Possible father for Martin Tichenor: Nathaniel Tichenor
Birth 1600 in Sussex County, England
Death 1640 in Sussex County, England
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132Perhaps born in England after 1620; property changed hands in 1697. in Newark, NJ
Martin Tichenor and his many descendants have a rich history in America. Tichenor descendants have participated in every great event in European - American history for the last 350 years, and are destined to continue this tradition for the next 350 years. If you have name similar to Tichenor, then there is a good chance that you too are a descendant of Martin too.
The first known record of Martin Tichenor is when he took an oath of allegiance at New Haven Colony in August 1644. He was married by the governor of New Haven to Mary Charles, daughter of John Charles, may 16, 1651. Their 8 children, Nathaniel, Sarah, John, Abigail, Daniel, Hannah, Samuel and Jonathan were the native born Americans that fostered thousands of Tichenors in America. Their descendants can be found in every state of the Union with last name variations of Tichenor, such as Teachenor, Tichinel, Tichnell, Tishner, Titchenal, Titchenell, Titchnell and possibly others unknown to us.
In 1665 New Haven and Connecticut were merged into one colony. Martin and a group of 30 other Puritan families, under the leadership of John Treat, found the religious environment in Connecticut intolerable and left New Haven in 1666 to found Newark N.J. This was the first of many history making events in which Tichenors participated.
A rough count of all thirteen generations since Martin total over 20,000 different names and about 5,100 current descendants using one of the many spelling variations of the name Tichenor. Based on telephone connections in America today, the Tichenor families are spread all over America. 78 of the families live in the NORTHEAST, 24 still live in NEW JERSEY, 17 in PENNSYLVANIA, 111 in the SOUTHEAST, 339 in the GREAT LAKES region, 139 in the Central area and 152 in the PACIFIC COAST area. Imagine all these descendants are just from Martin and Mary Tichenor, who were married in 1651.



Martin's will names son-in-law Ensign John TREAT and the TREAT genealogical data says John's wife was Sarah TICHENOR.
"In 1665 New Haven and CT were merged into one colony. The new constitution allowed baptism of children irrespective of parents' church membership This was displeasing to the strict members of New Haven; the Puritan practices permitting this ordinance only for children of 'the elect.' HAT p. 3.
Martin took the oath of allegiance to the New Haven Colony in Aug 1644; he m. 16 May 1651, Mary Charles, dau. of John Charles. So Martin b.prob. ca. 1620/30 (only a guess), which may have made him to old to have been your Mary's brother.

Ref#168:
pg. xxxiv
The will of Martin Tichanor, of Newark, was dated October 19, 1681, was proved by the oath of two witnesses, Ephraim Burwell and William Camp, who made oath before James Bollen, Justice, that "they were present as witnesses to the signing and sealing of this last will and testament of Martin Tichanor, deceased." Bollen was also a Secretary of the Province of East Jersey, and so in close touch with the Governor, by whom he was doubtless authorized to take the proof of this will. Letters of administration were issued to John Tichanor, executor under the last will and testament of Martin Tichanor, his father, by Governor Phillip Carteret, November 14, 1681.
pg. 463
N.J. Archives, XXI. p. 45 and Essex Wills
Martin Tichenor came, tradition says from France. This statement first appeared in print, to the writer's knowledge, in Collections of the New Jersey Historical Society, Volume VI, Supplement, in 1866. The source was possibly that Tichenor families living in New Jersey at the time, as local families had some input in this volume. The tradition of French origin has since been handed down in print a number of times, most notably in Richard Bennington Teachenor's a Partial History of the Tichenor Family in America, Descendants of Martin Tichenor, the most widely distributed Tichenor history at the time (1918). A close study of the Connecticut and New Jersey Colonial Records convinces the writer that Martin was a Puritan, and most probably came from England.
Atwater's History of New Haven, chapters II, III and IV, reference several times is made to the fact that members of the colony settling at Milford and New Haven like those of Massachusetts Bay, came from Kent and Canterbury.
Several dictionaries of names support the English origin of the Tichenor
name but not without some contradiction.
Martin Tichenor took oath of Allegiance to New Haven Colony in August 1644. This is the first known record of him. He was married by the Governor to Mary Charles daughter of John Charles, 16 May 1651. New Haven records give us the names of two children in addition to those named in his will. They are Nathaniel, who was born 25 Feb 1652 and died 27 Feb 1652, and Sarah born 1663.

