When Agnes Paton was born on 19 August 1694, in Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Robert Paton, was 26 and her mother, Elizabeth Paton, was 22. She married Thomas White on 2 October 1714. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1696. She died from about 1720 to 1792.
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1689–1785 Male
1694–1792 Female
1717–1750 Female
1720–1810 Male
1722–1826 Female
English and Scottish: variant of Patton .
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Peatáin, see Payton .
English: from either of two places called Patton in Shropshire and Westmorland. The Shropshire placename is recorded as Peattingtune in 901 and derives from an Old English personal name Peatta + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The Westmorland placename is recorded as Patun in 1086 and derives from Old English pæth ‘path, track’ or an Old English personal name Patta + Old English tūn.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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