Whillock History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Whillock family

The surname Whillock was first found in Cheshire as Wheelock, a township, in the parish of Sandbach, union of Congleton, hundred of Northwich. 1 2 3

The township dates back to the Domesday Book or 1086, when it was listed as Hoiloch, "named from the River Wheelock, a Celtic river-name meaning 'winding.' " 4

Conjecturally, the surname is descended from the tenant of the lands and large village of Wheelock occupied by under-tenant Ranulph, the Earl of Chester who was recorded in the Domesday Book census of 1086.

One of the first records of the family was found here in 1400 when John de Whelok, was listed as holding lands. 5

Early History of the Whillock family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Whillock research. Another 87 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1400, 1582, 1593, 1622, 1629, 1642, 1653, 1657, 1661, 1677 and 1743 are included under the topic Early Whillock History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Whillock Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Weelock, Wheelock, Wellock, Whellock, Whillock, Whealock and many more.

Early Notables of the Whillock family

Outstanding amongst the family at this time was Abraham Wheelocke, Wheelock, Whelocke or Wheloc (1593-1653), an English linguist, the first Adams Professor of Arabic at the University of Cambridge. He was born in 1593 at Whitchurch, Shropshire, and spent his early years at Loppington in the same county. From 1622 to 1642 he was minister of St. Sepulchre's, Cambridge."After election to his fellowship Wheelocke appears to have commenced the study of the oriental languages, then little known in England, and...
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Whillock migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Whillock Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. John Whillock, British Convict who was convicted in Birmingham, West Midlands (Warwick), England for 15 years, transported aboard the "Asia" on 25th April 1840, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 6

Contemporary Notables of the name Whillock (post 1700) +

Jack Franklin Whillock (b. 1942), American right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers in 1971
Henry Westerman Whillock (1904-1992), American politician, two-time Mayor of Boise, Idaho, (1941-1942) and (1946-1947)
Faye Whillock, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1980 7

Citations +

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Arthur, William , An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. London: 1857. Print
Smith, Eldson Coles, New Dictionary of American Family Names New York: Harper & Row, 1956. Print
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 17th January 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/asia/1840
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, April 22) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html