Tissel History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Tissel family

The surname Tissel was first found in Northumberland where they held a family seat. 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 year 1191 when Richard Twisle held estates in Durham, although it is likely that the main branch of the family held a family seat in Northumberland on the border at Twizel Castle near Coldstream but Northumberland was one of the few counties in England which was not part of the census known as the Domesday Book taken in 1086. This, because Malcolm Canmore of Scotland laid claim to the territory of Northumberland. Agnes Twyzel of Berwick had her lands restored to her by King Edward 1st after giving him allegiance after his brief conquest of Scotland in 1296.

Early History of the Tissel family

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Tissel Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Twizel, Twisle, Twissel, Twissle, Twizle, Twizell, Twizel, Twysel, Twysell and many more.

Early Notables of the Tissel family

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Tissel migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Tissel Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

R Tissel, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 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)