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The origins of the Whisson name appear to have a
Nordic root,
our Viking kin sowing their seeds down through the Germanic tribes
of Europe into the Norman realms of France.
After William The Conqueror landed on our shores in 1066 the name
Wisson/Whisson was most commonly found in the Norfolk area.
Apparently mostly setting up trade as farmers or labourers. But
also as
"falconers to the lord of the manor".
In the early 1980's a descendant of the East Anglian family, Ned
Whisson,
commissioned Lionel Merritt to research the Whisson family tree,
which
took in a great deal of work in England & Australia's parish
records, etc.
With relatives on both sides of the globe assisting the volume
"Australia,
The Promised Land; The Whisson Family History" was published in
1984.
It covers in great detail those Norfolk days from the 1500s onward
in the
tiny villages of Caston & Colton, through the 1800s, where Ned's
ancestors
emigrated to Australia to start life anew.
Right up to the latter half of the 20th Century, featuring branches
of the
family who had stayed in England.
However, there were some loose ends, which they had not been aware
of.
This included a handful of Whissons who moved onto the North Norfolk
coast
to a small port known by the name of Wells-Next-The-Sea.
There was born in December 1836, George William Whisson.
22 years later, a mariner he would set sail up the North Sea to sire
the
beginning of an ever expanding family in the North East of England-
The Whissons of Whitby.
On informing Ned of this lost tribe he often asked me to compose a
book
of our own. So, here it is in cyber format for you to read & even
download,
if you wish.
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