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Last names ending in "ton" usually have to do with older English or Saxon usage of the word for an enclosure. Our modern word town comes from this.

For example the surname Morton probably came from "enclosure on the moor" for a farm or animal pen on a hill. One speculates that Norton was "North Hill," and Barton was "Bart's Hill."

Later name plus town combinations are seen, for example Charleston and Anniston, names for King Charles II and Annie, wife of the Alabama town founder.

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Anniston

Britton

Chesterton

Drayton

Elliston

Frinton

Grayston

Harrington

Jonston

Keyton

Leyton

Moston

Norton

Orpinton

Pennington

Quenton

Royston

Shipton

Thronton

Ulverston

Vinton

Wolverton

Zenton

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Some examples of last names ending in "ton" include Johnson, Robertson, Patterson, and Newton.

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