Tilghman (surname)

[1][2][3][4] The Tilghman family name according to evidence by historical findings is one of the oldest and most well researched surnames.

[citation needed] The family motto is: Spes Alit Agricolam (Latin) "Hope Nourishes the Farmer" [5] The first identified Tilghman was Johannes Tilghman, recorded in 1225 in Kent, England, who 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.

The Venerable Bede mentioned in Volume 1 of his writings that the Tilghman family settled in Kent, England, in 692.

[10] During medieval times, literacy was not common, resulting in the many variations of the spelling, such as: Tilghman, Tylghman, Tilmon, Tillmon, Tilman, Tillman, etc.