Wanklyn History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Wanklyn family

The surname Wanklyn was first found in Huntingdon, where they had been granted lands by William the Conqueror, and were originally from the Norman French name Walchelyn.

Walkelin or Walchelin (d. 1098) was Bishop of Winchester. He was "a Norman by birth, and is said to have been a kinsman of the Conqueror. He was probably one of the clergy of the cathedral church of Rouen, for Maurilius (d. 1067) knew him well and spoke highly of him, and he was one of William's clerks. " 1

Early History of the Wanklyn family

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Wanklyn Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Wakelyn, Wakelin and others.

Early Notables of the Wanklyn family

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Wanklyn migration to the United States +

Wanklyn Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Andrew Wanklyn, who arrived in Virginia in 1680 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Wanklyn (post 1700) +

James Alfred Wanklyn (1834-1906), English chemist
Lieutenant-Commander Malcolm David Wanklyn (1911-1942), British sailor awarded the Victoria Cross during WWII 3

Sources +

Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. 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)
World War 2 Awards.com - WANKLYN, Malcolm. (Retrieved 2010, September 27) Malcolm Wanklyn. Retrieved from http://www.ww2awards.com/person/176