The spelling of Martin Tichenor's name varied in New Haven Records as is seen below, but his will was signed "Tichenor" and, in general, that is the spelling in the Newark Records with one notable exception during Newark's brief rule by the Dutch. His name on a list of the inhabitants of Newark, who took the oath of allegiance to the states general of Holland 1763, was Tichnell. Although the names in a few records pertaining to his sons, end with one or two letters "L" the Tichenor spelling prevailed.

Martin and Mary Tichenor were members of The New Haven Church. In parish and township meetings the men and women sat in separate divisions and the seating is recorded for the year 1655 as follows: "In ye seats on ye stile on both sides the dore: Martin Tichenor...In ye side seats all along; goodw Tichennor." On 10 Feb 1661 their seatings were "below the doore" for "MartineTitchnell" and "Sister Tichenell."

Martin had a five acre lot in New Haven which he sold in 1666, joined the party that founded Newark, NJ.

Martin and Mary's Children:

1-Nathaniel TICHENOR
2 John TICHENOR
3 Abigail TICHENOR
4 Daniel TICHENOR II
5-Hannah TICHENOR
6-Samuel TICHENOR
7-Jonathan TICHENOR
8-Sarah TICHENOR

The last will and testament of Martin Tichenor being in my right mind and having my understanding and senses my last will and testament is as follows. First I commend my soul to God who gave it and my body to the earth from whence it was taken there to rest until the resurrection of that last day and I do give and dispose of my estate and goods according to the contents herein mentioned. First I do give to my eldest son John Tichenor thirty pounds out of my estate in land and movables. The remainder of ye lands to be equally divided to my three other sons---one equal third part to my son Daniel Tichenor, one equal third part to my son Samuel Tichenor and the other one third part to my son Jonathan Tichenor and to my daughter Abigail twenty pounds to be paid out of the movable estate and reminder of my moveable estate to be equally divided to all my children. To my son John one equal fifth part and to my daughter Abigail and to my son Daniel one equal fifth part and to my son Samuel one equal fifth part and to my son Jonathan one equal fifth part, also I do dispose of my son Jonathan to my son-in-law John Treat to dwell with him until he is of full age according to law. Also my will is that my son Jonathan Tichenor shall be executor for my estate, also I do request my neighbor William Camp and Joseph Riggs to be overseer, to the true and faithful accomplishments to this my last will and testament and for confirmation of my last will and testament. I have set to my hands and seal this 19th day of October 1681. Amen.

Martin Tichenor

Page 172 of Deeds Liber #3 in Trenton, NJ. State Archives, Second Floor.

Martin was one of 30 founders of Newark, New Jersey in 1666.

