The dorton Surname
dorton Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from a place in Buckinghamshire named
Dorton, from Old English dor ‘narrow pass’ + tun
‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| William Dorton, Sr. |
 suerogers97
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| MIGHT BE KIN FOLK |
thomasblevins71
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| Moses & Laodicea (Robinson) Dorton |
hippyparents
| 14 |
| Jesse Dorton Williamson Co. Tenn | Audrey Stewart | 5 |
| Ella Mai Dorton ( - );Tx |
Wiley Alston Jarrell
| 0 |
| Patton Dorton |
robertbates
| 9 |
| Joel Dorton/ John Dorton | Iris Ota | 15 |
| Joseph Henry Dorton | James Worth Dorton | 13 |
| Dortons of Cabarrus County, NC | Janet Carriker Green | 3 |
| William F. Dorton Sr and Elizabeth Watts | Gary Dorton | 28 |
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