Tradition & Background
It has been passed down through the generations the
belief that all of the Wendens descended from a group of Saxon tribes
called Wends.
These tribes descended on Britain
in the 5th Century and were partly responsible for founding the
counties of Wessex, Essex, Sussex
& Middlesex.
In Latvia,
until the early part of the 20th Century, the second largest
city was called Wenden. It is now called Cesis and in 2006 they
celebrated 800 years of history. The image in the top right is of a
postage stamp issued in Wenden.
A village called Wenden
was recorded in the doomsday book in Essex and during the 16th to 19th
Centuries the Wenden family name was mainly restricted to Essex and East London. Several villages existed in Essex, two were combined to become Wendens Ambo and another
was the now virtually non-existent Wenden Lofts.
As with all surnames, spellings
became corrupted to Wendon, Wendel etc, (and still does!)
In the research
the exception to the above is a large group of Wendons living around Cornwall which if they
are related, the connection must be quite early.
Any Comments on this
thought!!
The Wendon's in the West
Country owe their surname to originally coming from the ancient Parish of
Wendron.
The research information which has
been gathered over a very long period is available for your
personal reference and if you can add extra information to this 'one name
study' please contact us on the link below.
Research into the Wenden & Wendon family name
The information
contained in this site is the culmination of nearly 30 years collecting
entries from the Central Record Office, (1837-1925), IGI’s, census returns
and other sources. In addition there has been considerable help from other
fellow Wenden researchers.
We welcome any
comments about the database regarding additions or
discrepancies. You can contact me at the
e-mail address below.
NEW Due to the recent availability of some Essex Parish
Records on-line, my ancestor’s connection to Earls Colne has been
found. All thanks to the vigilance
of S. Wagstaff. My tree has been
updated.
In addition the tree ending with Richard Wenden in White
Notley has been extended back another generation.
My complete personal
tree is available to view at http://kenwenden.tribalpages.com/
It requires a
password, use 'wendensambo'
Full Birth & Marriage indexes now available,
1837-1925, see also links at top of page
NB. Some index references were difficult to
decipher and are, therefore, my interpretation and should be checked.
Major Wenden found in
Earls Colne, Essex in 1841. Earls Colne 1841 Census & other Earls Colne records
This link will take you to the Wenden database,
(updated 23rd April 2010).
We would like to
thank the following for sharing their own personal research:
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