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![Show Contents]() Tattam History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Early Origins of the Tattam familyThe surname Tattam was first found in Yorkshire where the family name was first referenced in the year 1208 when William Tatham held estates. It is said that King John, while being the Earl of Moreton, gave the service of William of Tatham to Robert de Monte Begon (probably about 1185). Tatham is a parish, in the hundred of Lonsdale, south of the Sands in Lancashire. The place name dates back to the Domesday Book of 1086 when it was first listed as Tathaim. 1 Literally it means "homestead of a man called Tata," from the Old English personal name + "ham." 2 "Before the reign of Richard I., a family of the local name possessed lands in Tatham, but the estate passed, before the 34th of Edward III., into the Dacre family." 3 "Hipping Hall, [in Leck, Lancashire], has long been a seat of the family of Tatham." 3 Early History of the Tattam familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Tattam research. Another 106 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1185, 1230, 1455, 1487, 1632, 1641 and 1664 are included under the topic Early Tattam History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Tattam Spelling VariationsThe first dictionaries that appeared in the last few hundred years did much to standardize the English language. Before that time, spelling variations in names were a common occurrence. The language was changing, incorporating pieces of other languages, and the spelling of names changed with it. Tattam has been spelled many different ways, including Tatham, Tatam, Tatem, Tatum, Tatim, Tathem, Tattum and many more. Early Notables of the Tattam familyAnother 27 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Tattam Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Tattam familyThousands of English families in this era began to emigrate the New World in search of land and freedom from religious and political persecution. Although the passage was expensive and the ships were dark, crowded, and unsafe, those who made the voyage safely were rewarded with opportunities unavailable to them in their homeland. Research into passenger and immigration lists has revealed some of the very first Tattams to arrive in North America: Bartholomew Tatham who settled in New York in 1698; Benjamin Tatham who settled in Philadelphia in 1798; Catherine Tatham who arrived in New York in 1720.
| Contemporary Notables of the name Tattam (post 1700) | + |
- Henry Tattam (1789-1868), English Coptic scholar, rector of St. Cuthbert's, Bedford, and Great Woolstone, near Newport Pagnell
- 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)
- Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
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