About us
The Tillinghast Surname DNA Project was established to create a growing database of DNA profiles of Tillinghast lineages to aid in genealogical research. We hope that the project will grow rapidly and that each participant will contribute important information and make previously unknown connections which will enhance our knowledge about Tillinghast heritage.Anyone with the last name of Tillinghast (or variant thereof) is encouraged to join.
Our goal is to find the common ancestors of the first known Tillinghast to emigrate to the United States, Elder Pardon Tillinghast, who left Streat, Sussex, England and arrived in Rhode Island by 1645. We would like to follow the descendants of Pardon Tillinghast in the United States as well as his ancestors who remained in England.
[Participants will be submitting pedigrees which will go here]
Pedigree of Participant number xxxxx (This is an example of my Tillinghast surname pedigree - one branch of one line).
1.Pardon Tillinghast, b. ca. 1622 Severn Cliffs (Eastbourne), England; d. 29 Jan 1717/8 Providence, RI; m (1). bef. 1654 _____ Butterworth RI;
m (2). 16 Apr 1664 Lydia Taber RI. Their son was
2. Pardon Tillinghast, b. 16 Feb 1667/8 Providence, RI; d. 15 Oct. 1743 East Greenwich, RI; m (1). ca. 1688 Mary Keech RI. Their son was
m (2). 28 April 1728 Sarah (Reynolds) Ayres RI (no issue)
3. John Tillinghast, b. ca. 1691 RI; d. 21 Oct 1777 West Greenwich, RI; m (1). 8 April 1714 Anne Greene RI;
m (2). 23 Jul 1719 Phebe Greene RI; Their son was
m (3). 10 Jun 1731 Ann (Allin) Brown Rehoboth, MA;
m (4). 21 Sep 1742 Abigail (Brown) Thomas North Kingstown, RI
4. Charles Tillinghast, b. 5 Apr 1729 East Greenwich, RI; d. 20 Jun 1777 Newport, RI; m (1). 14 Feb 1754 Mercy Greene North Kingstown, RI (no issue);
m (2). ca 1760 Abigail Allen RI. Their son was
5.Pardon Tillinghast, b. 15 Jun 1765 North Kingstown, RI; d. 20 Nov 1816 West Greenwich, RI; m. 18 Dec 1785 Mary Sweet RI. There son was
6.Thomas Sweet Tillinghast, b. 9 Apr 1809 West Greenwich, CT; d. 27 Nov 1871 Griswold, CT; m (1). 11 Aug 1830 Mary Sabin Howard CT;
m (2). 26 Feb 1843 Laura Kinne(y) CT; Their son was
m (3). 8 Dec 1862 Sarah Elizabeth (Dawley) Shaw CT
7.Thomas Avery Tillinghast, b. 5 Apr 1844 Plainfield, CT; d. 6 Sep 1925 Salisbury, NC; m (1). 23 Jun 1872 Jennie Sophia Tillinghast CT; Their son was
m (2).1908 Annie Crisp Greer CT (no issue)
8.Willis Alva Tillinghast, b. 12 Nov 1881 Brooklyn, CT; d. 17 Jan 1934 Columbia,SC; m (1). 30 April 1913 Abbie Oce Ola Browing Columbia, SC (no issue);
m (2). 1 Sep 1931 Dora Elizabeth Swearingen Columbia, SC
Bold indicates the mother in my line when male Tillinghast had more than one spouse who bore him children.