The surname Tuckwood was first found in Devon 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 held lands at Exeter in Devon.
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Early History of the Tuckwood family
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Tuckwood Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Tuckfield, Tackfield, Tockfield and others.
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Early Notables of the Tuckwood family
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Migration of the Tuckwood family
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..
Historic Events for the Tuckwood family
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HMS Royal Oak
William Samuel Tuckwood (d. 1939), British Marine with the Royal Marine aboard the HMS Royal Oak (1939) when she was torpedoed by U-47 and sunk; he died in the sinking 1
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