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 Wendon 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 8th August 2011).
We would like to
thank the following for sharing their own personal research:
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