Titterton History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Titterton family

The surname Titterton was first found in Cheshire at Titherington, a township in the parish of Prestbury. 1

It is generally thought the place name dates back to the Domesday Book for Wiltshire where it was listed as Tidrentune. By the 13th and 14th centyury, the township was also known as Tyderinton and Tyderington. 2

One of the first record of the family was Jordan de Tyderinton who was listed here in 1250. Later in Yorkshire, William de Tyveryngton was listed as a Freeman of York, 11 Edward II (during the eleventh year of King Edward II's reign.) and later, John de Tyderynton was vicar of Sandback in 1356. 1

Early History of the Titterton family

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Titterton Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Titherington, Titterington, Tydrington, Titrington, Tittrington and many more.

Early Notables of the Titterton family

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Titterton migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Titterton Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Samuel Titterton, who landed in New England in 1643 3
Robert Titterton, who arrived in Virginia in 1657 3

Titterton migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Titterton Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Thomas Titterton, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Sir George Grey" in 1864

Contemporary Notables of the name Titterton (post 1700) +

Sir Ernest William Titterton (1916-1990), nuclear physicist and professor English

Citations +

Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
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)