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Early Origins of the Whitebone family

The surname Whitebone 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 1401 with Richard Whitebrow held lands.

Early History of the Whitebone family

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Whitebone Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Whitebrow, Whitebrown, Whitebroe, Whitebon, Whitbrow, Whitbrow, Whitbrown, Whitbroe, Whitebone, Witbone, Qwhitebrow, Quhitbrow, Whitebroke and many more.

Early Notables of the Whitebone family

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Whitebone migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Whitebone Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • James Whitebone, who landed in Virginia in 1658 1


  1. 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)


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