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Tilghman may refer to:
- Tilghman (surname), a surname
The Tilghman family name according to evidence by historical findings is one of the oldest and well researched surnames.
The family motto is: Spes Alit Agricolam (Latin) "Hope Nourishes the Farmer"
The first identified Tilghman was Johannes in 1225 in Kent England and can be found in Stephen Fredrick Tillman's book "Spes Alit Agricolam." There in Kent the Tilghmans held a family at the Snodland Parish called Holloway Court.
However the origins of the Tilghman family go back beyond that. The Venerable Bede mentioned in Volume 1 of his writings that the Tilghman family settled in Kent England in 692. The oldest finding of the name Tilghman was in 692 and was that of a Monk Tilmon (Tilghman) who was with the Two Ewalds when they met their fate. Some who have researched the family believe the Tilghman family originated near the Rhine River as the French Von Till family and later migrated to England. Others who have researched the family however believe the Tilghmans came to England during the Anglo-Saxon invasions of the 4th century with the Jutes. The true origins of the Tilghman family remain a mystery to this day due to lack of written or physical evidence. Those who have done extensive research on the family also believe according to historical findings that the Tilghmans were thegns in medieval England and have traced their origins to that of William the Conquer William the Conqueror and Alfred the Great by way of Anna "Sanders" Tilghman circa 1572.
Many of the Tilghmans in the United States today are descended from Dr. Richard Tilghman; a surgeon; who sailed from England with in wife in 1660 and settled the "Hermitage" Tilghman family home in Talbot County, Maryland
During medieval times literacy was not a common knowledge among people and due to that many scholars would spell the last name Tilghman how they thought it may be and therefor that is why you have the many variations of the spelling such as; Tilghman, Tylghman, Tilmon, Tillmon, Tilman, Tillman, etc.
Tilghman places of note:
- Tilghman Island, Maryland
- Paducah Tilghman High School
Tilghman people of note:
- Benjamin Chew Tilghman United States Soldier and Inventor
- Bill Tilghman Lawman of the Old West
- George Tilghman Military Officer and teacher
- Benjamin Tillman Governor & Senator of South Carolina.
- James Tilghman Lawyer and public servant in Colonial Maryland
- Kelly Tilghman An announcer for golf
- Lloyd Tilghman Confederate General of the Civil War of America
- Matthew Tilghman Revolutionary Leader during the American Revolution and American Planter
- Richard Tilghman Pennsylvania State Senator and Pennsylvania State Representative
- Shirley M. Tilghman Molecular biologist and president of Princeton University
- Tench Tilghman American Colonel and Aide de Camp to George Washington in the American Revolution and grandfather of General LLoyd
- William Tilghman Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice
Usage examples of "tilghman".
He reshelved the binder, but still had his finger on the pocket when Adam Tilghman suddenly entered.
The fact that Tilghman and the new faith both recognized their own failings and imperfections and pledged changes held great promise.
One day she woke up and simply realized that Tilghman was right, that he offered the only positive vision in a stagnant and evil world.
She seemed at that moment to have eyes only for Tilghman, but she did look around briefly at the void and at the witnesses, and there seemed a little flicker, a bit of hesitancy, in her eyes.
She had returned with Tilghman to the capital, a very different place than it had been in her youth, with only the ancient temple, with its shiny no-maintenance facade and seven towering spires, really recognizable.
There were a few toasts, mostly to the girls, and then Adam Tilghman rose and all the others did likewise.
An audience with the Chief Judge was quite rare, and usually unpleasant, and Tilghman, up close, was as tough and hard-looking as from a distance.
She allowed herself, in Flux, to be transformed into one of their kind of women and then married Adam Tilghman, the strongest mind and will of New Eden.
This, in fact, had been the convincing factor for Tilghman, for he wanted her along both for political reasons and because he considered it intolerable that a child of his might be born while he was away.
Adam Tilghman had been called a ruthless monster, but she knew that this simply wasn't so.
Steps were removed from an undercarriage and then the passengers, Adam Tilghman and his wife, made their appearance.
It was just such a demoralizing effect that Adam Tilghman had counted on.
Mervyn ignored Tilghman and concentrated on remaining close to Cassie.
They were social equals of the ruling class and had known Judge Tilghman socially, so when her mother died he had shocked and delighted her by making her his wife.
Adam Tilghman, as Chief Judge and Chairman, presided, although it was he who'd called the meeting.