When Melissa Marie Litton was born on 28 February 1817, in Russell, Virginia, United States, her father, Soloman Caleb Litton Jr., was 33 and her mother, Judith Ann Shoemaker, was 31.
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English: habitational name from Litton (Derbyshire, Dorset, Somerset and Yorkshire), Leyton (Essex), or perhaps Liddaton Green in Bentor or Leddon in Welcombe (both Devon). The Derbyshire and Yorkshire placenames probably derive from Old English hlith ‘slope’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The Devon, Dorset, and Somerset places take their names from rivers named with Old English hlȳde ‘the loud one, noisy stream’ + Old English tūn. The Essex place takes its name from the river Lea (of uncertain origin) + Old English tūn.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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