 1050. His son, Turchil de Warwick appeared in the Domesday Book in 1086 as a tenant of the same manors.

In an attempt to escape the chaos experienced in England, many English families boarded overcrowded and diseased ships sailing for the shores of North America and other British colonies. Those families hardy enough, and lucky enough, to make the passage intact were rewarded with land and a social environment less prone to religious and political persecution. Many of these families became important contributors to the young colonies in which they settled. Early immigration and passenger lists have documented some of the first Warwicks to arrive on North American shores: James Warwick settled in Placienta, Newfoundland, in 1784; John Warrick settled in Fogo, Newfoundland, in 1804; John Warwick settled in Virginia in 1774.

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