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Help[Facts] Edgerton-Egerton
My father's paternal line has this name with the two variations Edgerton or Egerton being passed through the generations. I have traced it back to Kent County, England. Does anyone know where this name originated or it meaning or what name it was derived from.
Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Lori
Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Lori
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The following is from a book titled: *A Dictionary of Surnames* (Hanks & Hodges), which is one of the most scholarly works I've found, and which is also recommended by our Webmaster, Mike C.:
Egerton. English: habitation name from places in Kent and Cheshire. The former is so called from Old English *Ecgheardingtun* "settlement (Old English *tun*) associated with *Ecgheard*; the second, which is the main source of the surname, is more likely to have been named as the settlement of *Ecghere* (in which the second element is Old English *here* "army").
Variations: Eggerton, Edgerton.
Bearers of this name, including the Duke of Sutherland and the Earl of Wilton, are descended from David, Sheriff of Chester in the reign of Henry III (1216-72). His son, Philip, was the first in the family to be known by the surname, derived from lands in Cheshire which he acquired from Urian de Egerton.
-- Nanaea
Egerton. English: habitation name from places in Kent and Cheshire. The former is so called from Old English *Ecgheardingtun* "settlement (Old English *tun*) associated with *Ecgheard*; the second, which is the main source of the surname, is more likely to have been named as the settlement of *Ecghere* (in which the second element is Old English *here* "army").
Variations: Eggerton, Edgerton.
Bearers of this name, including the Duke of Sutherland and the Earl of Wilton, are descended from David, Sheriff of Chester in the reign of Henry III (1216-72). His son, Philip, was the first in the family to be known by the surname, derived from lands in Cheshire which he acquired from Urian de Egerton.
-- Nanaea
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