Dewinter History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Dewinter family

The surname Dewinter was first found in Radnorshire (Welsh: Sir Faesyfed), a former historic county of mid-Wales, anciently part of the kingdom of Powys, where a Norman knight, de Winton, was granted vast estates on the English Welsh border including Maesllwch Castle.

Andrew of Wyntoun (1350?-1420?), was a Scottish historian, "Canon regular of St. Andrews, and was elected, as he modestly says, by favour of his brethren and not for his own merits, prior of St. Serf's Inch in Loch Leven, a dependent house of the priory of St. Andrews. " 1

Early History of the Dewinter family

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Dewinter Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Winton, Dewinton, Wintone and others.

Early Notables of the Dewinter family

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Dewinter Ranking

Netherlands, the name Dewinter is the 276^th most popular surname with an estimated 5,223 people with that name. 2

Migration of the Dewinter family to Ireland

Some of the Dewinter family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 33 words (2 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Migration of the Dewinter family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Robert Winton arrived in Barbados in 1686; Alexander Winton arrived in Philadelphia in 1834; William Winton arrived in Philadelphia in 1840.

Contemporary Notables of the name Dewinter (post 1700) +

Jean-Guillaume de Winter, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 3
Jan Willem de Winter (1750-1812), Dutch naval commander

Sources +

Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
"Most Common Last Names in Netherlands." Forebears, https://forebears.io/netherlands/surnames
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, November 3) Jean-Guillaume de Winter. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html