Twitching History, Family Crest & Coats of ArmsEarly Origins of the Twitching familyThe surname Twitching was first found in Sussex where the name is thought to have been from "Tichenor, probably a corruption of At Itchenor, 'T Itchenor, from the river Itchen; the name of a village." 1 However, another source claims the name denotes someone "who came from Tichnor (Tyca's shore), in Kent. 2 And finally to confuse matters more, another source claims the name the surname "is derived from an occupation. Mr. Lower, quoting Mr. Ferguson, says, 'Dutch teekenaar, a drawer or designer' 3. This seems the more probable as the surname is modern in England, and may be the result of immigration." 4 "Ticknor is a famous American name." 5 Early History of the Twitching familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Twitching research. Another 70 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1575, 1630, 1660, 1662, 1707, 1757, 1771, 1791, 1810, 1821, 1864 and 1871 are included under the topic Early Twitching History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Twitching Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Tichenor, Ticknor, Titchner, Tiknor, Tikner, Titchener, Tycknor, Tyckner, Tytchener and many more. Early Notables of the Twitching familyDistinguished members of the family include John Tutchin (c.1660-1707), a radical Whig controversialist and gadfly English journalist. He was probably born in Hampshire or the Isle of Wight, but he claimed "that he was born a freeman of the city of London, and that his father, grandfather, and several of his uncles were nonconformist ministers. No doubt he was nearly related to the Rev. Robert Tutchin of Newport, Isle of Wight, who, like his three sons, was ejected in 1662. " 6Elisha... Migration of the Twitching familySome of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Martin Tichenor, who settled in New Haven, CT in 1644; Henry Tichenor, who arrived in New York in 1838; Stephen W. Tichenor, who settled in Galveston, TX in 1839.
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