Winnington History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England

The Winnington surname is generally thought to be a habitational name taken on from a place name, such as from Winnington, an area of the town of Northwich in Cheshire, or Winningham, a now lost place in from East Yorkshire.

Early Origins of the Winnington family

The surname Winnington was first found in Cheshire where the family is "an ancient family of 'that seed-plot of gentry,' Cheshire. The paternal name was De Croxton, but in the reign of Edward I., Robert son of Lidulfus de Croxton, marrying the heiress of Winnington of Winnington, took the surname of his wife's family. 1 2

"Winnington Hall, anciently the seat of the Winningtons" 3 is located in the township of Winnington. Winnington is also a township, in the parish of Muckleston in Staffordshire but we must look to Cheshire for the family's origin.

Early History of the Winnington family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Winnington research. Another 101 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1634, 1666, 1669, 1672, 1674, 1679, 1694, 1700, 1707, 1708, 1714, 1725 and 1736 are included under the topic Early Winnington History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Winnington Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Winnington, Winington, Winninton, Wininton and others.

Early Notables of the Winnington family

Outstanding amongst the family at this time was

Sir Francis Winnington, (1634-1700), English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales (1674-1679); and his son, Salwey Winnington (1666-1736), of Stanford Court, Worcestershire...
The family claim descent from Robert Winnington, Lord of the Manor of Winnington, Cheshire. 4

Winnington migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Winnington Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Dorothy Winnington, who arrived in Maryland in 1663
Richard Winnington, who landed in Maryland in 1663 5

Winnington Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Nathan Winnington, who arrived in Virginia in 1735
Robert Winnington, who settled in Virginia in 1745

Contemporary Notables of the name Winnington (post 1700) +

Sir Anthony Edward Winnington (b. 1948), 7th Baronet of Stanford Court in the County of Worcester, English peer
Sir Francis Salwey William Winnington (1907-2003), 6th Baronet of Stanford Court in the County of Worcester, English peer
Sir Francis Salwey Winnington (1849-1931), 5th Baronet of Stanford Court in the County of Worcester, English peer
Sir Thomas Edward Winnington (1811-1872), 4th Baronet of Stanford Court in the County of Worcester, English peer
Sir Thomas Edward Winnington (1780-1839), 3rd Baronet of Stanford Court in the County of Worcester, English peer
Sir Edward Winnington (1749-1805), 2nd Baronet of Stanford Court in the County of Worcester, English peer
Sir Edward Winnington (1728-1791), 1st Baronet of Stanford Court in the County of Worcester, English peer
Salwey Winnington (1666-1736), English landowner and Member of Parliament
Elijah Winnington (b. 2000), Australian competitive swimmer, three time bronze medal winner at the 2017 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, gold medalist at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and bronze medalist at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo

Citations +

Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
Shirley, Evelyn Philip, The Noble and Gentle Men of England; The Arms and Descents. Westminster: John Bower Nichols and Sons, 1866, Print.
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. 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)