Wendlin History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Wendlin family

The surname Wendlin was first found in Norfolk at Wendling, a parish, in the union of Mitford and Launditch, hundred of Launditch, in the W. division of Norfolk. Some time before 1267 an abbey was founded by William de Wendling, in honor of the Blessed Virgin, for Praemonstratensian canons. The name is thought to have meant "settlement of the family or followers of a man called Waendel" which was derived from the Old English personal name + ingas 1. The place was listed in the Domesday Book as Wenlinga and was land held by the Abbot of St. Edmund and was rather small by standards of that day having only six acres, room for only one plough. 2 Later, in the year 1273 William de Wendling was listed there in the Hundredorum Rolls.

Early History of the Wendlin family

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Wendlin Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Wendlin, Wendling, Windling, Windlin and others.

Early Notables of the Wendlin family

Distinguished members of the family include

the Wendling family of Norfolk

Wendlin migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Wendlin Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Hans Dewald Wendlin who settled in Philadelphia in 1752, Anna Cath Wendling who sailed, port unknown, in 1754

Wendlin Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Warner Wendlin, who settled in Somerset Co. Pennsylvania in 1851
Warner Wendlin, who arrived in Somerset County, Pennsylvania in 1851 3

Citations +

Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
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)