Wimpey History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Wimpey family

The surname Wimpey was first found in Suffolk where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1325 when John Wimple then held lands.

Early History of the Wimpey family

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Wimpey Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Wimper, Wimpy, Wimpey, Whimpy, Whimpey, Whimper, Wimple, Wimpley and many more.

Early Notables of the Wimpey family

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Wimpey migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Wimpey Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

John Wimpey, who arrived in Virginia in 1654 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Wimpey (post 1700) +

George Wimpey, English stonemason and founder in 1880 of George Wimpey plc, one of the Britain's largest house builders

Citations +

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)