Tankesle History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Tankesle family

The surname Tankesle was first found in West Riding of Yorkshire at Tankersley, a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley. 1

The village dates back to the Domesday Book of 1086 when it was listed as Tancreslei 2 and literally meant "woodland clearing of a man called Tata" having derived for the Old English personal name + ing + tun. 3

At that time, the land was held by Richard of Sourdeval and was quite small with 3 villagers and had enough land for 2 ploughs. 2 Roger Tankerlayman was listed as Freeman or York in 1387. 4

Early History of the Tankesle family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Tankesle research. Another 125 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1455, 1487, 1510 and 1600 are included under the topic Early Tankesle History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Tankesle Spelling Variations

Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Tankesle family name include Tankersley, Tankesley, Tankisle, Tankersly, Tankerslie, Tankerslee and many more.

Early Notables of the Tankesle family

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Migration of the Tankesle family

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Tankesle surname or a spelling variation of the name include: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..

Citations +

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)