The heaton Surname
heaton Name Meaning and History
English (northern): habitational name from any of the numerous
places so called, for example in Lancashire, Northumberland, and West
Yorkshire, from Old English heah ‘high’ + tun
‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. This surname was taken to Ireland in the
mid 17th century, and within Ireland is now mainly found in
Ulster.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| George R. Heaton of Alabama |
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| HEATON Florence Helen WOODMAN 1914-1999 |
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| heaton geneology | sandra orlando | 36 |
| AMBROSE HEATON | M. Mc Kain | 2 |
| Benjamin Heaton of Culpeper Co Va |
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| Forrest F. Heaton 10 Sep 1905 Maryland |
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| Missouri Heatons |
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| East Tennessee Heatons (Especially James) |
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| HEATON | PAUL HEATON | 4 |
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