| ![Show Contents]() Wensley History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England Early Origins of the Wensley familyThe surname Wensley was first found in Yorkshire the surname is descended from the tenant of the lands of Wensley, Count Alan of Brittany, who was recorded in the Domesday Book census of 1086. Later, the family held estates at Bagthorpe in Nottinghamshire. "Here is Wansley Hall, anciently the seat of Sir Ranulph de Wandesley; near which, in 1830, an urn full of silver coins was found." 1 Early History of the Wensley familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Wensley research. Another 107 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1204, 1339 and 1509 are included under the topic Early Wensley History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Wensley Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Wensley, Wendsley, Wendesley, Wensly, Wenslee, Wenslow and many more. Early Notables of the Wensley familyNotable of this family during the Middle Ages was
 Wensley migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Wensley Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Samuel Wensley, who arrived in New England in 1639 2
- Richard Wensley, who settled in New England in 1684
Wensley Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Thomas Wensley, a bonded passenger who arrived in America in 1731
Wensley Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Richard T Wensley, who landed in New York in 1841 2
| Wensley migration to Canada | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Wensley Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century- Arthur Wensley, Charles Wensley and Edwin Wensley who were all on record in the census of Ontario, Canada of 1871
| Contemporary Notables of the name Wensley (post 1700) | + |
- Robert N Wensley, Professor and Deputy Chancellor at the University of Queensland, Australia
- Dr. C D Wensley, Professor of Mathematics University of Wales, Bangor
- Penny Wensley, Australian public administrator, Australian Ambassador to France, Officer of the Order of Australia (2001)
- Colonel Samuel Wensley Blackall (1809-1871), Irish-born, Australian administrator, Governor of Queensland (1868-1871)
- Wensley Hobby, American politician, Postmaster at Middletown, Connecticut, 1775-1807 3
- Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
- 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)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 9) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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