When Edward Tipton was born about 1749, his father, John Tipton, was 37 and his mother, Mary Mansell, was 32.
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English (Shropshire and Staffordshire): habitational name from a place in Staffordshire. The placename derives from the Old English personal name Tibba (genitive Tibban) + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, or from the personal name Tibba + Old English connective -ing- + Old English tūn.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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