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![Show Contents]() Woodbury History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The Woodbury family chronicle reaches back into history to the Boernician tribe of ancient Scotland. The Woodbury family lived in any of a number of places of the same name in Ayrshire, Kincardine, and Midlothian. The place-name Woodbury comes from the Old English words, wudu and burna, which mean wood and stream. The place-name referred to a stream which ran through the woods. The original bearer of the surname Woodbury would have lived near such a stream. Early Origins of the Woodbury familyThe surname Woodbury was first found in Northumberland, where they held a family seat from very ancient times, before and after the Norman Conquest of 1066. Early History of the Woodbury familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Woodbury research. Another 59 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1500, 1506 and 1685 are included under the topic Early Woodbury History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Woodbury Spelling VariationsSpelling variations occur frequently in Scottish names that date from the medieval era. They result from a general lack of grammatical rules and the tendency to spell names according to sound. Woodbury has been spelled Woodburn, Woodburne, Woodbine, Woodbourne, Whiteburn and many more. Early Notables of the Woodbury familyMore information is included under the topic Early Woodbury Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Woodbury RankingIn the United States, the name Woodbury is the 4,372nd most popular surname with an estimated 7,461 people with that name. 1  Migration of the Woodbury family to Ireland
Some of the Woodbury 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.
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In the 20th century, the ancestors of many of those Boernician-Scottish people still populate North America. They distributed themselves on either side of the border at the time of the War of Independence. United Empire Loyalists went north to Canada and those who wanted a new nation stayed south. Both groups went on to found great nations. Some of the first North American settlers with Woodbury name or one of its variants:
Woodbury Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- John Woodbury, from Dorset, who arrived in Salem, Massachusetts in 1624 aboard the ship "Zouch Phoenix" 2
- Humphrey Woodbury, who landed in New England in 1628 2
- William Woodbury, who arrived in Beverly, Massachusetts in 1630 2
- Nicholas Woodbury, who landed in Salem, Massachusetts in 1638 2
- Peter Woodbury, who arrived in Beverly, Massachusetts in 1640 2
Woodbury Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- S Woodbury, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 2
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Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include: Woodbury Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century- Mr. William Woodbury, British Convict who was convicted in Middlesex, England for 14 years for coining, transported aboard the "Caledonia" on 5th July 1820, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 3
- James Woodbury, aged 18, who arrived in South Australia in 1852 aboard the ship "Standard" 4
| Contemporary Notables of the name Woodbury (post 1700) | + |
- Charles Herbert Woodbury (1864-1940), American marine painter
- Eri Davidson Woodbury (1837-1928), Union Army officer during the American Civil War
- Daniel Phineas Woodbury (1812-1864), American soldier and an engineer during the American Civil War
- Egburt E. Woodbury (1862-1920), American lawyer and politician
- Tory Woodbury (b. 1978), American football quarterback /wide receiver
- Bruce L. Woodbury (b. 1944), American politician and lawyer in Nevada
- Gordon Woodbury (1863-1924), United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy
- Peter Woodbury (1899-1970), American judge of the United States Court of Appeals
- Urban Andrain Woodbury (1838-1915), American Civil War veteran, an entrepreneur and a U.S. politician
- Levi Woodbury (1789-1851), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
- ... (Another 6 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- 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)
- Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 25th November 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/caledonia
- South Australian Register Tuesday 3 February 1852. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) STANDARD 1852. Retrieved http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/standard1852.shtml
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