Brief Life History of Alexander
When Alexander Paton was born on 7 May 1707, in Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, John Paton, was 38 and his mother, Marion Borland, was 29. He married Jean Borland on 8 July 1740, in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He died in 1757, in his hometown, at the age of 50.
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- Alexander Paton, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Alexander Patton in entry for Agnes Patton, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Alexander Paton, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
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Name Meaning
English and Scottish: variant of Patton .
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Peatáin, see Payton .
English: from either of two places called Patton in Shropshire and Westmorland. The Shropshire placename is recorded as Peattingtune in 901 and derives from an Old English personal name Peatta + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The Westmorland placename is recorded as Patun in 1086 and derives from Old English pæth ‘path, track’ or an Old English personal name Patta + Old English tūn.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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