Talk:John Tunnicliff

Note discrepency in date of arrival for John Jr. Main source said 1784. Linked state museum article said during Rev. War. There are also other discrpencies in dates. Nonenmac 03:00, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Tunnicliffe is a place name, in 13th century written as Tunwalclif, meaning a group of dwellings on top of a cliff? On the outskirts of Whitworth, north of Rochdale, Lancashire, was a Tunnicliffe Road which ran along the top of a rise. Following the Norman conquest, this area was "in the gift of" the Abbot of Whalley Abbey, and there are records that in 1246 a John de Tunwalclif successfully defended his land inheritance in court. The Tunwalclif/Tonacliffe/Tunnicliff/Tunnicliffe descendants spread from Lancashire to Yorkshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Staffs and later Nottingham – though Stoke and it’s potteries attracted the majority. And of course, they crossed the Atlantic. -- Source of the name Tunnicliffe

When did John Tunnicliff immigrate and on what ship? Percifer Carr supposedly arrived in US with John Tunnicliff. Percifer lived in Otsego County, NY and is the Loyalist referenced in several Histories. -- Re: TUNNICLIFF, William 1790-1800

William Tunnicliff revolutionary soldier, built first house in Richfield Springs, New York in 1791. This is from the Tunnicliff Geneology by Zoe Hood Tunnicliff author and publisher. She obtained this info from Baily's History of Richfield. William was the son of John Tunnicliff (1725-1800), immigrant ancestor. Will probated Cooperstown, New York. -- Re: TUNNICLIFF, William 1790-1800

Walter Tunnicliff lived in 1860 census in Fly Creek Village, town of Otsego, Otsego Co, NY. I believe one of his daughters married William Lewis Lamphere (1837-1917) of Fly Creek, whe married a Tunnicliff, but I have been unable to find him (or her) on any census records prior to 1917. Walter Tunnicliff, b. 1816 with wife Johanna 1870. NY Census had wife Johanna b. 1803 and daughters Cornelia b. 1837, Adelia b. 1839, Ann b. 1841 and Frances b. 1835. -- Tunnicliff-Otsego Co, NY

Tunnicliffs buried at Schuyler Lake Cemetery in Exeter, New York
- Tunnicliff, Adelia (1838-1908/12/11) - 70yrs
- Tunnicliff, Frank A. (1856-1922/11/18) - 66yrs
- Tunnicliff, Johanna (1807-1886/04/08) - 79yrs
- Tunnicliff, Marrien (1841-1900) - 59yrs
- Tunnicliff, Oscar F. (1884-1891/04/17) - 7yrs