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![Show Contents]() Teatum History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Early Origins of the Teatum familyThe surname Teatum 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 Teatum familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Teatum 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 Teatum History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Teatum Spelling VariationsOne relatively recent invention that did much to standardize English spelling was the printing press. However, before its invention even the most literate people recorded their names according to sound rather than spelling. The spelling variations under which the name Teatum has appeared include Tatham, Tatam, Tatem, Tatum, Tatim, Tathem, Tattum and many more. Early Notables of the Teatum familyAnother 27 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Teatum Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Teatum familyAt this time, the shores of the New World beckoned many English families that felt that the social climate in England was oppressive and lacked opportunity for change. Thousands left England at great expense in ships that were overcrowded and full of disease. A great portion of these settlers never survived the journey and even a greater number arrived sick, starving, and without a penny. The survivors, however, were often greeted with greater opportunity than they could have experienced back home. These English settlers made significant contributions to those colonies that would eventually become the United States and Canada. An examination of early immigration records and passenger ship lists revealed that people bearing the name Teatum arrived in North America very early: 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.
- 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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