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![Show Contents]() Tilston History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Tilston familyThe surname Tilston 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 Tilston familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Tilston 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 Tilston History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Tilston Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Tilston, Tillston, Tillstone, Tilson, Tillson, Tillstone, Tillotson, Dilson, Dillson, Dilsen and many more. Early Notables of the Tilston familyDistinguished 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"...
Another 49 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Tilston Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.  Migration of the Tilston family to Ireland
Some of the Tilston 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.
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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: Tilston Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century- M. Tilston, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "City of Auckland" in 1871
- William Tilston, aged 22, a farm labourer, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Waitangi" in 1874
| Contemporary Notables of the name Tilston (post 1700) | + |
- Colonel Frederick Albert Tilston (1906-1992), Canadian soldier awarded the Victoria Cross during WWII 3
- 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)
- World War 2 Awards.com - TILSTON, Frederick. (Retrieved 2010, September 27) Frederick Tilston. Retrieved from http://www.ww2awards.com/person/164
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Tilston migration to New Zealand 
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