Does anyone know anything at all about the surname "Featherstone"?

Question:

Does anyone know anything at all about the surname "Featherstone"?

I know it's English, and I know there's a Featherstone Castle, but is there any possibly it might Native American?
Any information is gladly appreciated. Thank you.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Featherstone

Northern English: habitational name from places in Staffordshire, West Yorkshire, and Northumberland, which are so called from Old English fe㰥rstan ??tetralith??, a prehistoric structure consisting of three upright stones capped with a headstone (from Old English fe(o)㰥r- ??four?? + stan ??stone??).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

In 1880, according to
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/f...

there were 0 Native Americans with this name.

I tried given name "John" and state "Dakota" just to see what the NA's were named in 1880. (You have to give it at last one name, given or sur.) I found 54:

1. John LIBLONG - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Son Gender: Male Birth: <1853> MN

2. John DOFINE - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Self Gender: Male Birth: <1857> MN

3. John DE COTEAU - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Self Gender: Male Birth: <1845> DAK

4. John BLUE - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Self Gender: Male Birth: <1827> DAK

5. John PRICE - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Son Gender: Male Birth: <1876> DAK

6. John ST. PEAR - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Self Gender: Male Birth: <1840> DAK

7. John GAYTON - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Son Gender: Male Birth: <1871> DAK

8. John KIERAH - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
BroL Gender: Male Birth: <1858> DAK

9. John ARCHAMBAULT - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Other Gender: Male Birth: <1864> DAKOTA

10. Johnny REYNOLD - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Son Gender: Male Birth: <1878> DAKOTA

11. John BARSE - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Son Gender: Male Birth: <1873> MN

12. John LE POINT - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Self Gender: Male Birth: <1856> DAKOTA

13. Johnny - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Son Gender: Male Birth: <1880> DAK

14. John DOUGLASS - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Son Gender: Male Birth: <1864> DAK

15. John LOVEJOY - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Son Gender: Male Birth: <1862> MN

16. John GOODRICHE - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Self Gender: Male Birth: <1848> CAN

17. John GOODRICHE - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Son Gender: Male Birth: <1871> DAK

18. John GINGOAS - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Son Gender: Male Birth: <1861> DAK

19. John B. IAMPHINEAN - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Son Gender: Male Birth: <1879> DAK

20. Johnny LEE - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
BroL Gender: Male Birth: <1874> DAKOTA

21. John VANDALL - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Self Gender: Male Birth: <1847> DAK

22. John MARION - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Son Gender: Male Birth: <1865> CAN

23. John DEASE - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Self Gender: Male Birth: <1825> OR

24. John GRENIER - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Son Gender: Male Birth: <1870> DAKOTA

25. John REDWING - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Self Gender: Male Birth: <1841> MN

26. John WILSON - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Self Gender: Male Birth: <1840> MN

27. John DELORINE - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Son Gender: Male Birth: <1860> DAK

28. John DEASE - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Son Gender: Male Birth: <1868> DAK

29. Juan Bapt WELKIE - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Self Gender: Male Birth: <1800> CAN

30. John B. CLOUD - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Self Gender: Male Birth: <1845> MN

31. John WING - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Self Gender: Male Birth: <1834> MN

32. John WAKEMAN - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Son Gender: Male Birth: <1873> DAKOTA

33. Juan Louis GAIPY - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Son Gender: Male Birth: <1870> DAK

34. Johnny CLAYMORE - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Son Gender: Male Birth: <1870> DAKOTA

35. John JONES - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Son Gender: Male Birth: <1873> DAKOTA

36. John WESTON - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Self Gender: Male Birth: <1813> MN

37. John Bte. RAUVILLE - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Self Gender: Male Birth: <1847> DAK

38. John BRUCE - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Self Gender: Male Birth: <1828> CAN

39. Johnny GAREAUX - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Son Gender: Male Birth: <1865> DAKOTA

40. John MORAN - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Son Gender: Male Birth: <1878> DAKOTA

41. John B. DUCEPT - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Son Gender: Male Birth: <1869> CAN

42. John B. GASSLIN - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Cousin Gender: Male Birth: <1851> DAK

43. John LANGIE - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Self Gender: Male Birth: <1833> DAK

44. John HENRY - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Nephew Gender: Male Birth: <1876> DAKOTA

45. John THOMAS - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Son Gender: Male Birth: <1879> DAK

46. John SHELTON - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Son Gender: Male Birth: <1879> DAKOTA

47. John LOVEJOY - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Son Gender: Male Birth: <1877> NE

48. John L. TAYLOR - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Self Gender: Male Birth: <1817> MN

49. John EASTMAN - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Self Gender: Male Birth: <1850> MN

50. John EASTMAN - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Son Gender: Male Birth: <1880> DAKOTA

51. John HOPKINS - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Son Gender: Male Birth: <1874> DAKOTA

52. John ROBINSON - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Son Gender: Male Birth: <1878> DAKOTA

53. John TETREAULT - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Son Gender: Male Birth: <1868> DAK

54. John HEMINGER - 1880 United States Census / Dakota Territory
Son Gender: Male Birth: <1879> DAKOTA