TUXEN; DEU; 1550- Tuxen is an old family name originating from the region around Flensburg i Schleswig. My ancestor is a rector Lorenz Tuxen (dead 1612) in Solt, about 6 miles South of Flensburg. He is said to have had 3 sons, Lorenz Tuxen (his successor, dead 1635), Tucke Tuxen and Peter Tuxen (dead 1683), a vicar in Oester Egesborg in Denmark. Peter Tuxen has more than 2000 descendants of which most are living in Denmark. A number emigrated to USA, Canada, Autralia and Argentina though. I am interested in learning about German branches of the family too. I know of a branch that emigrated to USA from Flensburg to USA in the early 20th century, but I do not know of their heritage. There are several spellings of the name: Tuxen, Tüxen (Tuexen), Tychonis (particularly the priests) and Tuchsen. Tuchsen is also the name of a family from Pommern which (to my knowledge) is unrelated to mine. I have some information about a number of descendants of this family, mainly in Norway, should someone have an interest. ************************************************* * Jan Tuxen Kongshoej Alle 23 * * Phone (+45) 65 32 46 22 DK-5300 Kerteminde * * jantuxen@post4.tele.dk DENMARK * *************************************************