Snyder Family 2016 - Person Sheet
NameMoses (Tichenal) Tichenor 
Birthabt Mar 1743, Morristown, Morris Co., New Jersey
Death11 Oct 1796, Allegany Co., Maryland
Alias/AKATichenal
FlagsDirect Ancestor of Craig Snyder, Served in American Revolution
FatherJoseph Tichenor (~1680-1750)
MotherElizabeth Burgess (1700-1775)
Spouses
Marriageabt 1763, Morris Co., New Jersey
Notes for Moses (Tichenal) Tichenor
8Revolutionary War soldier
MOSES TICHENAL (TICHENOR)
The Origin Of The Titchenal Name (Tichenor, Tichenell, etc.)
Moses Tichenor was the first man known to continuously use the name Titchenal and Tichenal. The changing of the "or" ending of the name Tichenor to "al" or adding a second "t", resulted in a new spelling of the name Tichenor. Moses Tichenor's (from New Jersey) name appeared as Tichenal when he bought land in Virginia (now West Virginia) in 1778.
It was later spelled various ways on other records in Maryland. (Tichenal, Tichnell, etc.) His son David's name was spelled on various records as Tichenal, Titchenal and Tichanal. David's sons used the spelling Titchenal as did all of their descendants. Every lineage checked to date show people using the spelling Titchenal descended from one of David's or Moses' children.
We may never know the actual reasons Moses' name was spelled differently in Virginia and Maryland than the way it was spelled in New Jersey. The 300 years from 1476 to 1776 was not only a period of great social, religious, political and industrial changes in England and America; but also a period of radical change in the English language. Add to this the large and constantly changing immigrant population, the movement to the frontiers, with little opportunity for education, perhaps it is surprising the name changed as little as it did.172
Moses Tichenor (sic) served in the Revolutionary War in Captain Layton’s Company of Morris County, New Jersey Militia in 1778, and was drafted into the Virginia Militia for a tour of duty to guard the prisoners taken at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown. The prisoners were confined in Frederick County, Virginia. His son David was enrolled as his substitute and served from November or December of 1781 until March 12, 1782.
Although the spelling of Moses Tichenor’s namevaries from the time he left New Jersey, he evidently preferred Tichenal. While no record of his name with that spelling has been found in New Jersey, there is one Morris County deed for his brother, Daniel, spelled Tichenal. The use of single and double "Ls" are in use today by Moses’ descendants, none of whom – so far as is known – spell their surname Tichenor.8
113Joseph Tichenor - Will 1750
Author: L. H_iler Date: 25 Apr 1999 12:00 PM
1750, March 1. TICHENER, Joseph, of Township and County of Morris, shoemaker: will of.
Wife, Elizabeth. Sons - Joseph, 56 acres on the west joining to the heirs of James Primrise, deceased; James, and Daniel, equally, the remainder of my land; Moses, 51 acres in the great Swamp bought of Mr. Penn. Daughter, Jane, two-thirds of moveable estate. Witnesses - Caleb Fairchild, Sam'l Tuthull, Benjamin Conger. Proved 5 April, 1750
1750, May 10. Administration granted to Elizabeth (relict). Bondsman - Nathaniel Ward. (Lib. F., p. 7) 1751, Nov. 6. (Letter on file, from Uzal Ogden, Jr., of Newark, states that Mr. Fairchild wrote the will, but entered executors' names after testator's decease, though at his direction, and that Samuel Wade "is now married to the widow Tichener").
Moses Tichenor and his descendants were the single biggest cause of the change in the spelling of the name Tichenor. In 1779, when Moses moved to Virginia he allowed his name to be changed and spelled, Titchenal -Tichenal-Tichnell-etc. Many Tichnell, ect., about 61 of the families stayed in Maryland and the adjacent West Virginia area. In 1810, Moses' son, David, moved to the Harrison County area of West Virginia and many (about 68) of the families still live there. Three of David's sons used the name Titchenal and moved west to the Central part of the country, Illinois, Missouri and Arkansas. Some of their decedents, about 34 of the families still live around St. Louis. Two groups of their descendants moved on to the PACIFIC COAST about 34 of them now live in Caifornia or the Northwestern area of America.
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin...1019705&id=I1506
MOSES TICHENAL (TICHENOR)
The Origin Of The Titchenal Name (Tichenor, Tichenell, etc.)
Moses Tichenor was the first man known to continuously use the name Titchenal and Tichenal. The changing of the "or" ending of the name Tichenor to "al" or adding a second "t", resulted in a new spelling of the name Tichenor. Moses Tichenor's (from New Jersey) name appeared as Tichenal when he bought land in Virginia (now West Virginia) in 1778.
It was later spelled various ways on other records in Maryland. (Tichenal, Tichnell, etc.) His son David's name was spelled on various records as Tichenal, Titchenal and Tichanal. David's sons used the spelling Titchenal as did all of their descendants. Every lineage checked to date show people using the spelling Titchenal descended from one of David's or Moses' children.
