| ![Show Contents]() Tilman History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England The Tilman name was originally an Anglo-Saxon name that was given to a farmer having been derived from the Old English word tilman, which means husbandman or farmer. 1 2 Reaney postulates that the name could also have originated for the occupation "tile-man," as in "maker of tiles." 2 "'Because there were so fewe tylmen, the erde (earth) lay untitled': Capgrave's Chron. sub. A.D. 1349." 3 "Tilmon was the name of one of the English priests who accompanied the ill- fated Hewalds in their mission to the Continental Saxons A.D. 690." 4 Early Origins of the Tilman familyThe surname Tilman was first found in Gloucestershire where Alexander Tileman was listed in the Pipe Rolls of 1204. A few years later, Alan Tileman was recorded in Assize Rolls for Cambridgeshire in 1260. Early in the 14th century, Adam Titleman was found in the Subsidy Rolls for Yorkshire in 1301. 2 We found only one record of the family in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273, that of Geoffrey Tileman in Huntingdonshire and in London, the Munimenta Gildhallæ Londoniensis recorded Walter Tileman. 1 Early History of the Tilman familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Tilman research. Another 45 words (3 lines of text) covering the years 1666, 1684, 1708, 1724 and 1734 are included under the topic Early Tilman History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Tilman Spelling VariationsOnly recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Tilman has undergone many spelling variations, including Tillman, Tilman, Tilmanstone, Tilghman, Tileman and others. Early Notables of the Tilman familyNotables of this surname at this time include: Peter Tillemans (1684-1734), Belgium-born, English painter and draughtsman, born at Antwerp in 1684, was son of a diamond-cutter, but studied landscape-painting when young. He was brother-in-law to Peter Casteels, and in 1708 the two young men...
Another 43 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Tilman Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Tilman RankingIn the United States, the name Tilman is the 15,035th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 5
 Tilman migration to the United States | + |
To escape the unstable social climate in England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Tilman were among those contributors:
Tilman Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Christopher Tilman, who landed in Virginia in 1638 6
Tilman Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Hans Koenraet Tilman, who landed in New York in 1709 6
- Edward Tilman, who arrived in Virginia in 1715 6
- Nicholas Tilman, who settled in Philadelphia in 1754
Tilman Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Peter Tilman, who arrived in New York, NY in 1836 6
| Tilman migration to Canada | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Tilman Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century- Mr. John Tilman, (b. 1824), aged 31, Cornish settler departing from Falmouth destined for Quebec, Canada aboard the ship "Barque John" on 3rd May 1855 which sank after striking the reef, he died in the sinking 7
- Mrs. Charity Tilman, (b. 1828), aged 27, Cornish settler departing from Falmouth destined for Quebec, Canada aboard the ship "Barque John" on 3rd May 1855 which sank after striking the reef, she died in the sinking 7
- Mr. Henry A. Tilman, (b. 1851), aged 4, Cornish settler departing from Falmouth destined for Quebec, Canada aboard the ship "Barque John" on 3rd May 1855 which sank after striking the reef, he died in the sinking 7
- Mr. George J. Tilman, (b. 1853), aged 2, Cornish settler departing from Falmouth destined for Quebec, Canada aboard the ship "Barque John" on 3rd May 1855 which sank after striking the reef, he died in the sinking 7
- Mr. W. Charles Tilman, (b. 1854), aged 1, Cornish settler departing from Falmouth destined for Quebec, Canada aboard the ship "Barque John" on 3rd May 1855 which sank after striking the reef, he died in the sinking 7
| Contemporary Notables of the name Tilman (post 1700) | + |
- G. David Tilman (b. 1949), American ecologist
- Major Harold William "Bill" Tilman CBE, DSO, MC and Bar (1898-1977), English mountaineer and explorer
- Manuel Tilman, East Timorese politician
- John Tilman Lamkin (1811-1870), Southern United States politician who served in the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War
- Tilman Esslinger, German experimental physicist, Professor at ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- Tilman Valentin "Til" Schweiger (b. 1963), German actor, director, and producer
- Tilman Riemenschneider (1460-1531), German sculptor
- Tilman Bacon Parks (1872-1950), American Democratic Party politician, Member of Arkansas State House of Representatives, 1901-04, 1909-10; Presidential Elector for Arkansas, 1904 8
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: Spes alit agricolam
Motto Translation: Hope nourishes the farmer.
- Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
- Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
- Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
- Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retrieved 3rd May 2018). Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/wreck_of_emigrant_ship_john_1855.pdf
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 3) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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