Wadden History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England
Ireland

The name Wadden reached English shores for the first time with the ancestors of the Wadden family as they migrated following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Wadden family lived in Yorkshire, at Wadding.

Early Origins of the Wadden family

The surname Wadden was first found in Yorkshire where they are "perhaps the patronymical form of the Anglo-Saxon Wade." 1

Early History of the Wadden family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Wadden research. Another 74 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1066, 1086, 1581, 1588, 1591, 1644 and 1657 are included under the topic Early Wadden History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Wadden Spelling Variations

Before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago, spelling variations of names were a common occurrence. Elements of Latin, Norman French and other languages became incorporated into English throughout the Middle Ages, and name spellings changed even among the literate. The variations of the surname Wadden include Wadding, Wadden, Waddyng, Wading and others.

Early Notables of the Wadden family

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Migration of the Wadden family to Ireland

Some of the Wadden family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 84 words (6 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Wadden migration to the United States +

In England at this time, the uncertainty of the political and religious environment of the time caused many families to board ships for distant British colonies in the hopes of finding land and opportunity, and escaping persecution. The voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, though, and many arrived in North America sick, starved, and destitute. Those who did make it, however, were greeted with greater opportunities and freedoms that they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make important contributions to the young nations in which they settled. Early immigration records have shown some of the first Waddens to arrive on North American shores:

Wadden Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Phillip Wadden, who landed in Virginia in 1657 2

Wadden migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Wadden Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

John Wadden, who settled in Heart's Content, Newfoundland in 1871 3
Margaret Wadden from County Wexford who settled in St. John's Newfoundland in 1878 3

Citations +

Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. 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)
Seary E.R., Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland, Montreal: McGill's-Queen's Universtity Press 1998 ISBN 0-7735-1782-0