Last name: Barton

This ancient and distinguished surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is either a topographical name from residence by an outlying grange, deriving from the Olde English pre 7th Century "bere", barley, and "tun", enclosure, settlement, or a locational name from any of the various places named with the above elements. These places include: Barton in Staffordshire appearing as "Barton" in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, dated 942, and as "Bertone" in the Domesday Book of 1086; Barton in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Warwickshire and Lincolnshire, all entered as "Bertone" in the Domesday Book, and also Barton in Kent, Suffolk, and the North Riding of Yorkshire. Early examples of the surname include: Paganus de Barton (Yorkshire, 1163); John de la Berton (Kent, 1273) and Thomas de Bartone of Ayrshire, who rendered homage in 1296. A leading family of the name settled in Ireland in the 13th Century, and are mainly identified with Straffan, County Kildare. Notable namebearers were: Andrew Barton, the Scottish naval commander, who cleared Scottish coasts of Flemish pirates in 1506, and Edward Barton, second English ambassador to Constantinople (1590). A Coat of Arms granted to a Barton, who was Lord Mayor of London, 1416 - 1430, is an ermine shield, on a saltire sable, an annulet gold, voided of the first. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Aelfric aet Bertune, which was dated 1015, in the "Anglo-Saxon Name Register", during the reign of Ethelred the Unready, 978 - 1016. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

Visitor Comments

iforgrasby
There is also a Barton just north of Newport on the Isle of Wight - that's my Barton

nitamay
My Barton's are from Manchester

Paul Pavle Barton
Im a Barton in Manchester =]

Thomas John Louis Barton
I am a Barton in Edinburgh

Allen Barton
I am Allen Barton from Tennessee, U.S.A. I know very little about my family. I have did a bit of looking and found my Great grand father lived in Kentucky in the late 1700's his name was Anderson Barton. I have no other records as of yet. My grand father was Cecil and my dad was Alva. If you have and records that can help please let me know. Thank you.

alan cooper
Have just started a family search with little to go on but Mother said she was from Kippax Yorkshire Her father ( my grandfather ) was Harold Barton who apparantly looked after pit ponies but came out of the mining industry due to health ( died in bradford age 57 ) Kippax village has its own web site

Sue Barton
My Gt Gt Grandfather was James Barton born abt 1790 Bury St Edmunds Suffolk,School master in Rotherham Yorkshire.Any relatives out there?

Stephen Barton
Hi Sue, There are quite a few Bartons in and around the Yorkshire area Ive met a few Barton families in the Handsworth area of Sheffield.

Hunter Barton
I'm Hunter Barton from Powhatan, Virginia. Most of my family are from southwest Virginia.

Linda Farbry
I am trying to identify the ancestors of my g-grandfather, Charles Lee Barton, born 1832. His birth has been listed as Tennessee, North Carolina, and Ohio. I know he was in Sneedville, TN, just across the mountain from SW VA at the beginning of the Civil War. Did any of your family members have a Charles Lee Barton in their families?

Linda Farbry
Hunter, would you contact me direct at us016085@mindspring.com

Jessica Barton
I'm a Barton from Kansas/ California. My grandfather is James Upton Barton. And I'm related to Winston Churchill. Any one out there for me?

Stephanie Barton
I am a Barton from Georgia, USA.

Lindsey
I am not a Barton....yet LOL But my boyfriend is also a Barton from Georgia. He knows very little about his father's family.

janet barton
my name is janet barton gregory i live in bannock ohio my father name is john barton we lived in willow grove ohio when i was little 1957 -1976 mother anna barton.

Kyle Barton
I'm a Barton from Ontario Canada i have a huge family all across the east coast

Stephen Barton
My name is Stephen Barton and my family are from Sheffield South Yorkshire.

Michael Sebastian Barton
I'm Barton from Newcastle and i moved to New York, i haven't seen any Barton in NYC

Gregory Barton
Native Barton from NYC right here

michael jeffrey barton
my boyfriend in upstate newyork, saratoga springs exactly is michael barton...

p barton
I am a Barton from Lancashire England , a lot of my family emigrated to Canada in the 1920/30s.

K. Barton
I'm from a family of Barton's in Central and South America. Original family is believed to have emigrated some time in the mid to late nineteenth century, from Germany. Although information is vague. Any other Barton's from south of the border?

Ken
Hello I was looking online to find more info on this last name. I also had a family member with this last name she was my great grandmother but I know nothing about her execpt her name She was from el salvador. I was wondering if your family had also been from there?

Victor
Hey Ken, I also have the last name Barton and I am from El Salvador. I've been trying to find how it is we acquired that last name. What was your great grandmother's name?

Victor
Hi K. I just replied to Ken below. Are any of your family from El Salvador?

h-barton
i am a barton from manchester but now live in cornwall not met one barton yet but met lots in manchester

Tanica Barton
I'am a Barton in North Carolina

ALAN BARTON
I am from the Barton clan from kippax west yorkshire,most worked in the mineing industries, 1600 to present day.

JD
Barton from Australia... Gravitated to the military. I'm thinking we have some kind of warlike genealogy, as I know many people in my line who are predisposed to military/paramilitary/police service. I know the area of Yorkshire/Lancashire we descended from was very conflict-driven throughout its history. Maybe that has something to do with it. Nature versus Nurture ay... PS believe we are related to Banjo Paterson (aka Andrew Barton Paterson apparently) and distant relation of Edmund. One thing I do know for a FACT, is that my entire family line is very strong/headstrong one way or another. There's a certain innate stubborness, resoluteness and strength there. Most of the Barton family I know of here in Australia (NE VIC descendants) are generally pretty hardcore.

Mikey B
Ha Ha, you've just described my whole family JD. My name is michael barton and i am from Sheffield, england. Currently serving in the RAF, My sister has emigrated to Sydney australia