The Tilghman Family Crest

The Tilghman family of the Hermitage, Kent Co., Eastern Shore of Maryland and of Philadelphia, is descended from Richard Tilghman, or Tylgham, who owned ""Holloway Court,"" in the Parish of Snodland, Co. Kent, England, [tempo Henry IV.], and in whose family that estate had been as early as the reign of Edward III. [1326-1371]. A descendant in the sixth generation of the said Richard Tilghman, also named Richard, emigrated in 1661 to the Eastern Shore of Maryland, having bought the Manor of Canterbury, which he called ""The Hermitage."" It is still in the possession of the family. His grandson, Edward Tilghman, the distinguished lawyer, removed to Philadelphia and founded the branch of the family still residing there. The colonist came over, it is stated, in consequence of political troubles, he having sustained openly the cause of the exiled Charles II.

Family

Tilghman

Motto

Spes alit agricolam.Hope feeds the husbandman.

Blazon

A Demi-Lion, Sejant, Sable, Crowned, Or.

Source

America Hereldica