5Martin Tichenor, according to Tichenor Families in America by Harold Tichenor, 1988, excerpted from pp. 1-6:
Martin Tichenor, the original immigrant, took the oath of allegiance at New Haven Colony August 1644. This is the first known record of him. He was married by the governor to Mary Charles, daughter of John Charles, on May 16, 1651. In addition to the children named in his will, New Haven records recorded Nathaniel, who was born Feb. 25, 1652 and died Feb. 17, 1652, and Sarah, b. 1663.
The spelling of his name varied in New Haven records, but his will was signed Tichenor, the spelling found most often in the Newark, New Jersey records except for a few records pertaining to his sons which end with one or two "L's".
Early tradition, first appearing in print in Collections of the New Jersey Historical Society, Vol. VI, Supplement, is that Martin Tichenor came from France. However, Taylor Tichenor, son of James Tichenor, whose genealogy is used in the Richard Bennington Teachenor's A Partial History of the Tichenor Family in America, Descendants of Martin Tichenor, 1918, stated that the most generally accepted tradition is that his ancestry is English, though of Dutch-Flemish derivation. A study of the Connecticut and New Jesey Colonial records suggest that Martin was a Puritan, and most probably came from England. Reference in Atwater's History of New Haven, Chapters II, III, and IV refer to the fact that members of the colony settling at Milford and New Haven, like those of Massachusetts Bay, came from Kent and Canterbury.
One dictionary of names says that Tichenor was from Tichenor, a village in Hampshire, southern England, situated on the River Itchen near Southhampton. The name of the place was originally written "At Itchen." Residents were known as "At Itchenor," or one who lived by the river Itchen. Ticknor is sometimes a variant of Tichenor, and may also be a form of Tickner, a name of Dutch origin meaning "draftsman."
Another dictionary of names says that Tichenor was "local, probably a corruption of At Itchenor, "T Itchenor, from the River Itchen, the name of a village in Sussex, England.
Still another says that Tichenor is a form of Titchener, a locality name, meaning "dweller at the crossroads."
A history of Sussex, England says that West Itchenor is a "small parish of 546 acres lying at the mouth of Chichester Harbour, whose waters bound it on the north and west" and its history as "Itchenor" predates the 1066 Conquest.
There are records of many persons with similar names christened or married in Sussex or Berkshire between 1545 and 1685, suggesting that Tichenor is indeed of English origin, but the name is not found in France. Since Martin Tichenor was a Puritan, he must have lived in England for a time, whatever his roots.
Martin and Mary Tichenor were members of the New Haven Church. In parish and town meetings, men and women sat in separate divisions. For the year 1655, the seating is recorded: "in ye seats on ye stile on both sides the dore: Martin Tichennor...In ye side seats all along: Goodw (goodwife) Tichennor." On Feb. 10, 1661, the seatings were "below the doore' for Martine Titchnell" and "Sister Tichnell."
Martin Tichenor had a five acre lot in New Haven which he sold in October 2, 1666 and joined a party that founded Newark, New Jersey. Its location was described as "at ye lower end of the subburbs quarter next Milford Highway."
In 1665, New Haven and Connecticut were merged into one colony. This allowed baptism of children irrespective of their parents' church membership. The Puritans objected, and Robert Treat became chairman of a committee that responded to Governor Carteret of New Jersey seeking homesteaders for colonization and granting them their religious needs.
Treat visited the site in late winter 1665, returned with a glowing report, and a group of thirty families, including Martin Tichenor's, decided to go. They traveled by sea and in early May 1666 arrived at the Passaic River. As they unloaded their goods, they were met by a tribe of Hackensack Indians who claimed the land, but the Governor arrived on the scene in time, and the colonists decided to stay after purchasing the land from the Indians for "fifty double-hands of powder, one hundred barrs of lead, twenty Axes, twenty Coats, ten Guns, twenty pistolls, ten Kettles, ten Swoards, four blanks, four barrells of beere, ten paire of breeches, fifty knives, twenty howes, eight hundred and fifty fathem of wampem, two Ankors of licquers and three Troopers Coats."
The first houses in Newark averaged thirty feet in length, sixteen feet in width, and one and a half stories in height. Cavernous or double chimneys on every house were made of clay and timber for a few years until stone and mortar came into use. The hearthstone was in the main, or living, room, used also as a kitchen. The door opened on a level with the yard. Wood was the only fuel. Water used for laundry was stored in rain barrels as it dripped from the roof. Water for other uses came from spring, brook, or a well dug on the premises.
The first industry in town was the corn mill built in 1671. There soon followed artisans from other settlements, including weavers, coopers, and traveling shoemakers. Housewives and young girls made soap and candles and dyed the cloth they spun on spinning wheels. Feathers of wild geese were made into bedding and pillows, and many householders had beehives for honey used as medicine, as well as food.
There was a gradual lessening of Puritan restraint and practice, but the church remained nominally Puritan until October 22, 1719 when the Presbyterian form of church government was instituted. The first school of Newark opened in 1676, probably in the Meeting House.
The first generations in Newark were buried in the burial ground near the meeting house, called the "Old Burial Ground." The records of deaths and burials were lost when the British took the town in 1777.
Because of continuing Indian scares, every man between 16 and 60 was required to have his arms ready. The town drummer played an important role because he used his instrument to call the people to church or town meetings, and to scare away the Indians.
Twenty-eight Tichenors were on the Newark tax lists from 1778-1789 during the Revolution.

Name:
Henry Snyder
SSN:
518-38-6755
Last Residence:
83501  Lewiston, Nez Perce, Idaho, United States of America
Born:
8 Jul 1884
Died:
Jan 1971
State (Year) SSN issued:
Idaho (1951-1952 )

Married by the Governor of New Haven Colony.