Blanton History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Blanton family

The surname Blanton was first found in Lancashire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when they held lands.

Early History of the Blanton family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Blanton research. Another 70 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1455 and 1487 are included under the topic Early Blanton History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Blanton Spelling Variations

Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Blanton family name include Blanton, Blantone, Blantow, Blantoe and others.

Early Notables of the Blanton family

Distinguished members of the family include

the Blanton family of Lancashire

Blanton Ranking

In the United States, the name Blanton is the 1,099^th most popular surname with an estimated 27,357 people with that name. 1

Blanton migration to the United States +

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Blanton surname or a spelling variation of the name include:

Blanton Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

William Blanton who arrived in Boston in 1620
William Blanton, who landed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1643 2
John Blanton, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1682 2

Blanton Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Lemuel Blanton who settled in Texas in 1837
Charles Blanton, who settled in Pennsylvania in 1868
Charles Blanton, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1868 2
John Blanton who settled in Ohio in 1875

Contemporary Notables of the name Blanton (post 1700) +

James "Jimmie" Blanton (1918-1942), American jazz double bassist, credited with being the originator of more complex pizzicato and arco bass solos in a jazz context than previous bassists
Thomas Lindsay Blanton (1872-1957), United States congressman
Richard E. Blanton (b. 1943), American anthropologist, archaeologist, and academic
Leonard Ray Blanton (1930-1996), American politician, 44th Governor of Tennessee from 1975 to 1979
Eleanor C. Blanton, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 2000 3
Dewey Boyce Blanton (1908-1972), American politician, Member of South Carolina State House of Representatives, 1951-56, 1957-58 3
Carlos Blanton, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 2000 3
C. L. Blanton Jr., American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1956 3
Blair Blanton, American politician, Candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1924 3
Bill Blanton (b. 1922), American politician, Member of South Carolina State House of Representatives, 1957-58 3
... (Another 13 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Historic Events for the Blanton family +

USS Arizona

Mr. Atticus Lee Blanton, American Shipfitter Third Class from Florida, USA working aboard the ship "USS Arizona" when she sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7th December 1941, he died in the sinking 4

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, December 1) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
Pearl Harbour: USS Arizona Casualties List Pearl Harbour December 7, 1941. (Retrieved 2018, July 31st). Retrieved from http://pearl-harbor.com/arizona/casualtylist.html