Wallaker History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Wallaker

What does the name Wallaker mean?

The name Wallaker is generally thought to have been an occupational name for someone who boiled sea salt down to the raw mineral state. "In a document of 35. Eliz. mallinges are mentioned in the sense of boiling-houses for salt, at Northwich. Hence a 'Wallinger' is probably a salt-boiler." 1

Early Origins of the Wallaker family

The surname Wallaker was first found in Norfolk and Suffolk where the Latin form was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1986. 2 Later as a forename, Waringarus Frost was listed in the Feet of Fines for Norfolk in 1202 and Walingerus filius Hugonis was listed as holding lands in 1221 in the Assize Rolls for Shropshire. Much later, Robert Walenger was listed in the Subsidy Rolls for Suffolk in 1524. 3

Early History of the Wallaker family

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Wallaker Spelling Variations

Only recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Wallaker has undergone many spelling variations, including Wallinger, Wellinger, Walinger, Welinger, Wallingar and many more.

Early Notables of the Wallaker family

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Migration of the Wallaker family

To escape the unstable social climate in England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Wallaker were among those contributors: 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..

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Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)