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The
WHEWELL Family of C17th Birstall, WRY
From the OE
for wheel, variants include WHEWALL, WHEAWELL, WHEYWELL, WHEWILL,
& WHEYWILL. Another name for wheelwright.
Yorkshire
dialect also ensures other variants such as WHEWIN, WHEWWALL,
QUEUWALL, HEWALL, YOUAL, YOUELL, etc.
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Distribution
of the family name in 1881.
The name is dominant in
Lancashire.
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Head of the family is
Sarah WHEWELL,
ancestry unknown, who married John
ALLOTT in
1685 Birstall. My 8xGGPs. Sarah
is likely to be d/o Abraham WHEWILL
(c1645) of Heckmondwike (of Hightown Heights in 1668), who
married Susan HUDSWELL
in 28.4.1659, Birstall. Abraham & Susan would be my 9xGGPs.
Their family was:
Abraham WHEWELL
(c1645) is s/o John WHEWELL
of Heckmondwike & Elizabeth
HEPWORTH
who married in 1634, my 10xGGPs. Their children also include:
Birstall
WHEWELL C17th/C18th Data & Trees
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