| ![Show Contents]() Withnell History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins and Etymology of WithnellThe surname Withnell was first found in Cheshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor of Wettenhall. At the time of the taking of the Domesday Book in 1086, Wettenhall was held Gilbert de Venables, a Norman Baron, and conjecturally this family name is descended from that source or a relative. Venables was in the canton of Gaillon, near Evreux. They were hereditary huntsmen to the Dukes of Normandy. Gilbert the Hunter also held the barony of Kinderton in Cheshire from the Earl of Chester, Hugh Lupus, otherwise known as the Wolf. Withnell is a township, in the parish and hundred of Leyland, union of Chorley, N. division of Lancashire. "The township was a member of Hoghton manor, and part of the inheritance of a co-heiress of the Alansons, who married Roger de Withnil or Wythenall." 1 Originally called Withinhull, c. 1160, it was later listed as Withinhulle in the 1332 Subsidy Rolls of Lancashire, and literally meant "a hill where willow trees grow." 2 Early History of the Withnell familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Withnell research. Another 170 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1300 and 1600 are included under the topic Early Withnell History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Withnell Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Wettenhall, Wetenhall, Wetnall, Whetnall, Whettnall, Whettenhall, Watnall, Wattenhall, Wattenall, Wettenall, Wettenall, Whetonhall, Wetonhall, Whetnell, Wetenall, Whitnall, Wittenhall, Whittenhall, Witnal, Wittnall, Watnoll, Whatnoll, Withnell, Withnall, Wyttnell and many more. Early Notables of the Withnell familyMore information is included under the topic Early Withnell Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Withnell family to IrelandSome of the Withnell family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. More information about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
| Withnell migration to the United States | + |
Withnell Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Xtop Withnell, who arrived in Virginia in 1664 3
- John Withnell, who landed in Maryland in 1665 3
| Withnell migration to Australia | + |
Withnell Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century- John Withnell (1825-1898), English settler who operated a pastoral lease at Mount Welcome station, on the Harding River Western Australia in 1864
- Emma Mary Withnell (1842–1928), née Hancock, the first white, female settler in north west Western Australia; a pioneering pastoralist and businessperson, known as Mother of the North West among the aborigines, wife of John Withnell
| Contemporary Notables of the name Withnell (post 1700) | + |
- Robert Withnell, American Associate Professor of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Indiana University
- Ryan Glen Withnell, Canadian set decorator, known for Act 7 (2019)
- Adam Withnell (b. 1992), British animator, known for Juniper Jungle
- S Withnell, British cancer researcher at the Public Health Resource Unit, Institute of Health Sciences, Old Road, Headington, Oxford
- Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
- Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
- 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)
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