Willdye History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Willdye family

Early History of the Willdye family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Willdye research. Another 73 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1660, 1590, 1669, 1610, 1665, 1609, 1647, 1648, 1660, 1611, 1679, 1611, 1659, 1609, 1679, 1683, 1725 and 1682 are included under the topic Early Willdye History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Willdye Spelling Variations

Anglo-Norman names tend to be marked by an enormous number of spelling variations. This is largely due to the fact that Old and Middle English lacked any spelling rules when Norman French was introduced in the 11th century. The languages of the English courts at that time were French and Latin. These various languages mixed quite freely in the evolving social milieu. The final element of this mix is that medieval scribes spelled words according to their sounds rather than any definite rules, so a name was often spelled in as many different ways as the number of documents it appeared in. The name was spelled Wild, Wilde, Wildee, Wylde and others.

Early Notables of the Willdye family (pre 1700)

Outstanding amongst the family at this time was John Wilde or Wylde (1590-1669), Chief Baron of the exchequer, son and heir of George Wylde of Kempsey, Worcestershire, Serjeant-at-Law. [1] George Wild or Wilde (1610-1665), Bishop of Derry, born 9 Jan. 1609, the son of Henry Wild, a citizen of London. "When the civil war broke out he became preacher to the king at Oxford, and the degree of D.C.L. was conferred on him on 23 Nov. 1647. He was turned out of his fellowship by the parliamentary visitors in 1648, and was sequestered from his living at Biddenden, but continued to officiate...
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Migration of the Willdye family to Ireland

Some of the Willdye family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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Migration of the Willdye family

Because of the political and religious discontent in England, families began to migrate abroad in enormous numbers. Faced with persecution and starvation at home, the open frontiers and generally less oppressive social environment of the New World seemed tantalizing indeed to many English people. The trip was difficult, and not all made it unscathed, but many of those who did get to Canada and the United States made important contributions to the young nations in which they settled. Some of the first North American settlers with Willdye name or one of its variants: Robert Wild who settled in Virginia in 1635; William, John and Jo Wild, who all settled in Boston Massachusetts in 1635; John Wild, who settled in Barbados in 1654.