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The name Wegge is generally thought to have been originally Wegge or Wege. The name Wege was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086. 1 "Wegga [is] a pet contraction of one of the Old Norse Uág- = Anglo-Saxon Wœg- names. This is a very ancient Teutonic name- element, a Wœgdœg, e.g., being given in the Anglo-Saxon genealogies as the name of a descendant of Woden." 2
Another source claims the name is a nickname "probably connected with wag, to move from side to side, as in wag-tail." 3
But another source agrees with the Anglo-Saxon origin, having derived from "waeg," meaning "way" and postulates that the name may be "the same name as Waga, which occurs in the genealogy of the Mercian kings." 4
The surname Wegge was first found in Somerset where John Wegge was listed in the Subsidy Rolls of 1327. A few years later, Robert Wegge was recorded in the the Feet of Fines for Surrey 1391-1392. 5 Willelmus Wege was listed in the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls for 1379. 2
The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 included entries for John Wagge, Yorkshire; Robert Wagge, Lincolnshire; and Robert le Wag, Oxfordshire. 3
Again in Somerset, entries for the family include: Robert atte Wagge; and Henry atte Wagge, 1 Edward III (during the first year of King Edward III's reign.) 6
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Wegge research. Another 70 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1607, 1720, 1792, 1824, 1827, 1828, 1847, 1849, 1852, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1865, 1872, 1910, 1911 and 1996 are included under the topic Early Wegge History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Wegg, Wege, Wedge, Wegge, Wagg, Wagge and others.
Distinguished members of the family include Francis Richard Wegg-Prosser (1824-1911), only son of Rev. Prebendary Francis Haggit, rector of Newnham Coutney, born at Newnham Courtney, Oxfordshire. In 1849, when he succeeded to the estates of his great-uncle, Rev. Dr. Prosser of Belmont, Herefordshire, he assumed the name of Wegg-Prosser. He was a member of Parliament from 1847 to 1852, when he was received into the Catholic Church by Bishop Grant of Southwark. 7 His son, Charles Wegg-Prosser (1910-1996) was a British politician and solicitor.
John Helder Wedge (1792-1872), was an Australian colonial statesman, born in England in 1792. He arrived in Tasmania...
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