Brief Life History of Leighton
When Leighton was born about 1854, in United States, her father, Mark Fernald Leighton, was 34 and her mother, Matilda Isabella Fonson, was 31. She died about 1854, at the age of 2.
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English: habitational name from any of various places called Leighton or Layton. Most, as for example those in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Lancashire, and Shropshire, are named with Old English lēac ‘leek’ + tūn ‘settlement’, but Layton in Durham derives from Old English ge-lād ‘road’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The English pronunciation of Leighton is usually /lɛ:tən/ or /leitən/ (also spelled Layton and Leaton ), but it can also be heard as /laitən/ or as /li:tən/ (also spelled Leaton ), and occasionally as /lɛtən/ (spelled Letton ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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