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The surname Windombe was first found in Norfolk where they held a family seat from very ancient times, at Wymondham, and descended from a noble Saxon, Wimund, before and after the Norman Conquest in 1066. "The sole remaining branch in the male line of this ancient family, said to be of Saxon origin, and descended from 'Ailwardus' of Wymondham, of Wyndham, in Norfolk, living soon after the Norman Conquest [was Wyndham of Dinton]." 1
Wymondham (Windham), Norfolk survives today as a historic market town and civil parish. "This town derives its name from the Saxon Win Munde Ham, signifying 'a pleasant village on a mount;' and is indebted for its importance to the foundation of a priory of Black monks, at first a cell to the abbey of St. Alban's, by William d'Albini or Daubeny, in 1130. " 2
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Windombe research. Another 156 words (11 lines of text) covering the years 1528, 1558, 1600, 1602, 1609, 1612, 1632, 1640, 1641, 1645, 1656, 1667, 1668, 1676, 1681, 1683, 1684, 1685, 1687 and 1695 are included under the topic Early Windombe History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Wyndham, Windham and others.
Notables of the family at this time include Sir John Wyndham JP (1558-1645), an English landowner who helped create the establishment of defense organization in the West Country against the threat of Spanish invasion; Sir Francis Wyndham, 1st Baronet (c.1612-1676), an English soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England in 1640, Colonel of horse in the Royalist army in the English Civil War and helped Charles II escape to France; Sir Hugh...
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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Robert Windham, who settled in New Jersey in 1675; Charles Windham, who arrived in Virginia in 1706; Sarah Windham, a convict sent to Maryland in 1719.