The earliest Tipton’s were Vikings or Norsemen, who roamed the North seas in the 8th, 9th, & 10th centuries. Some of the Tipton’s settled in Scotland, where there are still some Tiptons living today. Some of the descendants moved to England, then to Irland, Jamaica, and America.
 Sir Anthony de Tipton of Staffordshire, was born about 1260. He was knighted 12/11/1282 for mortally wounding Prince Liewellyn, Prince of Wales.  He married Isabella Musgrave, daughter of Rogr Musgrave, Lord of Hartle Castle about 1290, in the county of Moreland. He died at York and was buried at Wetherby.

CHILDREN OF ANTHONY DE TIPTON & ISABELLA MUSGRAVE
1) Edward  2) Henry  3) Roger  4) Anthony

 Anthony Tipton, born about 1297, may be grandfather of Peter de Tybynton (Tipton) born about 1312 and was from the “Plea Rolls”.

CHILDREN OF PETER DE TIPTON & ?
1) Roger 1339

CHILDREN OF ROGER TIPTON & ?
1) Juliana  1360 (About)              2) William  1360

 William Tipton

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM TIPTON & ?
1) John 1385

 John Tipton

CHILDREN OF JOHN TIPTON
1) William  1410

 William

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM TIPTON
1) John  1435

John Tipton

CHILDREN OF JOHN TIPTON
1) William  1460
 
 

William Tipton married Margery Hodges, and they had 5 children.

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM TIPTON & MARGERY HODGES
1) Thomas      2)          3)              4)              5)

 Thomas Tipton married the daughter and heir of Hancoche of Condover Parish in the community of Salop-a Parish a few miles east of Hanwood. They had 2 children.

CHILDREN OF THOMAS TIPTON & ?
1) Florence (Francis)              2) Edward

 Edward Tipton

CHILDREN OF EDWARD TIPTON & ?
1) Richard

 Richard was buried at Pontesbury, Salop, 10/6/1590. He married Eleanor Onslow. She was buried at Pontesbury 6/5/1604. They had a son Richard.

CHILDREN OF RICHARD TIPTON & ELEANOR ONSLOW
1) Richard  6/1/1572

Richard Tipton was buried at Salop, 12/15/1617. He married Joyce Lyster 12/3/1601

CHILDREN OF RICHARD TIPTON & JOYCE LYSTER
1) Edward

 Edward was baptized 1/25/1617 and died 10/1688 in Northrumbria, VA. He married Amy Phillips, daughter of Robert Phillips of Cruchmeole, Com. Salop & Margaret Onslow. Margaret was the daughter of Roger Onslow. Edward is the father of Jonathan born 1639,died 1757 and is the direct descendent of  most of the North American Tipton’s. Edward later married Margaret Downing.

CHILDREN OF EDWARD TIPTON & AMY PHILLIPS
1) Jonathan 1639-1757             2) Thomas

 Jonathan Tipton was born in Shropshire, England around 1639. The Tipton’s were Loyalists to the King of England when Oliver Cromwell took over, they may have been deported to Ireland and over to Jamaica. He and his brother Thomas were in Jamaica for several years. Jonathan left Jamaica for Maryland shortly before 1693 and after the earthquake there. A 200 acre tract of land called Molly & Sally’s Delight, was acquired by him by virtue of 3 warrants granted to him May 11, 1726… March 24, 1726…& April 11, 1727. The and was situated in Baltimore Co., MD on the west side of the Main Falls of the Gunpowder River. The earliest record establishing the presence of Jonathan in Baltimore area is a certificate for land dated 8/1/1714 and a warrant dated 8/18/1714, both of which apply to “Port Royal” which was surveyed for him 8/25/1714. Another warrant was issued on 1/19/1716 and a certificate on 1/22/1716 for the “addition to ye Jamaica Man’s Plague” which was surveyed for 929 acres on 3/22/1716. Both of these trats of land were on the north side of the Patapsco River, and adjacent to Salseas, which was granted originally to Richard Thornburg 7/1695. Port Royal was probably the residence of Jonathan Tipton. He later resided on a tract of land called “Tipton’s Puzzle” located on Beaver Dam Run descending into Gunpowder River which empties into Chesapeake Bay. He had a son Thomas. Jonathan Tipton 1st married Sarah, daughter of William Pearce of Anne Arundel County MD. His 2nd wife was Mary Chilcoat and he might have married a 3rd time to a girl named Julianna ?, about 1747. Jonathan Tipon lived to age 118. Sarah Pearce was about 1680.

