Easton Family History
Easton Name Meaning
Scottish and English: habitational name from any of the numerous
places so called. Most are from Old English east ‘east’ +
tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’; examples in Devon and the
Isle of Wight get their names from the Old English phrase
beeastan tune ‘(place) to the east of the
settlement’. Another in Devon gets its first element from the genitive
case of the Old English personal name Ælfric (composed of
the elements ælf ‘elf’ + ric ‘power’) or
A{dh}elric (composed of the elements a{dh}el ‘noble’
+ ric ‘power’). One in Essex is from Old English
eg ‘island’ + stan(as) ‘stone(s)’. Finally Easton
Neston in Northamptonshire gets its name from Old English
Eadstanestun ‘settlement of Eadstan’, a
personal name composed of the elements ead ‘prosperity’,
‘riches’ + stan ‘stone’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Easton
Name Distribution of Easton Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Easton families
 280 - 558  94 - 279 |
 1 - 93  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Easton families
|
224 - 446 75 - 223 |
1 - 74 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Easton census records
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Easton Family Origin
Easton Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Easton Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Easton Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Easton census records
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