When Samuel Burton Jr. was born on 12 June 1783, in Garthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, his father, Samuel Burton, was 38 and his mother, Mary Johnson, was 37. He married Hannah Shipley on 12 June 1804, in Luddington, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 8 daughters. He died on 21 January 1852, in Sutterville, Sacramento, California, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in United States.
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English: habitational name from a placename that is very common in central and northern England. The derivation in most cases is from Old English burh ‘fort’ (see Burke ) + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
French (northeastern): regional variant of Berton .
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Possible Related NamesSAMUEL BURTON - HANNAH SHIPLEY THEIR STORY: 1783 - 1852 This is the story of Samuel Burton and Hannah Shipley, a British couple with roots in the Shires of Lincoln and York on the east coast of …
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