CHILDREN OF JOHNATHAN TIPTON I & SARAH PEARCE
1) Thomas (Mother was 13 years old at time of his birth)   4/8/1693                         2) William            3) Jonathan II               4) John

 Thomas Tipton was born in Anne Arundel County, MD 4/8/1693, and was baptized in St. James Episcopal Church 4/25/1699. He died in Baltimore, Maryland 1763. On 10/5/1716, he married Sarah Steptoe in Baltimore. Thomas signed the “Oath of Allegiance” in Baltimore County in 1776, making all his descendants eligible for Sons & Daughters of the American Revolution on 5/17/1763. He also took part in the settling of his fathers estate and died sometime after 1757. Thomas’ son William Tipton was given 50 acres of Tipton’s Puzzle when he turned 21. He

CHILDREN OF THOMAS TIPTON & SARAH STEPTOE
1) Mary          2) William  2/27/1719          3) Thomas          4) Jonathan        5) John         6) Luke        7) Solomon          8) Sarah

 William Tipton was born 2/27/1719 in Baltimore County, MD. His 3 son’s – Samuel, William, and Aquilla- settled the Ohio Valley about 1775. Williams 1st marrage was to Tabitha Wright in 1736, and had no children.  His 2nd wife Angelica Cole was born 3/19/1720 and died 8/2/1796. They lived in “Back River Hundred” section of Baltimore Co., MD. William gave his land to his son Aquilla.

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM TIPTON & ANGELICA COLE
1) Tabitha          2) Aquilla  1749         3) Joshua          4) Samuel
5) William          6) Rebecca              7) Nicholas          8) Isabella
9) Rebecca

 Aquilla Tipton was born in Maryland about 1749 and died in 1827. He 1st married Elizabeth Belt. His 2nd marriage was to Mary Miller 10/26/1765. Mary died 2/3/1797. Aquilla was willed “Tipton’s Puzzle” but later settled in Ohio in 1775.

CHILDREN OF THOMAS TIPTON & MARY MILLER
1) Joshua           2) Nancy          3) Rachel              4) Eleanor (Ellen) 1786            5) Rebecca              6) Ruth          7) ?           8) ?

 Eleanor (Ellen) married Charles Worrell in Zanesville, OH. And moved to McDonough Co., IL. She died 10/1/1873 in Hancock Co. IL. Charles was born 1/14/1783 in MD and died 1/28/1870

