Leighton

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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Family Time Line

Mark Fernald Leighton
1821–1882
Matilda Isabella Fonson
1825–
Charles Francis Leighton
1846–
Leighton
1854–1854
George A T Leighton
1850–
Samuel H Leighton
1854–
Joseph Leighton
1856–
Matilda Leighton
1859–

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    Name Meaning

    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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