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The surname Wilburgham was first found in Cheshire where they were descended from Sir Richard Wilburgham who was Lord of Wymincham, the Sheriff of Chester. Many of the family were found in the township of Fadiley in the union and hundred of Nantwich. "This place was anciently esteemed an appendage of the manor of Baddiley, but the owners of Woodhey here had, at an early period, a manor which became vested in the earls of Dysart, by the marriage of the coheiress of Sir Thomas Wilbraham with Lionel, Lord Huntingtower, in 1680. A domestic chapel was built at Woodhey by the relict of Sir Thomas Wilbraham, who, in 1703, endowed it with a rent-charge of £25. " 1
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Wilbraham, Wilburgham, Willbraham and others.
Notables of the family at this time include Sir Richard Wilbraham, 1st Baronet (1579-1643); Sir Thomas Wilbraham, 2nd Baronet (1601-1660); Sir Thomas Wilbraham, 3rd Baronet (1630-1692), High Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1654 and Member of Parliament for Stafford (1679-1681); and Lady...
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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Thomas Wilbraham settled in Barbados in 1679; James, Saul, Thomas, Wilbraham arrived in Philadelphia between 1852 and 1866.