When Jean Swinton was born about 1696, in Edinburgh, Scotland, her father, John Swinton, was 22 and her mother, Mrs John Swinton, was 22. She married George Syme on 14 May 1714, in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. In 1704, at the age of 9, her occupation is listed as my 7th great grandmother on mum's side.
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English (Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire) and Scottish (Fife): habitational name from any of various places called Swinton, for example in Berwickshire, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, and Lancashire. The Lancashire, North Yorkshire, and Yorkshire placenames derive from Old English swīn ‘swine, pig’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, while the Berwickshire placename derives from the Old Norse personal name Sveinn + Old English tūn.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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