Winnter History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Winnter

The origins of the Winnter surname date from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. Their name originated with an early member who was a person born in the wintertime having derived from the Old English word wintar, meaning wet season. 1

Early Origins of the Winnter family

Early History of the Winnter family

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Winnter Spelling Variations

The English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore, spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Winnter has been recorded under many different variations, including Winter, Winters, Wynter and others.

Early Notables of the Winnter family

Thomas Winter or Wintour (1572-1606), an English conspirator, the younger brother of Robert Winter of Huddington, Worcestershire. "They were descended from Wintor, the castellan of Carnarvon, their name being originally Gwyntou. The family settled at Wych in the reign of Edward I, and there remained till Roger Wintor in the reign of Henry VI married the coheiress of Huddington and Cassy. George Winter, the father of Robert and Thomas by his first wife, Jane Ingleby, was the son of Robert Winter of Cavewell, Gloucestershire. " 5 Admiral Sir William Winter or Wynter (d. 1589), was from an "old Brecknock family, the elder...
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Migration of the Winnter family to Ireland

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

For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Winnter or a variant listed above: John Winter, who settled in Maine in 1616; four years before the "Mayflower"; Robert Winter settled in Virginia in 1616; four years before the ".