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| Name |
Johannes Tilghman |
| Birth |
~ 1225 |
Snodland Parish, Kent County, England  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
England [2] |
| Person ID |
I32196 |
The Hennessee Family |
| Last Modified |
14 Nov 2016 |
| Family |
unnamed spouse |
| Marriage |
Y [1] |
| Children |
| | 1. Ricardus Tilghman, b. 0___ 1313, Holloway Court, Snodland Parish, Kent County, England d. 0___ 1385, Holloway Court, Snodland Parish, Kent County, England (Age ~ 72 years) |
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| Family ID |
F11738 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
30 Apr 2023 |
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| Notes |
- Notes for Johannes Tilghman: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/o/f/John-A-Coffey/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0236.html
The family probably originated in southern France as "Von Till" as the coat of arms is nearly identical. The first recorded Tilghman in England is Johannes Tylghman.
The spouse of Johannes Tilghman is unknown. The name of Til or Tillman is derived from the occupation of its first bearers, either "tilemen," - the "tiler," - one who covered roofs with tiles, or as "tillman," a husbandman or farmer. The family motto of "Spes Agricolam" (Hope sustains the Farmer), would indicate the latter origin. The family name is found on ancient records of England in various forms of Tyleman, Tylman, Tyllman, Tylghman, Tilman, Tillman, and Tilghman.
In early German records it is Tillmann and changes in the spelling, resulting from ignorance of spelling on it of early-day clerks, variations in pronunciations, or merely from preference on the part of the bearer, tend to baffle. For example, the marriage licenses issued in London to Oswald Tilghman reads Tilghman for the first licenses and Tilman for the second one.
It is believed that the family originated in Southern France from whence they settled in the Reinland as the Von Till family. They later appeared in Germany as Tillmann. When the first of the Tilghman family appered in England it was a Tilman. About the year 1000 it became Tilghman. The arms of the Von Till family showed a shield, two lions, a helmet, and a crown, which is identical to the shielf of the Tilghman family. In the absence of factual information of the family prior to 1225 A.D., it may be assumed that the family came from Kent County, England, with the Jutes, in the invasion of England in 449. As early as 690 the Tilghman family was established in Kent County, for it is recorded that "Tilman was the name of one of the English priests who accompanied the ill-fated Hewalds in their loss ot the Continental Saxons, " and was a "man of great renown and was noble, as the world judgeth, who from a thane was becoming a monk."
The dictionary states that in Anglo-Saxon England the word "thane" denoted originally a warrior companion of an assigned to particular military duty. A later meaning of the word meant "freeman who possessed five or more hides of land and had a special appointment in the King's Hll, and was bound to render service in war as a landowner." Then there were others who were "thanes" on account of their birth and thus we find that "thanehood" was partly inherited and partially acquired. English records point out that thane of Kent surrounded himself with a chosen war band of compaions known a "thegns" who were rewarded for their services by gifts of the public land. Their distinction rested, not on hereditary rank, but servic rendered to the King, and they at last became a nobility that superseded the "eorls" of the original English Constitution. The Thegnmen became great officers of the State. They advanced with the advance of the King. They absorbed every post of honor: they became ealdormen, reeve, bishop, and judge; while their wealth incresed , the common folkland passed into the hads of the King and was out given out in estates of goodly size for dependents. Thus it is found that "Tilman, the Thegnman," was in Kent County as early as 690. The connected genealogy of the Tilghman family begins with the year 1225. It should be emphasized, however, that all English records of the family as "an ancient family of Snodland."
Records show the first of the family was Johannes or John Tilghman, born about1225. The records indicate that John Tilghman lived in Snodland Parish, Kent County, England. Several of the descendants settled in Faversham Hundred Parish, Kent County. Reference is made to the Kent and Sussex line of the family (Martin and Allardyce). The Sussex "line" is the Faversham branch of the family. The Tilghman family owned Holloway Court in Snodland Parish as well as several courts in Faversham. In the days of feudalism the tenure of such ownership vested largely in possession, with loyalty to the reigning sovereignty the rendering of military service thereto, and the ability to hold smae by force may have had much to do with proprietorship in the to the courts or castles mentioned. Philipott, in his book states that he had "examined all of the records very carefully and reached the conclusion that the Tilghman family had come into possession of Holloway Court in the reign of King Edward the 3rd (between 1313-1377). In the History of Kent, it is stated "Henry de Holeweye paid aid for Holewey Court in the beginning of the reign of King Henry, 3d. His descendant William de Holeweye possessed it in the 30th year of King Edward, 1st, from which name it passed into and that Richard Tilghman had his arms painted on very old glasses in the windows of the house." Holloway Court passed out of the ownership of the Tilghman family while owned by Edward Tilghman. [3]
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