When Dorothy Aston was born in 1593, in Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Robert Aston, was 43 and her mother, Mary Lewis Mussell, was 30. She married Francis King in 1620, in Chester, Cheshire, England. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. She died in 1650, in Stafford Courthouse, Stafford, Virginia, British Colonial America, at the age of 57, and was buried in Virginia, British Colonial America.
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from the Middle English personal name Ad(e)stan, which is usually from Old English Æthelstān (see Alston ). It may also be from the much rarer Old English name Ēadstān.
habitational name from any of several places in England called Aston. Most were named with Old English ēast ‘east’ + tūn ‘settlement’. In a few cases the first element is æsc ‘ash tree’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesWhen Dorothy Ashton was born in 1593 in Chester, Cheshire, England, her father, Sir, was 28, and her mother, Joyce, was 28. She was married three times and had seven sons. She died in 1650 in Stafford …
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