| ![Show Contents]() Weatherhead History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
- Origins Available:
England
Early Origins of the Weatherhead familyThe surname Weatherhead was first found in Berwickshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest in 1066. Early History of the Weatherhead familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Weatherhead research. Another 89 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1541, 1557 and 1630 are included under the topic Early Weatherhead History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Weatherhead Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Weatherhead, Wetherhead, Wedderhead and others. Early Notables of the Weatherhead family- George Weatherhead of Berwick
| Weatherhead migration to the United States | + |
Weatherhead Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Mary Weatherhead and her husband who settled in New England in 1656
- Mary Weatherhead, aged 26, who landed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1656 2
Weatherhead Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- John Weatherhead, who arrived in Boston Massachusetts in 1766
Weatherhead Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- John Weatherhead, who arrived in Arkansas in 1890 2
| Weatherhead migration to Canada | + |
Weatherhead Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century- Mr. Samuel Weatherhead U.E. who settled in Eastern District [Cornwall], Ontario c. 1784 3
| Weatherhead migration to Australia | + |
Emigration to Australia included the Second Fleet of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include: Second Fleet - Mr. Luke Weatherhead, (Slater), British settler convicted in Northumberland, England in 1790, sentenced to 7 years for petty larceny, transported aboard the ship "William and Ann" leaving in 1790 arriving in New South Wales, Australia in 1791 1
Following the Second Fleet, other convicts and early settlers arriving in Australia include: Weatherhead Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century- Thomas Weatherhead, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Jenny Lind" in 1850 4
| Weatherhead migration to New Zealand | + |
Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include: Weatherhead Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century- Robert Weatherhead, who landed in Wellington, New Zealand in 1840
| Contemporary Notables of the name Weatherhead (post 1700) | + |
- Elizabeth C. "Betsy" Weatherhead, American climatologist, atmospheric scientist, government official, and professor who was appointed in 2020 by United States president Donald Trump to head the National Climate Assessment (NCA)
- A. Linn Weatherhead, American Republican politician, Member of Connecticut State House of Representatives from Windham; Elected 1926 5
- Shaun Weatherhead (b. 1970), English former professional footballer who played as a defender in the Football League for York City
- Leslie Dixon Weatherhead CBE (1893-1976), English Christian theologian, known for his preaching ministry at City Temple in London and for his books, including The Will of God, The Christian Agnostic, and Psychology, Religion, and Healing.
- John Weatherhead (1775-1797), English Royal Navy officer under the command of Samuel Hood, present at the Battle of Cape St Vincent, mortally wounded during the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Ian Weatherhead (b. 1932), English watercolour artist from Leeds, Yorkshire
- Arthur Evelyn "A.E." Weatherhead, British colonial administrator who served in South Africa, Uganda and the Seychelles
- David Bennington Weatherhead (1928-2012), Canadian Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons
- George Hume Weatherhead (1790-1853), Scottish medical writer, born in Berwickshire
| Historic Events for the Weatherhead family | + |
- Convict Records of Australia. Retrieved 4th February 2021 from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships
- 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)
- Rubincam, Milton. The Old United Empire Loyalists List. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1976. (Originally published as; United Empire Loyalists. The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada. Rose Publishing Company, 1885.) ISBN 0-8063-0331-X
- State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) JENNY LIND 1850. Retrieved http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1850JennyLind.gif
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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