| ![Show Contents]() Wennell History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
- Origins Available:
 England Early Origins of the Wennell familyThe surname Wennell was first found in Shropshire at either Little Wenlock or Much Wenlock, villages and towns that date back to Saxon times when they were first listed collectively as Wynloca c. 1000. Almost one hundred years later, in the Domesday Book of 1086, the villages were listed as Wenlock and possibly meant "white monastery." 1 Another reference predates the aforementioned. The source claims that claims the place name was originally Winnica, or "the windy place." And it was here that a convent was established about 680, by Milburga, daughter of King Merwald, and niece of Wulfhere, King of Mercia. At her death, she was interred here. The convent was destroyed by the Danes but was restored by Leofric, Earl of Mercia, in the time of Edward the Confessor, after which it fell into decay. Soon after the Conquest, Robert de Montgomery rebuilt and restored it into a priory for Cluniac monks, and dedicated it to St. Milburga. Extensive ruins can still be seen today on the south side of the town. One of the first records of the family name was seen in the year 1203 when William de Wenlac held estates there. 2 Early History of the Wennell familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Wennell research. Another 150 words (11 lines of text) covering the years 1323, 1404, 1421, 1422, 1433, 1436, 1447, 1449, 1455, 1461, 1471 and 1487 are included under the topic Early Wennell History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Wennell Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Wenlock, Wenlake, Wenlac, Wenlocke, Whenlocke, Wenloc, Whenlock, Whenlake, Winlock, Winlake, Wanlock and many more. Early Notables of the Wennell familyDistinguished members of the family include Sir John Wenlock KG (died 1471), Lord Wenlock, 1st Baron Wenlock, an English soldier, courtier and politician who fought for both the Yorkists and the Lancastrians in the Wars of the Roses. He was the son of William Wynell de Wenlock, commonly called William Wenlock, knight of the shire for Bedford county...
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 Wennell migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Wennell Settlers in United States in the 20th Century- Frederich J. Wennell, aged 36, who landed in America from Avon, in 1905
- Elizabeth Ann Wennell, aged 22, who immigrated to America from London, England, in 1917
- Thomas Wennell, aged 19, who landed in America, in 1920
- Harry Wennell, aged 24, who immigrated to the United States, in 1922
| Contemporary Notables of the name Wennell (post 1700) | + |
- Pia Wennell, Abstract artist based in Bristol, England
- Sarah Wennell, Music Teacher, Cambridgeshire
- Tricia Wennell, National Association for People Abused in Childhood (NAPAC) trustee
- Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
- Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
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Wennell migration to the United States 
