When Martha Ayton was born in 1777, in Wymondham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Ayton, was 50 and her mother, Elizabeth Page, was 41. She married Robert Matthews on 24 February 1799, in Wymondham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She died in 1856, in Wymondham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 79, and was buried in Wymondham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom.
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English and Scottish: habitational name from Ayton (North Yorkshire) or Ayton (Berwickshire). The former is derived from Old Norse á ‘river, stream’ + tūn ‘farmstead’. The later takes its name from the River Eye (likely from Old English ēa ‘river, stream’) + tūn ‘settlement’.
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