Tilghman is a surname of English origin, and has its origins in Middle Ages England. The Tilghman family name according to evidence by historical findings is one of the oldest and most well researched surnames.
6-586: Tilghman may refer to: People [ edit ] Tilghman (surname) , a surname and a list of people with the surname Tilghman Howard (1797–1844), American politician Tilghman Tucker (1802–1859), American politician, governor of Mississippi from 1842 to 1844 Other uses [ edit ] Tilghman Island, Maryland , United States, an island Paducah Tilghman High School , Paducah, Kentucky, United States See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing Tilghman Topics referred to by
12-632: A family at the Snodland Parish called Holloway Court. However the origins of the Tilghman family go back beyond that. The Venerable Bede mentioned in Volume 1 of his writings that the Tilghman family settled in Kent, England, in 692. The oldest finding of the name Tilghman was in 692 and was that of a Monk Tilmon (Tilghman) [this was not however a surname nor likely to be handed on to heirs] who
18-595: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Tilghman (surname) The family motto is: Spes Alit Agricolam (Latin) "Hope Nourishes the Farmer" The first identified Tilghman was Johannes Tilghman, recorded in 1225 in Kent, England, who can be found in Stephen Fredrick Tillman's book "Spes Alit Agricolam." There in Kent the Tilghmans held
24-576: The family also believe according to historical findings that the Tilghmans were thegns in medieval England and have traced their origins to that of William the Conqueror and Alfred the Great by way of Anna "Sanders" Tilghman circa 1572. Many of the Tilghmans in the United States today are descended from Dr. Richard Tilghman, a surgeon who sailed from England with his wife in 1660 and settled
30-469: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Tilghman . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tilghman&oldid=878069862 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
36-700: Was with the Two Ewalds when they met their fate . Some who have researched the family believe the Tilghman family originated near the Rhine River as the French Von Till family and later migrated to England. Others who have researched the family however believe the Tilghmans came to England during the Anglo-Saxon invasions of the 4th century with the Jutes . Those who have done extensive research on
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