Sir Anthony DE TIPTON was Knighted by King Edward I on 11 December 1282. There are many tales and legends of how the Tipton's came to the New World. At first the glamour and excitement of the unknown and greener pastures of some other place, secondly, the political and religious conditions in England. It is thought that the Tipton's came by Venables Army and by way of Jamaica and some by direct passage from England. According to family tradition, the TIPTON family originated in Scotland. The ancestors left the highlands of Scotland and emigrated to Ireland in early 1600's. Tradition says "Jonathan and William Tipton with other brothers took passage on a ship bound for America; that this ship was attacked on the high seas by the vessels of some American Colonies, and that before the mistake was discovered - the brothers were killed except for Jonathan and William." Jonathan Tipton, Sr. was born at Kingston on the Island of Jamaica circa 1739 according to the Maryland Gazette of January 27th, 1757. It states his age as 118 years at the time of the month (January 1757).
The earliest date for Jonathan Tipton, Sr. in Maryland is found in the records of St. James Parish on Herring Creek, Anne Arundel, Maryland. Three sons of Jonathan and Sarah Pierce Tipton were baptized here on the 25th of April 1699, the oldest then being almost six years of age and the youngest just one month old. The spelling of Sarah's surname has been seen many different ways, so it is spelled per the data quoted in all cases. Sarah Pierce, the first wife of Jonathan Tipton, Sr., was the daughter of William Pierce. This fact is proven by two Maryland Court Records (1) the application of Jonathan Tipton for a warrant of land "in his right of his wife, Sarah, the daughter of William Pearce" which was granted on July 11, 1705, and (2) the will of Sarah's brother William Pearce, Anne Arundel County, Maryland September 12, 1719 in which he directs that his nephews, Thomas and William Tipton, serve as overseers of the administration of his will. The Rev. Henry Hall, Witness of the will of William Pearce, was the first rector of St. James' Parish where Jonathan's children were baptized in 1699. It is very likely that Sarah has died before Jonathan made his application for the warrant in 1705. She had died previous to 15 December 1709, because on this date Jonathan Tipton was married second to Mary Chilcoat. Jonathan Tipton, Sr., first appeared in Baltimore County, Maryland before 1714 and owned 50 acres of land which he called "PORT ROYAL" in remembrance of Jamaica's only port. Here he dealt extensively in land for a period of time. There are many conveyances to his children and his grandchildren - most of them are deeds of gift or for small monetary considerations. Mary Chilcoat, second wife of Jonathan Tipton, Sr., survived her husband, but was deceased circa 1763 as shown in certain deeds of Thomas Tipton of Baltimore County, Maryland. From St. James Parish Records of Anne Arundel County, Maryland; St. Paul's Parish Records of Baltimore County, Maryland and the Tipton History by W. Hord Tipton, the genealogy of the Tipton family is set up to facilitate further research. A study of the history of Jamaica convinces that the immigrants Silvestor, Edward, Jonathan were seamen or soldiers under Robert Venables, Governor of Ireland and General of the forces that captured Jamaica on May 20, 1655. History, however relates that many of the seamen and soldiers remained in Kingston and Port Royal and cultivated the soil thereabouts. Shortly after the fall of Jamaica to the English, the Tipton's appeared in Maryland. First, Silvestor in 1657, second, Edward in 1668 and Jonathan in 1670's. If dates are correct, stating Jonathan bornin Jamaica, at least he, maybe other were Spanish subjects for 17 years. There is a statement referring to a document of 1668 which indicates that Christopher Miller - master of vessel "Friendship of London" assigned to Daniel Jennifer, nine rights of land for the transportation of Edward Tipton and eight others to Maryland. Court Records prove that Tipton's were in Charles Co., Maryland, on the Potomac, in Northumberland County, Virginia, Anne Arundel County, Maryland and Gunpowder River in Baltimore County, Maryland. Shortly after the fall of Jamaica to the British, the Tipton's began to appear in Maryland and Virginia. First, there was Silveston or Silvester in 1657, Richard, who witnessed the deed of Gibson and Downham 3 December 1666, Third, Edward 1668, Jonathan, the progenitor in 1690's. The English conquered Jamaica from Spain in 1655 and before that time English settlers were not allowed on the island, so that Jonathan Tipton could not have been born in Kingston in 1639, and is believed to have been born in England. March 25, 1699 is the first documented date of his being in the state of Maryland. September 16, 1948 issue of St. Johnsville, New York "Enterprise and News", gives Jonathan as being in the Mohawk Valley Genealogy and History as coming from Bermuda in 1668 to Baltimore Co, Maryland, where he married Sarah Pierce of William Pierce. There is a Jamaica on Long Island. Jonathan dealt extensively in land for a period almost unbelievable for a man his age. Jonathan left Jamaica for Maryland shortly before 1693 after an earthquake there in 1692. He did not die until 21 Jan 1757, in Baltimore County, Maryland, reaching the advanced age on 118 years. He married second Mary Chilcoat of Humphrey Chilcoat 15 December 1709 who died 6 December 1736. Jonathan married third Julianna ______. His original home in Baltimore County, Maryland, "Port Royal" later resided on "Tipton's Puzzle". The first four generations of Tipton's in America were members of and strong supporters of the Anglican-Episcopal Church, the state church of England. There are fourteen (14) towns and cities in America named for the Tipton's, also two counties. Then the Borough of Tipton in Shropshire, England. There is a Tipton Ridge, Tipton Mountain, Tipton Dome, Tipton Corners in Tiptonville, Tennessee. There were at least three hundred fifty (350) officers and enlisted men by the name Tipton in the First World War. There were over 24 cases where they married cousins. The Tipton's were an English family and probably, descendants of Edward and Samuel Tipton, called merchants who operated sailing vessels between England, the Barbadoes, Virginia and Maryland. Edward Tipton was living in Northumberland County, Virginia and married on of the Downings, the widow of Capt. William Downing, and some of his sons are believed to have been of the Baltimore County family from which Jonathan, the father of Col. John Tipton.