Thornhurst History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Thornhurst family

The surname Thornhurst was first found in Staffordshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the.13th century when they held estates in that county.

Early History of the Thornhurst family

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Thornhurst Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Tillesley, Tilleslie, Tilleslee, Tillesly, Tileslie, Tilesley, Tilesley, Tyllesley, Tylesley, Tyleslie, Tillersley, Tyllerslie, Tilsley, Tylsley, Tylsly and many more.

Early Notables of the Thornhurst family

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Thornhurst migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Thornhurst Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Francis Thornhurst, who landed in Virginia in 1714 1

Citations +

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)