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

Answer 1

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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There is a Genforum for Purton surname also. Site below.

There are 171 entries in the LDS Family Search site.

Answer 2

I don't know of the Surname, it is not listed in my Dictionary of surnames, so will probably be rare.
But there is a village called Purton about 6 miles from Swindon, and a couple more places with the same name, so there could be a surname originating from one of these places.

Answer 3

Looking for the origin of a surname can be very misleading, and doesn't at all guarantee that is where "you" are part of. For instance, if you research your ancestors, it might come up that your gr grandfather used the name... only to find out that he was adopted by a stepfather at a young age, and it really isn't his lineage at all!!
ANY surname can show up in records from several different countries, with no proof that it "originated" in one given country.