The origin of the name WALLIN is Welsh and the Coat of Arms contains Red with a diagonal ermine stripe. The Crest is A wyvern on a silver tower. The family motto is Drwy rynwedd gwaed.
Spelling variations include: Walwyn, Wallwyn, Wallin, Walwin and others.
First found in Pembrokeshire where the family claim descent from Gualgnain or Gwalwynne, who was King Arthur's sister's son, as attested by historians William of Malmesbury, and Robert of Gloucester.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: James Walwyn settled in the Barbados in 1678 with his daughter Anne, and servants; John Wallin settled in New England in 1764; Mr. Wallin settled in New York in 1841.
