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![Show Contents]() Winchcom History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Early Origins of the Winchcom familyThe surname Winchcom was first found in Gloucestershire at Winchcombe, a Cottswold town. They held a family seat there, some say, before the Norman Conquest in 1066 A.D. Winchcombe was held, at the time of the taking of the Domesday Book survey in 1086, from the chief tenant, which was Gloucester Abbey. It consisted of three mills within a small village, and was once an Anglo Saxon walled city. The town pre-dates the Conquest by over two centuries as the first listing was in 810 when it was known as Wincelcumbe. The place name literally means "valley with a bend in it" from the Old English wincel + cumb. 1 Early History of the Winchcom familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Winchcom research. Another 165 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1379, 1395, 1401, 1465, 1489, 1519, 1520, 1557, 1574, 1631, 1659, 1660, 1667 and 1703 are included under the topic Early Winchcom History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Winchcom Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Winchcomb, Winchcombe, Wincecombe, Wincomb, Wincombe, Winchecomb, Winchecombe, Wincams and many more. Early Notables of the Winchcom familyDistinguished members of the family include - John Winchcombe (d. 1520), alias Smalwoode, an English clothier, "popularly known as Jack of Newbury, describes himself in his will as 'John Smalewoode the elder, alias John Wynchcombe, of the parishe...
- John Winchcombe (died 1557), son of the aforementioned Jack O'Newbury, was Member of Parliament for Cricklade and Great Bedwyn and his son, John Winchcombe (died 1574), was Member of Parliament for Re...
- Sir Henry Winchcombe, 1st Baronet (c. 1631-1667), of Bucklebury in the County of Berkshire was an English peer; and his son, Sir Henry Winchcombe, 2nd Baronet (1659-1703), was Member of Parliament for...
- The Winchcombe estates passed to his eldest daughter, Frances Winchcombe, wife of Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
Migration of the Winchcom familySome of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Thomas Wincams who settled in Boston Massachusetts in 1763; Thomas Winchcombe arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1752.
- Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
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