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Where did the English Tessington family come from? What is the English Tessington family crest and coat of arms? When did the Tessington family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Tessington family history?

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Tesseyman, Tyzemon, Tessington, Tissiman, Tacyman, Theysman, Tossemund, Tsymon, Theisman, Tesmond, Tessamond and many more.

First found in Yorkshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when they lands.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Tessington research. Another 278 words(20 lines of text) covering the years 1455, 1487, 1559, and 1601 are included under the topic Early Tessington History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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More information is included under the topic Early Tessington Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Peter Tissiman went to Ohio in 1833 and another Peter Tissiman is known to have applied for naturalization papers in Allegheny Co. Pennsylvania, between the years of 1789 and 1840. Immigrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and the islands..

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  2. Burke, John Bernard Ed. The Roll of Battle Abbey. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
  3. Burke, Sir Bernard. General Armory Of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Ramsbury: Heraldry Today. Print.
  4. Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
  5. Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard and David Faris. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 7th Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0806313676).
  6. Shirley, Evelyn Philip. Noble and Gentle Men of England Or Notes Touching The Arms and Descendants of the Ancient Knightley and Gentle Houses of England Arranged in their Respective Counties 3rd Edition. Westminster: John Bowyer Nichols and Sons, 1866. Print.
  7. Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin . Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8).
  8. Le Patourel, John. The Norman Empire. New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. Print. (ISBN 0-19-822525-3).
  9. Samuelsen, W. David. New York City Passenger List Manifests Index 1820 - 1824. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems International, 1986. Print.
  10. Matthews, John. Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book. London: John Matthews, 1911. Print.
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The Tessington Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Tessington 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.

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