Tweedwell Family History & Genealogy

Summary

Wm Tweedwell settled In Pittsylvania Co, VA in 1750. On tithable lists and other records, such as The 10.000 Name Petition, the last name was mostly spelled Tweedwell. A few yrs later, some of his sons spelled it Twedwell and then some of their son's spelled it Twidwell. There were variants of this, including Tweddell, Twedel, Tweedle, etc.

History

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Name Origin

Tweedwell appears to have come from Tweed's Well in Scotland. Tweed's Well is a spring and the source of the River Tweed. This family apparently went to Northern Ireland (Scots-Irish, Ulster-Scots) in the 1600's and then to the US in the 1700's. Wm Wm Tweedwell looks to be the immigrant in the 1750's, settling in VA.

Spellings & Pronunciations

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Nationality & Ethnicity

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Early Tweedwells

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