Willkey Surname, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Willkey Early Origins

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The surname Willkey was first found in Kent where they held a family seat from very ancient times, before and after the Norman Conquest in 1066, and were Lords of the manor of Ellington House and Blackheath in that shire.

Willkey Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Wilkie, Wilkey, Wilky, Willeke and others.

Willkey Early History

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Willkey research. Another 171 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1300, 1563, 1574, 1591 and 1627 are included under the topic Early Willkey History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Willkey Early Notables (pre 1700)

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The Great Migration

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: James Wilkie who settled in South Carolina in 1716; Samuel Wilkie settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1863; Walter Wilkie settled in Charles Town [Charleston], South Carolina in 1823..

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Burke, Sir Bernard. General Armory Of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Ramsbury: Heraldry Today. Print.
Ingram, Rev. James. Translator Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 1823. Print.
Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard and David Faris. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 7th Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0806313676).
Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Galveston Texas 1896-1951. National Archives Washington DC. Print.
Leeson, Francis L. Dictionary of British Peerages. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1986. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-1121-5).
Shirley, Evelyn Philip. Noble and Gentle Men of England Or Notes Touching The Arms and Descendants of the Ancient Knightley and Gentle Houses of England Arranged in their Respective Counties 3rd Edition. Westminster: John Bowyer Nichols and Sons, 1866. Print.
Chadwick, Nora Kershaw and J.X.W.P Corcoran. The Celts. London: Penguin, 1790. Print. (ISBN 0140212116).
Holt, J.C. Ed. Domesday Studies. Woodbridge: Boydell, 1987. Print. (ISBN 0-85115-477-8).
Burke, Sir Bernard. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry: Including American Families with British Ancestry. (2 Volumes). London: Burke Publishing, 1939. Print.
Burke, Sir Bernard. Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, The Privy Council, Knightage and Compainonage. London: Burke Publishing, 1921. Print.
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The Willkey Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Willkey Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

This page was last modified on 7 February 2014 at 13:48.