Tillison History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Tillison family

The surname Tillison was first found in Cheshire at Tilston, a village and a civil parish that was anciently the site of the Roman town Bovium, which was on the Roman road between Chester and Wroxeter. By the time of the Conquest, the village was known as Tilleston which was the spelling used in the Domesday Book of 1086. At that time, the lands were held by Eynion de Tilston, and was granted to him by Hugh Lupus, the nephew of King William I. 1

It is presumed that the village was so named having derived from an Old English personal name + "stan" as in the "stone of a man called Tilli or Tilla." 2

Early History of the Tillison family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Tillison research. Another 105 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1576, 1630, 1634, 1635, 1639, 1655, 1659, 1672, 1676, 1691, 1694, 1695, 1704 and 1738 are included under the topic Early Tillison History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Tillison Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Tilston, Tillston, Tillstone, Tilson, Tillson, Tillstone, Tillotson, Dilson, Dillson, Dilsen and many more.

Early Notables of the Tillison family

Distinguished members of the family include John Tillotson (1630-1694), from Sowerby, Yorkshire, an English clergyman, Dean of Canterbury in 1672, Archbishop of Canterbury (1691-1694.) After his death, his widow received 2500 guineas for his manuscript sermons and these were edited and published by Ralph Barker as the "Rule of Faith"...
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Tillison Ranking

In the United States, the name Tillison is the 18,416^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 3

Migration of the Tillison family to Ireland

Some of the Tillison family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 50 words (4 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Tillison migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Tillison Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

John Tillison, who arrived in Maryland in 1670 4

Contemporary Notables of the name Tillison (post 1700) +

Andy Tillison (b. 1959), British keyboardist and singer best known for his work in the progressive rock bands Parallel or 90 Degrees and The Tangent

Citations +

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)
"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)