Show ContentsTarrence History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The Tarrence surname is an Anglicization, derived from the Irish Gaelic "Mac Toirdhealbhaigh."

Early Origins of the Tarrence family

The surname Tarrence was first found in Leinster, where they held a family seat as chiefs of Hy-Cinselagh. Irish history, after the Norman Conquest of England, was strongly influenced by the invasion of Strongbow in 1172, almost equal to the enormous Irish cultural impact on England Scotland, Wales and the whole of Europe before the Norman Conquest from the 1st to 7th centuries. Many Irish clanns, sept names were intermixed and family groupings became almost indistinguishable. This family name was found later in Armagh and Down to the north where the name also became a Christian Name.

Early History of the Tarrence family

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Tarrence Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: McTurley, Turley, McTirlay, Turlough, McTurlogh, McTorrilogh, Torley, McTerrelly, Terrance, Terence, Terry, McTorrilogh, McTirloch and many more.

Early Notables of the Tarrence family

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Migration of the Tarrence family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Edward Turley, who received a land patent in Maryland in 1674; Francis Turley, who came to Virginia in 1682; James Turley, who arrived in Charles Town [Charleston], South Carolina from Ireland in 1791 aboard the brig ".


Contemporary Notables of the name Tarrence (post 1700) +

  • Michael Tarrence Penix Jr. (b. 2000), American football quarterback for the Washington Huskies of the Pac-12 Conference


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