The swinton Surname
swinton Name Meaning and History
English and Scottish: habitational name from any of various places,
for example in Lancashire and North and South Yorkshire, so named from
Old English swin ‘pig’, ‘wild boar’ + tun
‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Swintons in Australia |
 LFold
| 1 |
| MARY ELIZABETH MYRICK SWINTON | PATRICIA DIEHL | 10 |
| Looking for the Swinton Family | Betty DuBose | 5 |
| Leon Swinton is my Father |
LorenzoSwinton
| 0 |
| Connections |
LorenzoSwinton
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| Swintons in NZ |
tekootis
| 2 |
| SWINTON, ALEXANDER & JANE |
BMordy
| 0 |
| Kenneth Swinton Family |
156missionmum
| 10 |
| Swinton/Swynton DNA Project started |
tagordon
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| Robert Swinton Family to NY 1849 | Al O'Brien | 0 |
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