When Samuel Thornton was born in 1713, in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Zachariah THORNTON, was 41 and his mother, Alice Albright, was 41. He died on 10 August 1713, in Sherington, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 0, and was buried in Sherington, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom.
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English and Scottish: habitational name from any of numerous places throughout England and Scotland so called, from Old English thorn ‘thorn tree’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The placename is most frequent in northern England, especially Yorkshire, where there are at least 16 possible sources for the surname.
Irish: Anglicized (translated) form of Gaelic Mac Sceacháin ‘son of Sceachán’ (see Skehan ).
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Draighneáin ‘descendant of Draighneán’ (see Drennan ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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