Does anyone know of, or have the surname of PURTON?

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Does anyone know of, or have the surname of PURTON?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Hey Alan,

Here is some information that was easy to find on the internet about the PURTON surname. The website Swyrich.com says:

PURTON
Origin: English

Spelling variations of this family name include: Perton, Pearton, Purton, Periton, Perriton, Pertond, Prington, Purinton and many more.

First found in Staffordshire where they were anciently seated as Lords of the Manor.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands.

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