Whitingham Surname History

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England

Etymology of Whitingham

What does the name Whitingham mean?

The Whitingham surname is a habitational name derived from places any of several places in Britain, which are in turn derived from the Old English terms "Hwita," meaning "white," and "ham," meaning "homestead."

Early Origins of the Whitingham family

The surname Whitingham was first found in Lancashire at Whittingham, a township, in the ecclesiastical parish of Goosnargh, parish of Kirkham, hundred of Amounderness. "Warin de Whitington, who lived in the reign of John, held lands in the township, and his descendants held the manor in the reign of Edward II. The family long continued connected with the place; and a Richard Whittingham, who had two sons and a daughter, was living in the middle of the last century [(1700s)]." 1

Early History of the Whitingham family

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Whitingham Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Whittingham, Whitingham, Wittingham and others.

Early Notables of the Whitingham family

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Whitingham migration to the United States +

Whitingham Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Peter Whitingham, who landed in America in 1654-1679 2

Sources +

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, 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)