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Early Origins of the Weyforth family

The surname Weyforth was first found in Herefordshire where they held a family seat 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 1212 when Simon le Wafer held estates and knights fees in that shire.

Early History of the Weyforth family

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Weyforth Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Wafer, Wayfer, Wayford, Waiford, Weyford, Wyford, Wyfor, Wheyford, Whayford and many more.

Early Notables of the Weyforth family

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Migration of the Weyforth family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: settlers who were recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..


Contemporary Notables of the name Weyforth (post 1700) +

  • Mimi Weyforth Dawson, American Republican politician, Member, Federal Communications Commission, 1981-87; Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from District of Columbia, 2008 1


  1. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 27) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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