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STONER
Origin: English
Coat of Arms: Black and gold with three eagles counterchanged.
Crest: A gold eagle emerging from a crown.
Surname History:
Spelling variations include: Stonor, Stoner, Stonore, and others.
First found in Oxfordshire. Sir Richard Stonore married into the Harnhulls thereby acquiring the manors of Harnhull, Condicote, Hembury, and Dutton, about 1200.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Alex Stoner who settled in Virginia in 1638; Chris and Fredrick Stoner landed in Philadelphia Pa. in 1764 and 1795 respectively; John Stoner settled in Virginia in 1640 and others.
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STORMS
Origin: German
Coat of Arms: A blue shield with a blue and silver checkered stripe and a chevron.
Surname History:
Spelling variations include: Storm, Stormer, Stoermer, Stormere, Stormen, Strom and many more.
First found in Mecklenburg and Silesia, where they emerged as a notable family name within the territories of northern Germany and as far north as Sweden and Norway.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Johannes Boy Storm, who came to Philadelphia in 1727. Jacob Storm came in 1728, while Philip Storm came in 1749. Christoph Stormer came in 1749, while Deobald Stormer arrived in 1738.
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STRAWN & VARIATIONS
Origin: Scottish
Coat of Arms: Gold with a black stag at gaze.
Crest: A demi deer with a thistle in its mouth.
Surname History:
Spelling variations include: Strachan, Strawn, Strachen, Straughan, Straghan, Strain and many more.
First found in in Kincardineshire where they had been seated from ancient times.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: William Straughan settled in Virginia in 1635; George Straughan settled in New Jersey in 1773; James Straham settled in Maryland in 1774; Robert Strachan settled in New England in 1773; and others.
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TODD
Origin: English
Coat of Arms: Silver with three foxes heads.
Crest: A fox seated.
Motto: Oportet vivere
Surname History:
Spelling variations include: Todd, Tod, Todde, and others.
First found in in Berwickshire where they were seated from early times.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: George and Mary Todd settled in Virginia in 1650; Robert Todd settled in Virginia in 1622; William Todd settled in Virginia in 1651. Adam, Andrew, Charles, Daniel, David, George, and others.
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VAUGHN
Origin: Welsh
Coat of Arms: Black a chevron between three silver fleur de lis
Crest: An arm holding the fleur de lis.
Motto: Non revertar inultus
Surname History:
Spelling variations include: Vaughan, Vaughn, and others.
First found in in Shropshire where they were descended from Tudor Trevor, the Earl of Hereford, and Lord of Maylors.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: George Vaughan settled in Maine in 1629; Patrick Vaughan settled in Virginia in 1635; Elizabeth Vaughan settled in Virginia in 1654; John Vaughan settled in Virginia in and others.
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VAUGHN
Origin: Irish
Surname History:
The name Vaughan in Ireland is derived from either Welsh settlers who arrived into the country in the seventeenth century or from native Gaelic Septs that adopted Vaughan as the anglicized version of their name. The O'Beachain Sept from County Clare was one such Sept who did this as was the O'Mochain Sept of County Kilkenny who more usually anglicized their name as Moghan or Moughan.
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WARFIELD
Origin: English
Coat of Arms: Red shield with three gold lions.
Surname History:
Spelling variations include: Warfield, Warefield, Worfield, Wawfield, Wafield, Wayfield and many more.
First found in Berkshire where they were anciently seated. The village of Warfield now contains Warfield House, Warfield Hall, Warfield Chase and Warfield Park.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: settlers were recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Florida, and to the islands.
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WEAVER
Origin: English
Coat of Arms: Gold on a blue horizontal stripe with red borders, two wheatsheaves.
Crest: An Antelope.
Motto: Esto fidelis
Surname History:
Spelling variations include: Weaver, Wever, Weever, and others.
First found in in Cheshire, where they were seated at the time of the Conquest, and Lords of the manor of Weaver.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Edmund and James Weaver settled in Salem, Massachusetts in 1630; John Weaver and his wife settled in the Barbados in 1678; Samuel Weaver settled in Virginia in 1624; Catherine and Christian Weavers settled in Philadelphia in 1764. and others.
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WEAVER
Origin: German
Coat of Arms: A blue shield displaying three gold stars.
Crest: A star.
Motto: Gott segne uns
Surname History:
Spelling variations include: Weber, Webber, Webere, Weberer, Waeber, Weyber, Webern and many more.
