| ![Show Contents]() Waiger History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Early Origins of the Waiger familyThe surname Waiger was first found in Yorkshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1379 when Wilhelmus and Cecelia held the estates. Early History of the Waiger familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Waiger research. Another 109 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1455, 1487, 1560, 1566, 1630, 1656, 1664, 1665, 1666, 1709 and 1743 are included under the topic Early Waiger History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Waiger Spelling VariationsSound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Waiger family name include Wager, Wagar, Wayger, Wage, Waygar, Waiger and others. Early Notables of the Waiger familyWilliam Wager (fl. 1566), English writer of interludes, known only by his works. His son Lewis Wager (fl. 1566), became rector of St. James's, Garlickhithe, on 28 March 1560.
Sir Charles Wager (1666-1743), was a British admiral, grandson of John Wager (d. 1656) of St. Margaret's, Rochester, mariner; and son...
Another 50 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Waiger Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Waiger familyFor political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Waiger surname or a spelling variation of the name include: settlers who were 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..
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