We may never know the actual reasons Moses' name was spelled differently in Virginia and Maryland than the way it was spelled in New Jersey. The 300 years from 1476 to 1776 was not only a period of great social, religious, political and industrial changes in England and America; but also a period of radical change in the English language. Add to this the large and constantly changing immigrant population, the movement to the frontiers, with little opportunity for education, perhaps it is surprising the name changed as little as it did.172
Moses Tichenor (sic) served in the Revolutionary War in Captain Layton’s Company of Morris County, New Jersey Militia in 1778, and was drafted into the Virginia Militia for a tour of duty to guard the prisoners taken at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown. The prisoners were confined in Frederick County, Virginia. His son David was enrolled as his substitute and served from November or December of 1781 until March 12, 1782.
Although the spelling of Moses Tichenor’s namevaries from the time he left New Jersey, he evidently preferred Tichenal. While no record of his name with that spelling has been found in New Jersey, there is one Morris County deed for his brother, Daniel, spelled Tichenal. The use of single and double "Ls" are in use today by Moses’ descendants, none of whom – so far as is known – spell their surname Tichenor.8
113Joseph Tichenor - Will 1750
Author: L. H_iler Date: 25 Apr 1999 12:00 PM
1750, March 1. TICHENER, Joseph, of Township and County of Morris, shoemaker: will of.
Wife, Elizabeth. Sons - Joseph, 56 acres on the west joining to the heirs of James Primrise, deceased; James, and Daniel, equally, the remainder of my land; Moses, 51 acres in the great Swamp bought of Mr. Penn. Daughter, Jane, two-thirds of moveable estate. Witnesses - Caleb Fairchild, Sam'l Tuthull, Benjamin Conger. Proved 5 April, 1750
1750, May 10. Administration granted to Elizabeth (relict). Bondsman - Nathaniel Ward. (Lib. F., p. 7) 1751, Nov. 6. (Letter on file, from Uzal Ogden, Jr., of Newark, states that Mr. Fairchild wrote the will, but entered executors' names after testator's decease, though at his direction, and that Samuel Wade "is now married to the widow Tichener").
Moses Tichenor and his descendants were the single biggest cause of the change in the spelling of the name Tichenor. In 1779, when Moses moved to Virginia he allowed his name to be changed and spelled, Titchenal -Tichenal-Tichnell-etc. Many Tichnell, ect., about 61 of the families stayed in Maryland and the adjacent West Virginia area. In 1810, Moses' son, David, moved to the Harrison County area of West Virginia and many (about 68) of the families still live there. Three of David's sons used the name Titchenal and moved west to the Central part of the country, Illinois, Missouri and Arkansas. Some of their decedents, about 34 of the families still live around St. Louis. Two groups of their descendants moved on to the PACIFIC COAST about 34 of them now live in Caifornia or the Northwestern area of America.
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin...1019705&id=I1506
Notes for Margaret (Spouse 1)
Hardy Co. is now in West Virginia
[Moses’ Tichenor’s] widow [Margaret] remarried, as evidenced by Margaret Tichenor Ryan’s will recorded in Hardy Co., (W) Virginia October 19, 1818.8
another source says: b. 1745
171Margaret Jackson (1761-1818) may have had a life of comparative luxury in Morristown, New Jersey, but she had to endure the problems of raising children, run their farm while her husband Moses was away fighting in the Revolutionary War. Then she had to leave the life of comparative luxury in Morristown to move to an unknown frontier community in Virginia where she then helped build a log cabin or cabins to live in, plow and plant a new farms, worry about her son David fighting in the Revolutionary War
while serving as a substitute for his father and two other men. She moved three or four times during the 16 years they lived on the frontier in Virginia and Maryland, each time starting over again. Moses died early, leaving her at age 50 with many business deals under way but not completed, two adult sons fighting over the land and business, a 14 year old son and four young daughters to raise alone. She was forced to remarry in order to raise her children and finish out her life.
[Moses’ Tichenor’s] widow [Margaret] remarried, as evidenced by Margaret Tichenor Ryan’s will recorded in Hardy Co., (W) Virginia October 19, 1818.8
another source says: b. 1745
171Margaret Jackson (1761-1818) may have had a life of comparative luxury in Morristown, New Jersey, but she had to endure the problems of raising children, run their farm while her husband Moses was away fighting in the Revolutionary War. Then she had to leave the life of comparative luxury in Morristown to move to an unknown frontier community in Virginia where she then helped build a log cabin or cabins to live in, plow and plant a new farms, worry about her son David fighting in the Revolutionary War
while serving as a substitute for his father and two other men. She moved three or four times during the 16 years they lived on the frontier in Virginia and Maryland, each time starting over again. Moses died early, leaving her at age 50 with many business deals under way but not completed, two adult sons fighting over the land and business, a 14 year old son and four young daughters to raise alone. She was forced to remarry in order to raise her children and finish out her life.