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Early Origins of the Watmough family

The surname Watmough was first found in Yorkshire where they held a family seat. 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 1305 when Robert Wattersmaghe held estates in Yorkshire.

Early History of the Watmough family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Watmough research. Another 153 words (11 lines of text) covering the years 1300, 1379 and 1600 are included under the topic Early Watmough History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Watmough Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Whatmough, Watmough, Watmore, Whatmore, Whatmouth, Watmouth, Whatmoor, Watmuff, Watmow, Whatmow, Whatmough, Watmough, Whatmoughe and many more.

Early Notables of the Watmough family

Distinguished members of the family include

  • Watmough of Watmough


United States Watmough migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Watmough Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Nathaniel Watmough, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1683 1

HMS Repulse
  • Mr. Gregory Watmough, British Ordinary Seaman, who sailed into battle on the HMS Repulse (1941) and survived the sinking 2


  1. 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)
  2. HMS Repulse Crew members. (Retrieved 2014, April 9) . Retrieved from http://www.forcez-survivors.org.uk/biographies/listrepulsecrew.html


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