When Esther Rushton was born on 18 December 1815, in Leek, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Rushton, was 26 and her mother, Ann Challonor, was 27. She married William Bradley on 19 June 1853, in Leek, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Lowe, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years.
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English: habitational name from Rishton (Lancashire) and Rushton (Staffordshire), and perhaps also from Rushton (Cheshire, Northamptonshire), Rushton in East Stoke (Dorset), and Rhiston (Shropshire). The placenames derive from Old English risc ‘rush’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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