| ![Show Contents]() Winchcombe History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England Early Origins of the Winchcombe familyThe surname Winchcombe 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 Winchcombe familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Winchcombe 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 Winchcombe History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Winchcombe Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Winchcomb, Winchcombe, Wincecombe, Wincomb, Wincombe, Winchecomb, Winchecombe, Wincams and many more. Early Notables of the Winchcombe 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
 Winchcombe migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Winchcombe Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Thomas Winchcombe, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1752
| Winchcombe migration to Australia | + |
Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include: Winchcombe Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century- George Winchcombe, aged 32, who arrived in South Australia in 1849 aboard the ship "Brankenmoor" 2
- John Winchcombe, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Sarepta" in 1849
| Winchcombe migration to New Zealand | + |
Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include: Winchcombe Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century- Elizabeth Winchcombe, aged 14, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Celestial Queen" in 1872
| Contemporary Notables of the name Winchcombe (post 1700) | + |
- Frederick Earle Winchcombe (1855-1917), Australian businessman and politician
- Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
- State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) The BRANKEN MOOR 1849. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1849BrankenMoor.htm
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