When Jane Whittington was born on 21 September 1790, in Godshill, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England, her father, John Whittington, was 54 and her mother, Jane Fry, was 35. She married George Flux on 25 January 1809, in Whippingham, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Gatcombe, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England in 1790. She died in 1856, in Whippingham, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 66.
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English: habitational name from any of a large number of places called Whittington, for example in Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire, and Northumberland. Most of these places are named with the Old English personal name Hwīta + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, meaning ‘Hwīta's settlement’ or ‘settlement associated with Hwīta’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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