| ![Show Contents]() Wimbish History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
- Origins Available:
 England Early Origins of the Wimbish familyThe surname Wimbish was first found in Essex, at Wimbish, an ancient Anglo-Saxon village and civil parish within Uttlesford that dates back to c. 1040 when it was listed as Winebisc and Wimbisc. By the time of the Domesday Book of 1086, the village was known and listed as Wimbeis and possibly meant "bushy copse of a man called Wine," from the Old English personal name + "bysce." 1 Early History of the Wimbish familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Wimbish research. Another 106 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1190, 1510 and 1600 are included under the topic Early Wimbish History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Wimbish Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Wimbishe, Wymbishe, Wimbyshe, Wymbyshe, Wimbush, Wimbish, Winbush, Winbisse, Winbiss, Wimbis and many more. Early Notables of the Wimbish familyOutstanding amongst the family at this time was - the Wimbishe family of Lincolnshire
Wimbish RankingIn the United States, the name Wimbish is the 11,926th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 2 Migration of the Wimbish familySome of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..
| Contemporary Notables of the name Wimbish (post 1700) | + |
- Christopher C. Wimbish (b. 1895), American Democratic Party politician, Member of Illinois State Senate 3rd District; Defeated, 1938; Elected 1942, 1946; Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1948 3
- C. C. Wimbish, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1956 3
- C. C. Wimbish, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1888, 1896 3
- C. Bette Wimbish, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from Florida 8th District, 1988 3
- Doug Wimbish (b. 1956), American bass player from Hartford, Connecticut, best known for his work with the rock band Living Colour
 |
