Tunsted History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Tunsted family

The surname Tunsted was first found in Norfolk at Tunstead, a parish, in the Tunstead and Happing incorporation, hundred of Tunstead. North Lancashire is the home of another Tunstead in the union of Haslingden, Higher division of the hundred of Blackburn. 1

The Norfolk parish dates back to c. 1044-1047 when it was known as Tunstede. Literally the place name means "farmstead." 2 By the time of the Domesday Book, the parish was known as Tunesteda. 3

One of the first records of the family was Simon Tunsted (d. 1369), a "Minorite friar and miscellaneous writer, born at Norwich, his father being a native of Tunstead, whence the surname was derived. " 4

Early History of the Tunsted family

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Tunsted Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Tunstead, Tinstede, Tunsted, Tonsted, Tonstead and others.

Early Notables of the Tunsted family

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Migration of the Tunsted 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..

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Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print