When Hester Ann Caton was born on 7 April 1818, in Warren, Missouri, United States, her father, Jesse Caton, was 55 and her mother, Esther Sparks, was 48. She married Hines Clever Lynn on 18 February 1836, in Warren, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 7 April 1850, in Platte, Missouri, United States, at the age of 32.
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English (Lancashire): habitational name from Caton in Lancashire, from the Old Norse byname Káti (see Cates ) + tūn.
English: from the Middle English female personal name Catun, a diminutive of Cat, a pet form of Cateline (i.e. Catherine, see Catlin ).
English: variant of Keeton or Cayton .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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