Tichenor History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Tichenor family

The surname Tichenor was first found in Sussex where the name is thought to have been from "Tichenor, probably a corruption of At Itchenor, 'T Itchenor, from the river Itchen; the name of a village." 1

However, another source claims the name denotes someone "who came from Tichnor (Tyca's shore), in Kent. 2

And finally to confuse matters more, another source claims the name the surname "is derived from an occupation. Mr. Lower, quoting Mr. Ferguson, says, 'Dutch teekenaar, a drawer or designer' 3. This seems the more probable as the surname is modern in England, and may be the result of immigration." 4 "Ticknor is a famous American name." 5

Early History of the Tichenor family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Tichenor research. Another 70 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1575, 1630, 1660, 1662, 1707, 1757, 1771, 1791, 1810, 1821, 1864 and 1871 are included under the topic Early Tichenor History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Tichenor Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Tichenor, Ticknor, Titchner, Tiknor, Tikner, Titchener, Tycknor, Tyckner, Tytchener and many more.

Early Notables of the Tichenor family

Distinguished members of the family include John Tutchin (c.1660-1707), a radical Whig controversialist and gadfly English journalist. He was probably born in Hampshire or the Isle of Wight, but he claimed "that he was born a freeman of the city of London, and that his father, grandfather, and several of his uncles were nonconformist ministers. No doubt he was nearly related to the Rev. Robert Tutchin of Newport, Isle of Wight, who, like his three sons, was ejected in 1662. " 6Elisha...
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Tichenor Ranking

In the United States, the name Tichenor is the 10,286^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 7

Tichenor migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Tichenor Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Martin Tichenor, who settled in New Haven, CT in 1644

Tichenor Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Henry Tichenor, who arrived in New York in 1838
Stephen W. Tichenor, who settled in Galveston, TX in 1839
H L Tichenor, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 8

Contemporary Notables of the name Tichenor (post 1700) +

Harold Tichenor (b. 1946), American-born, Canadian multi-award winning film producer and writer
Todd Frederick Tichenor (b. 1976), American Major League Baseball umpire
Dylan Tichenor (b. 1968), American Academy Award and Satellite Award nominated film editor
Isaac Tichenor (1754-1838), American politician, 3rd and 5th Governor of Vermont and United States Senator
Dr. George Humphrey Tichenor (1837-1923), American surgeon, a pioneer in the use of antiseptics
Trebor Jay Tichenor (1940-2014), recognized authority on Scott Joplin and the ragtime era

Citations +

Charnock, Richard, Stephen, Ludus Patronymicus of The Etymology of Curious Surnames. London: Trubner & Co., 60 Paternoster Row, 1868. Print.
Smith, Eldson Coles, New Dictionary of American Family Names New York: Harper & Row, 1956. Print
Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)