The laxton Surname
laxton Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from places called Laxton, in East
Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, and Northamptonshire. The Northamptonshire
place name is formed from an Old English personal name Leaxa +
tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. The other examples were named
with Leaxa + -ing- (denoting association with) +
tun.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Carlous and Mary Jane Laxton |
 steelers95
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| Oliver Laxton |
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| Laxton in Missouri |
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| LAXTONS IN WV | SHANNON | 19 |
| Richard (Wright) Laxton/ Mary Ann Oliver |
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| Laxton/Boone | Terry Laxton | 8 |
| PATIENCE ?? BORN 1830 PINCHBECK | JULIE | 3 |
| laxton 1922 |
grendav2001
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| Lindsay Laxton of Bay City, TX 1935 |
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| LAXTON Pattie Jo 1988-2000 |
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