Winterscale History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Winterscale family

The surname Winterscale was first found in Yorkshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor in the West Riding in the parish of Ingleton which was the King's land. 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 1379 when Magota de Wynterscalle who held the estates.

Early History of the Winterscale family

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Winterscale Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Winterskill, Wintersgill, Winterscale, Winterscall, Winterscale, Wintershall, Wintersell, Wintershell and many more.

Early Notables of the Winterscale family

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Winterscale migration to the United States +

Winterscale Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Thomas Winterscale, aged 50, who landed in New York in 1812 1

Sources +

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)