When John Leighton was born in 1698, in New Hampshire, United States, his father, John L Leighton II, was 0 and his mother, Sarah, was -1. He married Abigail Ham on 7 November 1728, in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, British Colonial America. He died in 1778, at the age of 80.
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English: habitational name from any of various places called Leighton or Layton. Most, as for example those in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Lancashire, and Shropshire, are named with Old English lēac ‘leek’ + tūn ‘settlement’, but Layton in Durham derives from Old English ge-lād ‘road’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The English pronunciation of Leighton is usually /lɛ:tən/ or /leitən/ (also spelled Layton and Leaton ), but it can also be heard as /laitən/ or as /li:tən/ (also spelled Leaton ), and occasionally as /lɛtən/ (spelled Letton ).
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