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The name Wearmouth is derived from the River Wear + the word "mouth," collectively "wearmouth" denoting someone who lived at the mouth of the River Wear.
The surname Wearmouth was first found in Sunderland, a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. This is home to Bishopwearmouth, Monkwearmouth, Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey, Wearmouth Bridge and Wearmouth Colliery. Bishopwearmouth (on the south side of the River Wear, settled in 930), Monkwearmouth (on the north side of the River Wear, settled in 674) were two of the original three settlements on the banks of the River Wear that merged to form modern Sunderland.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Wearmouth research. Another 128 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1153, 1448, 1455, 1487, 1510, 1554 and 1600 are included under the topic Early Wearmouth History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Warmouth, Wearmouth, Wermouth, Warmooth and others.
More information is included under the topic Early Wearmouth Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..