Winchel History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Winchel family
The surname Winchel was first found in Berwickshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times at Winscheill near Duns, 12 miles west of Berwick on Tweed, in that shire. 1 Notable in Berwickshire is Duns Castle.
Further to the south, Robert de Winchelsea (d. 1313) was "Archbishop of Canterbury [and] derived his name from Old Winchelsea in Kent, where he was probably born. A confusion of him with a namesake, John Winchelsea, has led to the improbable assertion that he was a fellow of Merton College. " 2
Today, Winchelsea is an ancient town in Sussex. 3 Dating back to at least 1130, the town literally means "island by a river bend." from the Old English "wincel" + "eg." 4
The Assize Rolls of Northumberland recorded Hawis Wenchel in 1203 and later, the Assize Rolls for Cheshire listed Puncok le Wenchill. 5
Early History of the Winchel family
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Winchel Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Winchell, Winchel, Winshell, Wynchell, Wynshell, Wynchel, Wynchil and many more.
Early Notables of the Winchel family
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Winchel migration to the United States +
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Winchel Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
- Nicholas Winchel, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1752
- Nicklaus Winchel, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1752 6
Contemporary Notables of the name Winchel (post 1700) +
- Martin E. Winchel, American politician, Member of New York State Assembly from Dutchess County, 1806-08 7
Citations +
- Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
- Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
- Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
- Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
- Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 26) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html