When Charles Dalton was born about 1767, in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, his father, Thomas Dalton, was 37 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Freeland, was 29. He lived in Mulberry Ward, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1810 and Upper Makefield Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States in 1830.
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Historical Boundaries: 1772: Northumberland, Pennsylvania Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
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English and Irish: habitational name from any of various places called Dalton in Westmorland, Durham, Lancashire, Northumberland, and Yorkshire, from Old English dæl ‘valley’ (see Dale ) + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
History: The surname was taken to Ireland by English traders in the early 13th century .
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