Mewhinney History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Scotland

Early Origins of the Mewhinney family

The surname Mewhinney was first found in Cornwall where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor of Mwnwynick. Cornwall was a land set apart, a land of mystique and quaint customs, more strongly related to Brittany and Wales than to England. It was not until the 10th century that they submitted to the Saxon rule of England. Since then, their influence has moved east into Devon, Somerset and Dorset.

Early History of the Mewhinney family

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Mewhinney Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Menwynick, Menwinnick, Minhinick, Menhinick, Minwinnick, Minwinnick, Minhinnick and many more.

Early Notables of the Mewhinney family

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Migration of the Mewhinney family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..

Contemporary Notables of the name Mewhinney (post 1700) +

Sam Mewhinney, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1944 1

Sources +

The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 12) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html