Tuxbury History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Tuxbury family

The surname Tuxbury was first found in Gloucestershire 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. At the taking of the Domesday Book Tewksbury was a large market town having 2 mills, a fishery, and a salt house. It's ancient name was Tedechsberrie. The Normans built a great Abbey church.

Early History of the Tuxbury family

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Tuxbury Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Tewksbury, Tueksbury, Tuxbury, Tucksbury and many more.

Early Notables of the Tuxbury family

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Migration of the Tuxbury family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: settlers who were 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..

Contemporary Notables of the name Tuxbury (post 1700) +

Francis V. Tuxbury, American Republican politician, Member of New Hampshire State House of Representatives from Hanover; Elected 1938 1
Dwight Tuxbury, American politician, Member of Vermont State House of Representatives from Windsor, 1888 2
Albert Tuxbury, American Democratic Party politician, Member of Nebraska State House of Representatives, 1866; Candidate for Governor of Nebraska, 1874 2

Sources +

The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 23) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html