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| HAYTON - The name is derived from the time of the Anglo-Saxons (4th - 10th century) and refers to a fence or hedge(hay) surrounding a farm (tun) - hence 'haytun'. An alternative translation is 'eatun' - as in Ayton - meaning a farm (tun) on an island in a river (ea).
One of the earliest recordings of the use of the Hayton
surname is when Seliff, the huntsman to the second lord of Allerdale,
was granted the manor of Hayton, near Aspatria, Cumbria, sometime
after the Norman Conquest of Britain in 1066.¹
Most Hayton surnames tend to originally have come from around the villages of Hayton, nr Aspatria, Cumbria and Hayton, East Yorkshire. |
JORDISON - A derivative of the 'son of Jordan'. The name Jordan is from the name of a river flowing between the countries of Jordan and Israel. The river's name in Hebrew is Yarden, and it is derived from yarad meaning "descend" or "flow down". John the Baptist baptized Jesus Christ in its waters, and it was adopted as a personal name after crusaders brought back water from the river to baptize their children. |
HEWITT - Meaning 'Little Hugh'. The name Hugh means heart / mind / inspiration / intelligent. Derived from the old German name of Hugo. |
HALLIDAY - A person born or baptised on a holy-day. |
BUTLER - An occupational surname derived from the Old French 'bouteillier', meaning servant in charge of the wine cellar. In Normandy, descendants of Theobald Walter (who died in 1206) took the surname of De Boteler or Butler, to mark his service as chief Butler of Ireland, an office conferred upon him by Henry II for his services to the kingdom. |
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