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England

Early Origins of the Woodland family

The surname Woodland was first found in Devon and Cornwall. "The dutchy manor of Moresk [in St. Clements, Cornwall] was given by Edward the Black Prince to Walter de Woodland, usher of the chamber, who died without male issue." 1

"What is now called the manor of Tywarnhaile, is only a moiety of a large and ancient manor of this name, which in 1337, was granted to Edward the Black Prince, by whom it was shortly afterwards given to Sir. Walter de Woodland usher of his bedchamber." 1

"Woodland, [Devon] is noteworthy for the fact that the last male of that ilk, Sir Walter de Woodland, was a follower and attendant of the Black Prince. The tradition is yet current in the parish, of the fall, near Strachleigh, in 1623, of a meteoric stone weighing 23 pounds." 2

Early History of the Woodland family

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Woodland Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Woodland, Wodland, Wyland, Wydland, Woodlynd, Woodlyn, Woodlan, Woodlin, Wodlan, Wadland, Wodlyn and many more.

Early Notables of the Woodland family

Notables of the family at this time include

Sir Walter Woodland, scion of the family

Woodland Ranking

In the United States, the name Woodland is the 6,245^th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 3 However, in Newfoundland, Canada, the name Woodland is ranked the 761^st most popular surname with an estimated 56 people with that name. 4

Woodland migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Woodland Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

John Woodland, who arrived in Braintree, Massachusetts in 1651 5
Henry Woodland, who settled in Virginia in 1663
Richard Woodland, who arrived in Maryland in 1675 5
William Woodland, who arrived in Maryland in 1679 5
Ann Woodland, who landed in Maryland in 1679 5
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Woodland Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Samuel Woodland, who landed in America in 1764 5

Woodland Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Matthew Woodland, aged 22, who settled in America from Yorkshire, in 1893
William J. Woodland, aged 40, who immigrated to America from Newcastlewood, in 1894

Woodland Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Percy Maurice Woodland, aged 21, who landed in America from Surrey, in 1903
Herbert Thomas Woodland, aged 27, who settled in America from Surrey, in 1903
Archibald Woodland, aged 59, who immigrated to America from Coolaney, in 1903
Edward Woodland, aged 27, who settled in America from Ballisodare, Ireland, in 1906
John W. Woodland, aged 30, who landed in America from Bradford, England, in 1906
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Woodland migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Woodland Settlers in Canada in the 20th Century

Chas. W. Woodland, aged 47, who settled in Toronto, Canada, in 1911
Helen Woodland, aged 14, who settled in Toronto, Canada, in 1913
Alberta Woodland, aged 44, who immigrated to Toronto, Canada, in 1913
Bessie Woodland, aged 15, who immigrated to Toronto, Canada, in 1913
Kenneth Woodland, aged 19, who immigrated to Trinity, Newfoundland, in 1922
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Woodland migration to Australia +

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

Woodland Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. William Woodland, British Convict who was convicted in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England for 14 years, transported aboard the "Coromandel" on 25th June 1838, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 6
Mr. Thomas Woodland, English convict who was convicted in Taunton, Somerset, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Equestrian" on 25th January 1844, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Island) 7
Mr. James Woodland, (b. 1823), aged 21, English convict who was convicted in Taunton, Somerset, England for 10 years for receiving stolen goods, transported aboard the "Barossa" on 9th May 1844, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 8
Henry Woodland (aged 31), a labourer, who arrived in South Australia in 1856 aboard the ship "Eliza"
Sarah Woodland, aged 11, who arrived in South Australia in 1860 aboard the ship "Ramillies" 9

Woodland 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. 10

Woodland Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

Peter Woodland, who arrived in Barbados in 1639
John Woodland, with his daughter Mary, who arrived in Barbados in 1679

Contemporary Notables of the name Woodland (post 1700) +

Rich Woodland Jr. (b. 1970), former American stock car racing driver
Norman Joseph Woodland (1921-2012), American co-inventor of the barcode and later while at IBM, developed the Universal Product Code (UPC) used in product labeling
Luke Woodland (b. 1995), American professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Philippines Football League club Ceres–Negros
Gary Woodland (b. 1984), American professional golfer from Topeka, Kansas who as of 2017, has had two PGA wins
Lauren Woodland (b. 1977), American Daytime Emmy Award nominated actress and attorney
Albert Woodland (1895-1955), English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1920
Vincent Reynolds Woodland (1879-1933), British colonial administrator, Governor of Mongalla Province of the southern Anglo-Egyptian Sudan from 1920 to 1924
Rae Woodland (1922-2013), British soprano who studied with Roy Henderson
Philip Charles Woodland, British engineer who was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2013
Barry Woodland, British former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
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Citations +

Hutchins, Fortescue, The History of Cornwall, from the Earliest Records and Traditions to the Present Time. London: William Penaluna, 1824. Print
Worth, R.N., A History of Devonshire London: Elliot Stock, 62, Paternoster Row, E.G., 1895. Digital
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
The order of Common Surnames in 1955 in Newfoundland retrieved on 20th October 2021 (retrieved from Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland by E.R. Seary corrected edition ISBN 0-7735-1782-0)
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)
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 19th March 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/coromandel
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 4th May 2022). https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/equestrian
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 24th September 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/barossa
South Australian Register Tuesday 11 January 1853. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) RAMILLIES 1860. Retrieved http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/ramillies1860.shtml
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies