| ![Show Contents]() Waymen History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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England
Etymology of WaymenWhat does the name Waymen mean? The history of the Waymen name began with the ancient Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name is derived from the Anglo-Saxon personal name Wigmund, meaning man of war. 1 Early Origins of the Waymen familyThe surname Waymen was first found in Sussex but "Wymond and Wymund occurred as surnames in Oxfordshire, Bucks, Gloucestershire, and Norfolk during the 13th century." 2 Early History of the Waymen familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Waymen research. Another 274 words (20 lines of text) covering the year 1520 is included under the topic Early Waymen History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Waymen 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 Waymen family name include Wyman, Wyeman and others. Early Notables of the Waymen familyMore information is included under the topic Early Waymen Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
| Waymen migration to the United States | + |
For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, 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 Waymen surname or a spelling variation of the name include :
Waymen Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- James Waymen, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1779 3
- Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
- Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. 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)
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