The ponton Surname
ponton Name Meaning and History
Scottish and English: habitational name, probably from Great and
Little Ponton in Lincolnshire, named probably with an obscure Old
English word pamp ‘hill’ + tun ‘farmstead’,
‘enclosure’. The surname is now found chiefly in Scotland.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| VA Ponton's.Prince Edward, Nottoway, Charlottte Co's, 1800's |
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| Looking for PONTON family, London, England |
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| anyone out there | Peter Ponton | 91 |
| Punton? in N Dakota | Caroline Smith Lewis | 2 |
| Hillsdale Terre Haute IN Ponton Family Inquiry..Amos connection |
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| General Question about our Ponton-ness | Amber | 23 |
| thomas ponton Plymouth |
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| Anyone named Ponton (History) | Kevin Ponton | 14 |
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