Paxton Family History
Paxton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the places in Northumberland (Paston in Kirknewton) or Huntingdonshire (Paxton). The former probably derives from an Old English personal name Pælloc + Old English tūn ‘farmstead estate’. The placename Paxton in Huntingdonshire is probably from Old English pearroc ‘enclosure paddock’ or perhaps from an Old English personal name Pæcc + tūn.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022