When Catharine Elton was christened on 28 December 1774, in Austrey, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joseph Elton, was 38 and her mother, Rebecca Hart, was 37.
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English: habitational name from any of several places called Elton (Berkshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Durham, Herefordshire, Huntingdonshire, Lancashire, and Nottinghamshire). The Eltons in Chesire, Derbyshire, and Durham are from Old English ǣl ‘eel’ + tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’. Elton in Berkshire is from the Old English female personal name Æthelflǣd (composed of the elements æthel ‘noble’ + flǣd ‘beauty’). Both Elton in Herefordshire and in Nottinghamshire are from the Old English personal name Ella + tūn. The Berkshire origin for the surname is especially well represented.
Norwegian: habitational name from a farm name in eastern Norway, in Old Norse Elgjartún ‘enclosed sacred place’ (or fenced in for elg ‘moose’?).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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