Tandy History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms 

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The name Tandy comes from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It was a name for a male, where it was originally used as a pet form of Andrew. 1 Essentially the surname Tandy originally derived from the Old Scottish name Andrew.

Early Origins of the Tandy family

The surname Tandy was first found in Surrey in the parish of Leigh, where the Dendy family held estates and made sizable donations to the local church. 2 The first record of the family was Dandi (without surname) who was listed in Lincolnshire in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1271-1273. The same rolls list Richard Dande in Huntingdonshire. Later the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 listed Willelmus Dandy, et uxor ejus and the Lay Subsidy Rolls of Lancashire listed Thomas Dandisone in 1332. 3 Adam Dandy was listed in the Register of Freeman of Yorkshire in 1312. 1

The name may also be from Dand, Dandy, familiarly used in Scotland for Andrew. Comparing the Scottish records to the English ones, we can see that the Scottish ones were more recent and in many cases the name appears as a forename, not a surname. "Andrew Kerr, son of the eighth lord of Ferniehurst, who died in 1499, was generally known as 'Dand Kerr.' Dand was common as a Christian name in the south of Scotland in the sixteenth century, and in the list of tenants under the Abbey of Kelso in 1567 we find Dand Howy, Dand Glernet, Dand Lermont, Dand Craige, Dand Stobe, etc." 4

Early History of the Tandy family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Tandy research. Another 96 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1613, 1674, 1806, 1819 and 1831 are included under the topic Early Tandy History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Tandy Spelling Variations

Only 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 Tandy has undergone many spelling variations, including Dandie, Dandy, Dande, Dando and others.

Early Notables of the Tandy family

Notables of this surname at this time include: Kerr Dand, son of the eighth Lord of Ferniehurst; and Edward Dendy (bap. 1613-1674), English Serjeant-at-Arms in the Long Parliament and for the Rump during the trial of Charles I, convicted regicide, after the Restoration he fled to Rotterdam, and later to Switzerland where he died before the English ambassador George Downing could arrange for an arrest warrant in Rotterdam. Joseph Haydon Bourne Dando was born in Somers Town...
Another 75 words (5 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Tandy Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Tandy Ranking

In the United States, the name Tandy is the 9,179th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 5


Tandy 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 Tandy were among those contributors:

Tandy Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
Tandy Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Tandy migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Tandy Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Tandy 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:

Tandy Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Contemporary Notables of the name Tandy (post 1700) +
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