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Early Origins of the Tipping family

The surname Tipping was first found in Lancashire where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say before the Conquest in 1066.

Early History of the Tipping family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Tipping research. Another 126 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1560, 1599, 1614, 1627, 1648, 1649, 1653, 1690, 1693, 1698, 1718 and 1776 are included under the topic Early Tipping History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Tipping Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Tipping, Tippin, Tippyng, Tippynge, Tippinge, Tippen, Tippan, Tippang, Tippyn, Tiping, Tipyng, Typing, Typpen, Typpan, Typpin and many more.

Early Notables of the Tipping family

Notables of the family at this time include

  • Sir George Tipping (1560-1627) of Wheatfield, Oxfordshire
  • William Tipping (1599-1649), was an English religious writer, nicknamed Eternity Tipping, second son of Sir George Tipping (d. 1627) of Wheatfield and Draycott, Oxfordshire. 1
  • John Tipping of Wheatfield, Oxfordshire and his son, Sir Thomas Tipping (1614-1693), was a prominent Parliamentarian during the English Civil War; and his son, Sir Thomas Tipping (1653-1718), an Engli...
  • Bartholomew Tipping (1648-1718), High Sheriff of Berkshire in 1690

Ireland Migration of the Tipping family to Ireland

Some of the Tipping family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 34 words (2 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.


United States Tipping migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Tipping Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • William Tipping, who arrived in Maryland in 1664 2
Tipping Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • John and Mary Tipping, who settled in Maryland in 1725
  • Thomas Tipping, who settled in New England in 1770
Tipping Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Robert Tipping, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1871 2
  • Catherine Tipping, aged 28, who arrived in America, in 1892
Tipping Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Thomas Tipping, aged 34, who arrived in America from Donegal, Ireland, in 1904
  • John Edward Tipping, aged 30, who arrived in America from Birmingham, England, in 1905
  • Cath. Tipping, aged 42, who arrived in America from Liverpool, in 1905
  • Francis Tipping, aged 20, who arrived in America from Dungannon, Ireland, in 1909
  • Frank Newton Tipping, aged 20, who arrived in America from England, in 1910
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Canada Tipping migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Tipping Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century
  • Mr. Francis Tipping U.E. who settled in Charlotte County, New Brunswick c. 1784 he was a member of the Port Matoon Association 3

Australia Tipping migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Tipping Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

New Zealand Tipping migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Tipping Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century
  • Thomas Tipping, who landed in Wellington, New Zealand in 1844
  • Mr. Tipping, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Zealandia" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 8th December 1863 6
  • Ms. Tipping, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Zealandia" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 8th December 1863 6
  • Mr. Charles Tipping, (b. 1855), aged 20, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Helen Denny" arriving in Hawkes Bay, Napier, North Island, New Zealand on 20th September 1875 7

Contemporary Notables of the name Tipping (post 1700) +

  • Robert S. Tipping, American Republican politician, Mayor of Englewood, New Jersey, 1939
  • Bartholomew Tipping (1735-1798), English politician, High Sheriff of Berkshire
  • William Tipping (1816-1897), English railway magnate and Conservative politician
  • Timothy "Tip" Tipping (1958-1993), English film and television stuntman and actor who died in a parachuting accident, known for his work on Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Batman (1989) and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
  • Marjorie Tipping Tipping MBE (1917-2009), Australian historian and patron of community services
  • Henry Avray Tipping (1855-1933), French-born British writer on country houses and gardens, son of William Tipping
  • Simon Patrick Tipping (b. 1949), British Labour Party politician, Police and Crime Commissioner for Nottinghamshire Police (2012-), Member of Parliament for Sherwood (1992-2010)
  • Sir Andrew Patrick Charles Tipping KNZM (b. 1942), New Zealand acting judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand
  • Marjorie Tipping Tipping MBE (1917-2009), Australian historian and patron of community services
  • Tipping Silvester (1700-1768), English divine and author, the son of John Silvester, linendraper, of St. Mary Woolnoth, London

HMS Dorsetshire
  • Richard Edwin Leslie Tipping (d. 1945), British Engine Room Artificer 4th Class aboard the HMS Dorsetshire when she was struck by air bombers and sunk; he died in the sinking 8
HMS Hood
  • Mr. Alfred J E Tipping (b. 1895), English Able Seaman serving for the Royal Navy from Guildford, Surrey, England, who sailed into battle and died in the HMS Hood sinking 9


  1. Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
  2. 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)
  3. Rubincam, Milton. The Old United Empire Loyalists List. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1976. (Originally published as; United Empire Loyalists. The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada. Rose Publishing Company, 1885.) ISBN 0-8063-0331-X
  4. Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 14th July 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/atlas
  5. State Library of Queensland. (Retrieved 2016, October 27) Albion voyage to New South Wales, Australia in 1826 with 192 passengers. Retrieved from http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ships/albion/1826
  6. New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 26th March 2019). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
  7. New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
  8. Force Z Survivors HMS Dorsetshire Crew List, (Retrieved 2018, February 13th), https://www.forcez-survivors.org.uk/biographies/listdorsetshirecrew.html
  9. H.M.S. Hood Association-Battle Cruiser Hood: Crew Information - H.M.S. Hood Rolls of Honour, Men Lost in the Sinking of H.M.S. Hood, 24th May 1941. (Retrieved 2016, July 15) . Retrieved from http://www.hmshood.com/crew/memorial/roh_24may41.htm


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