Windebank History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Windebank family

The surname Windebank was first found in Lancashire 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 1300 when Henry de Wyndebank held estates in that shire.

Early History of the Windebank family

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Windebank Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Winbank, Windibank, Windebank, Wyndebank, Wyndibank, Windebanke, Wyndybank, Wyndybanke, Wyndebanke, Winnebank, Whinbank, Whinback and many more.

Early Notables of the Windebank family

Distinguished members of the family include

Sir Francis Windebank (1582-1646), an English politician, Secretary of State under Charles I; and his fifth son, John Windebank (1618-1704), an English doctor of medicine who was admitted an honorary...
Sir Thomas Windebank, 1st Baronet (born c. 1612), was Member of Parliament for Wootton Bassett and supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Francis Windebank (died 1645), supported the R...
John Windebank (1618-1704), was an English physician who was admitted an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1680 and was buried in Westminster Abbey

Windebank migration to Australia +

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

Windebank Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

James Windebank, aged 22, a labourer, who arrived in Holdfast Bay, Australia aboard the ship "Africaine" in 1836 1
Henry Windebank, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Forfarshire" in 1848 2

Windebank 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:

Windebank Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Charlotte Windebank, aged 30, who arrived in Nelson, New Zealand aboard the ship "Lloyds" in 1842
William Windebank, aged 11, who arrived in Nelson, New Zealand aboard the ship "Lloyds" in 1842
Betsy Windebank, aged 7, who arrived in Nelson, New Zealand aboard the ship "Lloyds" in 1842
Henry Windebank, aged 6, who arrived in Nelson, New Zealand aboard the ship "Lloyds" in 1842
Martha Joan Windebank, aged 3, who arrived in Nelson, New Zealand aboard the ship "Lloyds" in 1842
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Contemporary Notables of the name Windebank (post 1700) +

Sir Francis Windebank (d. 1719), 2nd Baronet of Haines Hill in the County of Berkshire, English peer
? Windebank, English professional cricketer who made four known appearances in first-class matches from 1805 to 1807 for Hampshire

Citations +

State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) AFRICAINE 1836. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1836Africaine.htm
State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) FORFARSHIRE 1848. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1848Forfarshire.htm