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Early Origins of the Wansley family

The surname Wansley was first found in Yorkshire the surname is descended from the tenant of the lands of Wensley, Count Alan of Brittany, who was recorded in the Domesday Book census of 1086. Later, the family held estates at Bagthorpe in Nottinghamshire. "Here is Wansley Hall, anciently the seat of Sir Ranulph de Wandesley; near which, in 1830, an urn full of silver coins was found." [1]

Early History of the Wansley family

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Wansley Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Wensley, Wendsley, Wendesley, Wensly, Wenslee, Wenslow and many more.

Early Notables of the Wansley family

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Wansley Ranking

In the United States, the name Wansley is the 13,381st most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. [2]


United States Wansley migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Wansley Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Joseph Wansley, who landed in Charleston, South Carolina in 1813 [3]

Contemporary Notables of the name Wansley (post 1700) +

  • Thomas J. Wansley, American mutineer who led a mutiny, killing the captain and his first mate of the brig Vineyard on the night of November 23, 1830; he and others were convicted of mutiny and murder in 1831 and eventually hanged at Ellis Island on April 22, 1831
  • Tim Wansley (b. 1978), American former NFL cornerback who played from 2002 to 2003 for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Super Bowl champion (XXVII)


  1. Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
  2. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  3. 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)


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