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

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Spelling variations of this family name include: Toby, Thoby, Tobias, Tobey, Thobey and others.

First found in Essex where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. After the Battle of Hastings in 1066, William, Duke of Normandy, having prevailed over King Harold, granted most of Britain to his many victorious Barons. It was not uncommon to find a Baron, or a Bishop, with 60 or more Lordships scattered throughout the country. These he gave to his sons, nephews and other junior lines of his family and they became known as under-tenants. They adopted the Norman system of surnames which identified the under-tenant with his holdings so as to distinguish him from the senior stem of the family. After many rebellious wars between his Barons, Duke William, commissioned a census of all England to determine in 1086, settling once and for all, who held which land. He called the census the Domesday Book, [1] indicating that those holders registered would hold the land until the end of time. Hence, conjecturally, the surname is descended from the tenant of the Priory of Thoby held by a Norman noble who was recorded in the Domesday Book census of 1086.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Tobias research. Another 182 words(13 lines of text) covering the years 1142, 1250, and 1275 are included under the topic Early Tobias History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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

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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Tobias Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century


  • Joseph Tobias, who arrived in South Carolina in 1741
  • Christopher Tobias, who arrived in New York in 1762

Tobias Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • John Tobias, aged 40, landed in Ohio in 1812
  • Samuel J Tobias, who landed in New York in 1821
  • Antze Tobias, who settled in Illinois sometime between 1849 and 1900
  • S Tobias, who arrived in San Francisco, Cal in 1851
  • A. J. Tobias, who arrived in San Francisco in 1852


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  • Jesse Tobias (b. 1972), American guitarist
  • John Tobias (b. 1969), American co-creator of the Mortal Kombat fighting game series
  • Paul Tobias (b. 1963), former member of the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses
  • Andrew Tobias (b. 1947), American journalist, author, and columnist
  • George Tobias (1901-1980), American character actor
  • Charles Tobias (1898-1970), American songwriter inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970
  • Oliver Tobias (b. 1947), British film, stage and TV actor
  • Phillip V Tobias (b. 1925), South African palaeoanthropologist awarded the 1987 Balzan Prize for Physical Anthropology
  • Jenny Kendall- Tobias (b. 1967), BBC Radio Guernsey presenter
  • Errol George Tobias (b. 1950), former South African rugby union footballer


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  1. ^ Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)

Other References

  1. Foster, Joseph. Dictionary of Heraldry Feudal Coats of Arms and Pedigrees. London: Bracken Books, 1989. Print. (ISBN 1-85170-309-8).
  2. Sanders, Joanne McRee Edition. English Settlers in Barbados 1637-1800. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
  3. Skordas, Guest. Ed. The Early Settlers of Maryland an Index to Names or Immigrants Complied from Records of Land Patents 1633-1680 in the Hall of Records Annapolis, Maryland. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1968. Print.
  4. Hitching, F.K and S. Hitching. References to English Surnames in 1601-1602. Walton On Thames: 1910. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0181-3).
  5. Marcharn, Frederick George. A Constitutional History of Modern England 1485 to the Present. London: Harper and Brothers, 1960. Print.
  6. Samuelsen, W. David. New York City Passenger List Manifests Index 1820 - 1824. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems International, 1986. Print.
  7. Crispin, M. Jackson and Leonce Mary. Falaise Roll Recording Prominent Companions of William Duke of Normandy at the Conquest of England. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
  8. Bede, The Venerable. Historia Ecclesiatica Gentis Anglorum (The Ecclesiastical History Of the English People). Available through Internet Medieval Sourcebook the Fordham University Centre for Medieval Studies. Print.
  9. Magnusson, Magnus. Chambers Biographical Dictionary 5th edition. Edinburgh: W & R Chambers, 1990. Print.
  10. Mills, A.D. Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4).
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The Tobias Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Tobias 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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