Stanwicks History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins and Etymology of Stanwicks

The surname Stanwicks was first found in Cumberland where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor of Stanwick, a parish just outside Carlisle. There is another Stanwick in Northamptonshire and no doubt, the two are related. In this later case, Stanwick dates back to at least the Domesday Book where it was listed as Stanwige and later in the 10th century as Stanwigga. The name literally means "the rocking of logan-stone" derived from the Old English words "stan" + "wigga." 1 Stanwick Hall still stands today and it is believed to have been built in the 17th century. Moving further north, Stanwick St John is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire and today is the site of the Stanwick Iron Age Fortifications, a huge Iron Age hill fort comprising over 9 kilometers (6 miles) of ditches and ramparts. Alia Stenweghe was under tenant of Count Alan of Brettagne, his liege Lord, at the time of the taking of the Domesday Book in 1086. It is from this source that the surname is descended.

Early History of the Stanwicks family

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Stanwicks Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Stanwick, Stanwix, Stanwicks, Stenwick and others.

Early Notables of the Stanwicks family

Brigadier General Thomas Stanwix (1670-1725), a British Army officer, politician and Governor of Gibraltar (711-1720.) He was also Governor of the Royal Hospital Chelsea from 1714 until 1720. He left his estates in Carlisle and Middlesex to his wife, and on her death to his nephew John Roos, on condition that he assumed the surname of Stanwix. John Stanwix (c. 1690-1766), born John Roos, in Widmerpool, Nottinghamshire, inherited the estates of his uncle Thomas Stanwix, and adopted the name of Stanwix. He entered the army and rose to become Captain of the grenadiers in 1739, Major of marines in 1741, and Lieutenant-Ccolonel...
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Stanwicks migration to Canada +

Stanwicks Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

James Stanwicks, who settled in Quebec in 1847
Mr. James Stanwicks, aged 40 who immigrated to Canada, arriving at the Grosse Isle Quarantine Station in Quebec aboard the ship "Independence" departing from the port of Belfast, Ireland but died on Grosse Isle in July 1847 2

Sources +

Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Charbonneau, André, and Doris Drolet-Dubé. A Register of Deceased Persons at Sea and on Grosse Île in 1847. The Minister of Canadian Heritage, 1997. ISBN: 0-660-198/1-1997E (p. 56)