Does anyone know anything about the surname Minton??

Question:just curious if anyone can tell me about it. ANYTHING AT ALL!! lol
im to dumb to figure it out on the internet :(
any info will be nice!
thank you to those that can help!!
its very much appreciated! :)

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: just curious if anyone can tell me about it. ANYTHING AT ALL!! lol
im to dumb to figure it out on the internet :(
any info will be nice!
thank you to those that can help!!
its very much appreciated! :)

In reference to the first poster, coats of arms do not belong to surnames. They are and were granted to individuals. Actually, there might be 15 different coats of arms granted to 15 different individuals named Minton. Merchants of deceit that peddle them won't have all of them. They don't need to to sell to gullible people.

See the links below, one from the British College of Arms and the other from the most prestigious genealogical organization in the U. S., The National Genealogical Society.

http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/Faq.ht...

http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/comconsumerp...

Rootsweb(free site) has over 26,000 entries in family trees for Minton. Just pull up the site and put Minton or a full name in the Rootsweb block and then on the next screen probe on World Connect. If you see something that interest you, probe on a name and it will take you to a screen that will give you the name and the email address of the submitter.

Now, don't take as absolute fact everything you see in family trees on any website, free or paid. The info is user submitted and mostly not documented or poorly documented. Even when you see the same information repeatedly by many different submitters, that is no guarantee it is correct.
A lot of people copy without verifying.

Armor - vertical within two bars ermine between two heraldic tigers (lions) passant, one in chief and in base or three garbs of the last. Mantling ~ vertical and/or Crest ~ on a wreath of the colors upon a mounty vert, and heraldic tigers as in the arms, the dexter paw resting on a garb erect proper. Motto ~ "Pro Deo et Patris" Translation ~ "For God and Country

Original Spelling of Our Minton Surname

Myndton

The name Minton appears to have its origin in the county of Shropshire, England, and records of the churches there show that it was a very common name. The village of "Minton", not far from Shropshire, has records that show the Minton family dates back to 1060 in England. The surname Myndton is associated with the Welsh, meaning "an English village on a Welsh hill". Mynd means "a Welsh hill" and ton is a Scandinavian word derived from tun meaning "a village".

Minton Immigrants to America

This is what www.ancestry.com has to say about the name,
Minton
English: habitational name from a place in Shropshire, so named from Welsh mynydd ‘hill’ + Old English tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’
hope this helps.

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/f...
has 257 entries for the surname, including

Census - 1880 US Census
26. F. M. MINTON - 1880 United States Census / Arkansas
Self Gender: Male Birth: <1841> AL

27. M. A. MINTON - 1880 United States Census / Arkansas
Wife Gender: Female Birth: <1839> AL

28. D. B. MINTON - 1880 United States Census / Arkansas
Son Gender: Male Birth: <1862> AL

29. L. L. L. MINTON - 1880 United States Census / Arkansas
Dau Gender: Female Birth: <1872> AL

30. V. H. MINTON - 1880 United States Census / Arkansas
Son Gender: Male Birth: <1873> AR

Census - 1881 British Census
51. William MINTON - 1881 British Census / Berkshire
Head Gender: Male Birth: <1831> London, Middlesex, England

52. Mary A. MINTON - 1881 British Census / Berkshire
Wife Gender: Female Birth: <1828> Sunninghill, Berkshire, England

53. Thos. MINTON - 1881 British Census / Berkshire
Head Gender: Male Birth: <1842> Staines, Middlesex, England

54. David MINTON - 1881 British Census / Brecon
Head Gender: Male Birth: <1851> Llandelly, Brecknock, Wales

http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.c...
has 25,000+ entries. You can limit it by entering birth places. Most of th epeople there with birth places will have died, maybe as long as 50 or 100 years ago; we tend to hide details about living people.