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Tyson/Tison Family of Eastern NC

ANCIENT  FAMILY  HISTORY

"The first references which have been found to any individual member of the family is relative to one Gilbert Tison of Nottinghamshire, who was listed in the Doomsday Book in 1086. In 1092 Guillaume (William) Tyson is named in the Doomsday Book as being a counselor and advisor to King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The Doomsday Book listed all property owners in William’s newly conquered territory.

In 1130 there is an Adam Tisun entered in the pipe Rools of Yorkshire. According to the 8th Volume of the Westminster Records in 1346, during the reign of Edward III, one Philip Tyson was appointed by the King to aid in the formulating of important laws in regard to the estates and property in general held by the crown. Philip Tyson held many castles and estates in his own name.

Thus it was that Tyson’s though French in origin had become distinctly English during these two centuries. When in the 16th century and early part of the 17th century we find religious oppression prevalent in ENG, it is not strange to learn from the records in the banished for religious differences. These two along with other members of their family went to Holland where they could worship in freedom. Dutch influences soon had their effects upon them and they became known as Tiessens, the Dutch equivalent of their English name.

After the discovery of America and the consequential influx of immigrants into the New World, the Tyson name appears in the early records of Pennsylvania and Virginia.

A Reyneir Tyson came over from Holland about 1683 and his brother Cornelius Tyson followed him later, both settling at Germantown, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia. It had long been believed the Tyson family of eastern N. C. had descended from the Pennsylvania branch, which has now been proved incorrect. The real problem finding the family is finding out who was the first immigrant ancestor of our NC branch of the Tyson’s.

To understand the records one must realize there are variations to the spelling of the name, such as Tison, Tyce, Tice and Tiesson, A William Tyson was transported into Maryland in 1668 as a servant and a Thomas Tyson was transported in 1674. One of the earliest Tyson’s in Virginia is found in Hotten’s Immigration Lists 1600 - 1700, published in England in 1880. One William Tyce, age 20m was aboard the ship Constant Clement, Campin, master outward bound for Virginia October 24, 1633. In Cavaliers and Pioneers, by Nugent are found to early Tyson’s in Isle of Wight, Virginia being George Tyson November 20, 1642 and Edward Tyson June 6, 1657.

(This was taken from “The Tyson and May Genealogy of Pitt County, NC” Tyson and May Genealogy Committee With Roger Kammerer, Genealogist.” pgs. 1 & 2.)"

 Above quoted directly from  THE NAME TYSON web page

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