WHITLOCK is a name whose history is entwined with the ancient Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain, It was a name for a person with white hair. looking back further, we find the name Whitlock was derived from the Old English words "whit," meaning "white" and "lock," meaning "tress" or "hair."

Spelling variations include: Whitlock, Whitelock, Witlock and Others.

First found in Devonshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times, before and after the Norman Conquest in 1066.

Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Thomas and Ann Whitlock, who settled in Virginia in 1638; Willaim Whitelock settled in the Barbados in 1776.

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