The brinton Surname
brinton Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from Brinton in Norfolk, named in Old
English as Br¯ningtun ‘settlement (Old English
tun) associated with (-ing-) Br¯ni’ (a
personal name based on Old English bryne ‘fire’, ‘flame’), or
from any of various other places with names of the same origin, such
as Brineton in Staffordshire, Brimpton in Berkshire, Brenton in Devon,
Brington in Cambridgeshire or (Great and Little) Brington in
Northamptonshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Eugene Grey Brinton was born John Eugene Brinton |
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| Ferree Reunion 2007 | Linda Worstell | 1 |
| Ambrose Brinton of PA. |
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| old photo of man F. Brinton, Philadelphia |
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| Hyrum A. Brinton, b. 1893, d. 1918, UT |
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| looking for Doreen Brinton | J Burton | 0 |
| Marilyn L. Brinton obit from NY 2002 |
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