Weytman History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Scotland
England

Early Origins of the Weytman family

The surname Weytman was first found in Westmorland, where they held a family seat on the English/Scottish border. After the Norman Conquest of England many of Duke William's rebellious Barons moved north. The border became a convenient but turbulent no-man's land where the persecuted survived only by stealth. Many were given land by King Malcolm Canmore and later by King David of Scotland. Some were native Scots. In the 16th century they became known as the 'unruly clans'. The name was first recorded in northern England when Richard Weythman or Waitman held estates in that shire in 1223.

Early History of the Weytman family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Weytman research. Another 163 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1279, 1437, 1566, 1576, 1621, 1625, 1626, 1630, 1702, 1706, 1740, 1741, 1759, 1775 and 1798 are included under the topic Early Weytman History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Weytman Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Waiteman, Waythman, Waithman, Watman, Whatman, Whateman, Waiteman, Weytman, Whatman, Watman, Whattman, Wattman, Wetman, Wettman, Whetman, Whettman, Wheatman, Weatman and many more.

Early Notables of the Weytman family

Notable amongst the family at this time was Thomas Whatman (1576-1630), English politician from Chichester, Sussex, Member of Parliament for Chichester (1621-1625) and for Portsmouth in 1626. James Whatman (1702-1759), the Elder, was a paper maker from Kent, who made revolutionary advances to the craft in England. His son, James Whatman the...
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Weytman migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Weytman Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Hans Marie Weytman, who arrived in New York in 1715-1716 1

Citations +

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)