Wouldbink History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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In the annals of Scottish history, few names go farther back than Wouldbink, whose ancestors go back to the people of the Boernician tribe. The first family to use the name Wouldbink lived in any of a number of places of the same name in Ayrshire, Kincardine, and Midlothian. The place-name Wouldbink comes from the Old English words, wudu and burna, which mean wood and stream. The place-name referred to a stream which ran through the woods. The original bearer of the surname Wouldbink would have lived near such a stream.

Early Origins of the Wouldbink family

The surname Wouldbink was first found in Northumberland, where they held a family seat from very ancient times, before and after the Norman Conquest of 1066.

Early History of the Wouldbink family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Wouldbink research. Another 59 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1500, 1506 and 1685 are included under the topic Early Wouldbink History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Wouldbink Spelling Variations

Over the years, Wouldbink has been written It appears under these variations because medieval scribes spelled names according to sound rather than by any over-arching set of rules. Woodburn, Woodburne, Woodbine, Woodbourne, Whiteburn and many more.

Early Notables of the Wouldbink family

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Migration of the Wouldbink family to Ireland

Some of the Wouldbink family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. More information about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Migration of the Wouldbink family

When these Boernician-Scottish settlers arrived in North America they brought little with them and often had restart their lives from scratch. Through time, much of their heritage was lost, and it is only this century through Clan societies and highland games that many have recovered their national heritage. Research into various historical records has revealed some of first members of the Wouldbink family to immigrate North America: Mary Woodburne, who came to in Virginia in 1685 with her husband; as well as James W. Robert and William Woodburn, who both arrived in Philadelphia between 1864-1878..