When Samuel Overton was born on 14 August 1685, in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, Col. William Overton, was 46 and his mother, Elizabeth Waters, was 30. He married Anne Carr in 1710, in Hanover, Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died before 1719, in New Kent, Virginia, British Colonial America.
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English: habitational name from any of numerous places so called. Most are named from Old English uferra ‘upper’ + tūn ‘settlement’; others have Old English ōfer ‘riverbank’ or ofer ‘slope’ as the first element.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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