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Where did the Scottish Tenant family come from? What is the Scottish Tenant family crest and coat of arms? When did the Tenant family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Tenant family history? The chronicles of Scottish history reveal that the first people to use the name Tenant were the Strathclyde- Britons. It was a name for a tenant farmer. The name was applied to those who paid for the rent on their land through working the fields and donating a percentage of the take to the landlord.Prior to the first dictionaries, scribes spelled words according to sound. This, and the fact that Scottish names were repeatedly translated from Gaelic to English and back, contributed to the enormous number of spelling variations in Scottish names. tenant has been spelled Tennant, tenant, Tennand, Tennan, Tenman, Tennend, Tennent, Tenand and many more. First found in Linlithgowshire, where they held a family seat at Crestone or Creston from about the year 1150 A.D. This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Tenant research. Another 215 words(15 lines of text) covering the years 1296, 1320, 1339, 1366, 1644, and 1649 are included under the topic Early Tenant History in all our PDF Extended History products. More information is included under the topic Early Tenant Notables in all our PDF Extended History products. Some of the Tenant family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 227 words(16 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products. In such difficult times, the difficulties of raising the money to cross the Atlantic to North America did not seem so large compared to the problems of keeping a family together in Scotland. It was a journey well worth the cost, since it was rewarded with land and freedom the Scots could not find at home. The American War of Independence solidified that freedom, and many of those settlers went on to play important parts in the forging of a great nation. Among them: Tenant Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
Tenant Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto. Motto: Plena Dabit Deus Vela Motto Translation: God will fill our sails.
The Tenant Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Tenant Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname. This page was last modified on 27 October 2010 at 14:01. ©2000-2013 Swyrich Corporation. See Terms of Use for details. houseofnames.com is an internet property owned by Swyrich Corporation. Sign Up
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