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Winton History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables Ranking

Ireland United States Australia New Zealand West Indies

Contemporary Notables Related Stories Citations

Winton History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Scotland
Ireland

Early Origins of the Winton family

The surname Winton was first found in Radnorshire (Welsh: Sir Faesyfed), a former historic county of mid-Wales, anciently part of the kingdom of Powys, where a Norman knight, de Winton, was granted vast estates on the English Welsh border including Maesllwch Castle.

Andrew of Wyntoun (1350?-1420?), was a Scottish historian, "Canon regular of St. Andrews, and was elected, as he modestly says, by favour of his brethren and not for his own merits, prior of St. Serf's Inch in Loch Leven, a dependent house of the priory of St. Andrews. " 1

Early History of the Winton family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Winton research. Another 151 words (11 lines of text) covering the years 1086, 1190, 1296, 1599 and 1633 are included under the topic Early Winton History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Winton Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Winton, Dewinton, Wintone and others.

Early Notables of the Winton family

Notable among the family at this time was

Elizabeth Winton of Ayrshire

Winton Ranking

In the United States, the name Winton is the 6,722^nd most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 2

Migration of the Winton family to Ireland

Some of the Winton family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 33 words (2 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Winton migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Winton Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Charles Winton, who arrived in Maryland in 1674 3

Winton Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

James Winton, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1808 3
Jane Winton, aged 22, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1834 3
William Winton, aged 25, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1834 3
Ellen Winton, aged 24, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1834 3
Alexander Winton, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1834
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Winton migration to Australia +

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

Winton Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Thomas Winton, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Winchester" in 1838 4
Elizabeth Winton, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Winchester" in 1838 4
Mr. James Winton who was convicted in Glasgow, Scotland for 10 years, transported aboard the "Duchess of Northumberland" on 1st October 1842, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 5
Miss Caroline Winton who was convicted in Liverpool, Merseyside, England for 10 years, transported aboard the "Cadet" on 10th November 1848, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 6
David Baird Winton, aged 23, a ploughman, who arrived in South Australia in 1852 aboard the ship "Caucasian" 7
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Winton 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:

Winton Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

William Winton, aged 37, a farm servant, who arrived in Otago aboard the ship "Philip Laing" in 1848
Jean Winton, aged 35, who arrived in Otago aboard the ship "Philip Laing" in 1848
Helen Winton, aged 16, a farm servant, who arrived in Otago aboard the ship "Philip Laing" in 1848
Thomas Winton, aged 14, a farm servant, who arrived in Otago aboard the ship "Philip Laing" in 1848
Jean Winton, aged 11, who arrived in Otago aboard the ship "Philip Laing" in 1848
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Winton migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 8

Winton Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

Robert Winton, who arrived in Barbados in 1686

Contemporary Notables of the name Winton (post 1700) +

Gary Joseph Winton (b. 1957), American former basketball player
Jane Winton (1905-1959), American movie actress, dancer, opera soprano, writer, painter, dancer with the Ziegfeld Follies
Alexander Winton (1860-1932), Scottish-born, American founder of the Winton Motor Carriage Company in 1897, by 1930 it had become a subsidiary of General Motors
Dale Jonathan Winton (1955-2018), English radio DJ and television presenter, known for his work on Dale's Supermarket Sweep from 1993 until 2001
Sir Nicholas George Winton MBE (1909-2015), British humanitarian who organized the rescue of 669 mostly Jewish children from German-occupied Czechoslovakia on the eve of the Second World War, often referred to as the "British Schindler"
Frederick Henry de Winton (1852-1932), Anglican clergyman, who was the last Missionary Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford
Sheree Winton (1936-1976), English actress
Brian J. Winton (b. 1963), former Australian rules footballer
Andrew Winton (b. 1972), Australian musician
Timothy John "Tim" Winton (b. 1960), Australian novelist and short story writer
... (Another 2 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Citations +

Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)
State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) WINCHESTER 1838. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1838Winchester.htm
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 20th July 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/duchess-of-northumberland
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 17th November 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/cadet/
South Australian Register Tuesday 3 February 1852. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) BARQUE CAUCASIAN 1852. Retrieved http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/caucasian1852.shtml
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies