Boughton Family History
Boughton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the numerous places so
named. Those in Cambridgeshire (formerly Huntingdonshire),
Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, and Nottinghamshire are named
from the Old English byname Bucca (see Buck 1) + Old
English tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’; those in Cheshire and
Kent are named with Old English boc ‘beech’ + tun.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Boughton Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Boughton families
 126 - 249  43 - 125 |
 1 - 42  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Boughton Family Origin
Boughton Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Boughton Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Boughton Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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Military Service by Boughton
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