Brief Life History of John
John Shipton was born about 1730, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. He died on 21 September 1772, in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, at the age of 43.
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Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Shipton, including three in Gloucestershire, two in Oxfordshire, and one each in Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Shropshire, East Yorkshire, and North Yorkshire, or from Shepton Beauchamp, Shepton Mallet, and Shepton Montague (Somerset). Most of the placenames derive from Old English scēap ‘sheep’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’; however, the East Yorkshire and North Yorkshire placenames arise from Old English hēope ‘briar, bramble’ + tūn.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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