Wudbink History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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A Boernician family in ancient Scotland were the ancestors of those who first used the name Wudbink. They lived in any of a number of places of the same name in Ayrshire, Kincardine, and Midlothian. The place-name Wudbink 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 Wudbink would have lived near such a stream.

Early Origins of the Wudbink family

The surname Wudbink 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 Wudbink family

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Wudbink Spelling Variations

Spelling variations occur frequently in Scottish names that date from the medieval era. They result from a general lack of grammatical rules and the tendency to spell names according to sound. Wudbink has been spelled Woodburn, Woodburne, Woodbine, Woodbourne, Whiteburn and many more.

Early Notables of the Wudbink family

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Migration of the Wudbink family to Ireland

Some of the Wudbink 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 Wudbink family

In the 20th century, the ancestors of many of those Boernician-Scottish people still populate North America. They distributed themselves on either side of the border at the time of the War of Independence. United Empire Loyalists went north to Canada and those who wanted a new nation stayed south. Both groups went on to found great nations. Some of the first North American settlers with Wudbink name or one of its variants: 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..