Woodnut History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Woodnut family
The surname Woodnut was first found in Cheshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when they held estates in that shire.
Early History of the Woodnut family
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Woodnut Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Woodnut, Woodnot, Woodnott, Woodnoth, Woodnutt and many more.
Early Notables of the Woodnut family
Distinguished members of the family include
- the Woodnut family of Cheshire
Woodnut migration to the United States +
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Woodnut Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
- Joseph Woodnut, who landed in Virginia in 1714 1
Woodnut migration to New Zealand +
Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:
Woodnut Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century
- Mr. David Woodnut, (b. 1843), aged 30, English farm labourer from Hampshire travelling from Gravesend aboard the ship "Surat" going to Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand in 1873, the ship sunk at the Catlins River all the passengers were transported to Dunedin via various rescure vessels 2
Citations +
- 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)
- New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 26th March 2019). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html