Brief Life History of John
When John Lenton was christened on 12 July 1702, in Ryhall, Rutland, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Lenton, was 25 and his mother, Ursula Walpool, was 20. He died before 1704.
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Parents and Siblings
1677–1722 Male
1683–1715 Female
Siblings (8)
1702–1704 Male
1704– Male
1706–1712 Female
1707–1711 Female
1708–1709 Female
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Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Lenton in Lincolnshire, which is recorded as Lavintone in 1086, Lenton in Nottinghamshire, which is recorded as Lentone in 1086, or Lenton in Devon, which is recorded as Leynton in 1330. The Lincolnshire placename may derive from the Old English personal name Lāfa + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The Nottinghamshire place takes its name from the river Leen + Old English tūn. The Devon placename derives from an uncertain initial element + Old English tūn.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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