Tredwell History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Tredwell family

The surname Tredwell was first found in Suffolk where Thomas Treddewel held estates c. 1248. 1

The name literally means "dweller at a path, or road, by a spring or stream." 2 "The Tredwells or Treadwells are also represented in Kent. The name of Treadwell occurred in Enstone parish 200 years ago. T. Treadwell was mayor of Oxford in 1758." 3

Up in Scotland, Saint Triduana, also known as Trodline, Tredwell, and in Norse as Trøllhaena, was an early Christian woman who was associated with various places in Scotland. It is thought she probably lived sometime between the 4th and 8th centuries. St Tredwell's Chapel, Papa Westray is a renowned Orkney pilgrimage-centre, standing on a conical mound on a small peninsula. Here, late medieval walls can be seen, built over Iron Age ruins.

Early History of the Tredwell family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Tredwell research. Another 104 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1455, 1487, 1593, 1603, 1604, 1615, 1624, 1642 and 1677 are included under the topic Early Tredwell History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Tredwell Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Treadwell, Treadway, Threadwell, Tredway, Threadway, Tredway, Tradewell, Tradway and many more.

Early Notables of the Tredwell family

Distinguished members of the family include Lady Lettice Mary Tredway (1593-1677), an English abbess in Paris, the daughter of Sir Walter Tredway of Beckley, Buckinghamshire, and afterwards of Northamptonshire. Born in 1593...
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Tredwell migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Tredwell Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Mrs. Mary Tredwell, (Treadwell), aged 30, who arrived in New England in 1635 aboard the ship "Hopewell" 4
Thomas Tredwell, (Treadwell), aged 30, who arrived in New England in 1635 aboard the ship "Hopewell" 4
Thomas Tredwell, (Treadwell), aged 1, who arrived in New England in 1635 aboard the ship "Hopewell" 5
Edward Tredwell, who landed in Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1637 4
William Tredwell, who landed in Maryland in 1673 4

Tredwell Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Samuel Tredwell, aged 32, who landed in New York in 1760 4

Tredwell migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Tredwell Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Mr. John Tredwell U.E. who settled in Home District [York County], Ontario c. 1784 6

Contemporary Notables of the name Tredwell (post 1700) +

Thomas Tredwell (1743-1831), American lawyer and politician from Plattsburgh, New York who served in the New York State Senate and represented New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1791 to 1795
Roger Culver Tredwell (1885-1961), American diplomat who received international attention when he was imprisoned in Russian Central Asia by Bolshevik forces shortly after the Russian Revolution
James Cullum Tredwell (b. 1982), English former international cricketer from Ashford, Kent, County Captain for the Kent County Cricket Club in the 2013 season
Gail Tredwell (b. 1958), Australian author, born in Queensland, Australia, best known for her autobiography, Holy Hell: A Memoir of Faith, Devotion, and Pure Madness, published in November 2013
Samuel Tredwell Sawyer (1800-1865), American politician, Member of North Carolina House of Commons, 1829-32; Member of North Carolina State Senate, 1834; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1837-39 7
Tredwell Scudder (1778-1834), American politician, U.S. Representative from New York
Tredwell G. Carpenter, American politician, Candidate for village President of Rockville Centre, New York, 1926

Citations +

Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Smith, Eldson Coles, New Dictionary of American Family Names New York: Harper & Row, 1956. Print
Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
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)
Pilgrim Ship's of 1600's retrieved January 6th 2023 from https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/shiplist.htm
Rubincam, Milton. The Old United Empire Loyalists List. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1976. (Originally published as; United Empire Loyalists. The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada. Rose Publishing Company, 1885.) ISBN 0-8063-0331-X
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 23) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html