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The illustrious surname Wendenes originates in Essex at Wenden-Lofts, a civil parish in the Uttlesford district and/or Wendens-Ambo, a nearby parish. "This parish, which is supposed to have derived the adjunct to its name from a former proprietor." 1 Wendens-Ambo "appears to have derived its affix from the consolidation of two parishes consequent on the destruction of the parochial church of Little Wenden. " 1
As far as the origin of the name itself, it was from the "Old English dún, a hill; the first element probably being the personal name Wena (Old English wena, hope): if the -den were really original (certainly Domesday Book as Wendena) 2 it, of course, would be Old English denu, a valley] In 1261-2 the manor of Wendon (Essex) belonged to Mauricius de Berkeley." 3
"The Wendons and Wendens derive their names from parishes in the county." 4
The surname Wendenes was first found in Essex where the Pipe Rolls of 1179 includes an entry for John de Wendon. Again in Essex, William de Wendenne was listed in the Feet of Fines for 1207 and in Sussex, we found Richard ate Wendene in 1341. 5
The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 include entries for Peter de Wendon, Lincolnshire; and Alex de Wenden, Cambridgeshire. 6
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Wendon, Wenden and others.
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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: settlers were recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled on the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Boston, to Virginia, to Florida, and to the islands..