Vanstone Family History
Vanstone Name Meaning
English (Devon): habitational name from Fauntstone in Shaugh (Devon). The place probably takes its name from the surname Faunt (genitive Fauntes) + Middle English toun ‘farmstead estate’ meaning ‘farmstead of the Faunt family’ and probably to be associated with the family of Samson le Enfaunt a juror of Plympton Hundred in Devon in 1249. For the surname Faunt see Fant .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022