| ![Show Contents]() Woodfall Surname History
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England
Early Origins of the Woodfall familyThe surname Woodfall was first found in Lancashire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. 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 1285 when Richard Woodfall held lands. Early History of the Woodfall familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Woodfall research. Another 71 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1455, 1487, 1686, 1735 and 1747 are included under the topic Early Woodfall History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Woodfall Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Woodfall, Woodfal, Woodfalls and others. Early Notables of the Woodfall family- Henry Woodfall (c. 1686- 1747), English author of the ballad "Darby and Joan," a proverbial phrase for a married couple content to share a quiet life of mutual devotion published in 1735. The ballad w...
| Woodfall migration to the United States | + |
Woodfall Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Thomas Woodfall, who arrived in Maryland in 1665 1
Woodfall Settlers in United States in the 20th Century- Fred Woodfall, aged 21, who immigrated to America, in 1918
- Irene May Woodfall, aged 25, who landed in America from Hitchen, England, in 1918
- Thomas Woodfall, aged 39, who immigrated to the United States, in 1921
| Contemporary Notables of the name Woodfall (post 1700) | + |
- William Woodfall (1746-1803), English printer and publisher, founder of The Morning Chronicle in 1769 in London 2
- Henry Sampson Woodfall (1739-1805), English printer and journalist, grandson of Henry Woodfall (c. 1686-1747), author of the ballad Darby and Joan 3
- George Woodfall (1767-1844), English printer, son of Henry Sampson Woodfall 3
- Henry Dick Woodfall (1796-1869), English businessman who co-founded Alten Copper Works in Kåfjord, Norway
- Henry Woodfall Crowe (1832-1865), British-Norwegian interpreter, translator, and author, born in Kåfjord, Norway
- 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)
- Wikisource contributors. "Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900." Wikisource . Wikisource , 4 Jun. 2018. Web. 13 Feb. 2019
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