First found in the provinces of Prussia, as well as of Austria, which became the fertile sources of the many succeeding branches of the family name.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Jacob Weber, who arrived in New York State with his family in 1708 and who was the first recorded immigrant of this name. Hans Weber came with his wife Barbara Schweitzer and their six children to Carolina or Pennsylvania in 1749. Chronicles list several hundred bearers of the Weber name who arrived in the New World in the 18th and 19th centuries. Caspar Weber arrived in Philadelphia in 1744, as did Christoph Weber in 1764, Fritz Weber in 1748, and Hans Georg Weber in 1751. George Weber came to Charles Town, South Carolina in 1764, and Diedrich Weber arrived in Texas in 1845.
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WHEELER
Origin: English
Coat of Arms: Green on a gold horizontal stripe three green lions.
Crest: A griffin's head emerging from a crown.
Motto: Avito jure
Surname History:
Spelling variations include: Wheeler, Wheler, Wheller, and others.
First found in in Worcestershire where they had been seated from ancient times, before and after the Norman Conquest in 1066, at Martin Hussingtree.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Joseph Wheeler who settled in New England in 1630; Mercy Wheeler settled in Massachusetts in 1633; Henry Wheeler settled in Virginia in 1623; Isaac Wheeler settled in Charlestown Mass. between 1 and others.
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WHEELER
Origin: Irish
Surname History:
The name Wheeler in Ireland is of English origin and has been present in the country since 1603 when a prominent family of the name settled in County Kilkenny. A separate branch of the family settled in County Limerick and it is in these two Counties that the majority of descendants can still be found.
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WOLFE
Origin: English
Coat of Arms: Red with a chevron between three wolves heads.
Crest: A half wolf.
Motto: Fides in adversis
Surname History:
Spelling variations include: Wolfe, Wolf, Woolf, Woolfe, Wolff, de Wolfe, Lupus and many more.
First found in in Cheshire where they were descended from Hugh Lupus (Wolf), the Earl of Chester, and chief subject of King William the Conqueror.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: John George Wolf settled in New England in 1709 with his wife, two sons, and two daughters; Thomas Wolf settled in Philadelphia Pa. in 1683; Paul Wolf settled in Philadelphia Pa.
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WOLFE
Origin: German
Coat of Arms: A gold shield displaying two wolves and a Catherine Wheel.
Crest: A wolf.
Motto: Virtutis praemium
Surname History:
Spelling variations include: Wolf, Wolff, Wolfen, Wolfe, Wulf, and others.
First found in Saxony, the Baltic regions of Latvia and Lithuania, Bohemia, and Moravia, where they emerged as a notable family name within these territories early in the middle ages.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Paul Wolff, who came to Germantown, Pennsylvania in 1691; of the over one hundred bearers of the name who came to Philadelphia there were Hans Bernard Wolf in 1727, Johann Peter Wolf in 1739, as well as Jonas Wolf in 1732; Bertram Wolff arrived in New York in 1709-10; Magdalena Wolf arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1742, while Ludewig Wolff and Michael Wolff came to Canada in 1783 with the Empire Loyalists. Othilie Wolf came to Baltimore and others.
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WOLFE
Origin: Irish
Surname History:
The names Wolfe and Woulfe in Ireland were brought to the country by Anglo-Norman settlers who arrived in the twelfth century. They setled in Counties Kildare and Leitrim but the name can now be most often found in the Province of Munster and particularly in County Cork.
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YOUNG
Origin: English
Coat of Arms: Gold with three red roses.
Crest: A wolf.
Motto: Toujours jeune (Always Ready)
Surname History:
Spelling variations include: Young, Younge, Yonge, Youngson, and others.
First found in in Somersetshire where they had been seated from very ancient times, before and after the Norman Conquest in 1066.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: John Yonge, his wife and six children settled in Salem Mass. in 1637; Captain Young settled in Boston in 1765; Joseph Young, a fisherman of Trinity, Newfoundland, settled in 1763; Edward and Jane Young settled in Virginia and others.
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YOUNG
Origin: Irish
Surname History:
The name Young in Ireland was brought to the country by Scottish and English settlers in the seventeenth century. The main setlement point was in the Province of Ulster where the majority of descendants can still be found.
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ZIMMERMAN
Origin: German
Coat of Arms: On a red shield there is a gold cross stripe with a bird and three roses.
Motto: Labor ispe voluptas
Surname History:
Spelling variations include: Zimmer, Zimmerle, Zimmerer, Zimmermann, Zimmerman and many more.
First found in Prussia, where they emerged as a notable family name within the territories of Saxony, Brandenburg, and Silesia in the middle ages.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Maria Margaretha and her four children came to Germantown, Pennsylvania in 1694. Gerhard Zimmermann came to America in 1740; Elizabeth Zimerman came to Philadelphia in 1789; Johan Jacob Zimmer arrived in Philadelphia in 1733; Anna Margaret Zimmer and others.
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ZIMMERMAN
Origin: Jewish
Coat of Arms: A shield with a red bottom half featuring a griffin holding an ax and a blue top half with three gold stars of David.
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