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This "surname is derived from a geographical locality, 'of the yew-bank,' from residence on the bank where the yew-trees grew." 1 Specifically, the family claim descent from "Yewbank, a location name in Cumberland." 2 3
The surname Ebanks was first found in Cumberland where Waldef de Yuebanc was recorded c. 1258. In nearby Yorkshire, William Hughbank was listed as a Freeman of York in 1464, Robert Hewbank was recorded in 1475 and Oswald Ewbanke was listed as a Freeman of York in 1592. 3
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Ewbank, Ewbanke, Ewbanks, Eubank, Ewbanck and others.
Notable amongst the family name during their early history was John Ewbank (1799?-1847), English painter, born at Gateshead, Durham, in or about 1799 and was adopted when a child by a wealthy uncle who lived at Wycliffe, on the banks of the Tees, Yorkshire. Being designed for the Roman Catholic priesthood, he was sent to Ushaw College, from which he absconded, and in 1813 bound himself apprentice to T. Coulson, an ornamental painter in Newcastle. So strong had become his love for art that on removing with his master to Edinburgh, he was allowed to study under Alexander Nasmyth. His talents...
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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Mary Ewbank with her husband and child who arrived in New York in 1820; Henry Eubanke settled in Virginia in 1653.