Rukston History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Rukston family

The surname Rukston was first found in Northamptonshire at Rushton, a small village and civil parish that dates back to the Domesday Book where it was listed as Risetone. The reference lists that it comprised three very small settlements: Barford, which had only seven inhabitants; Glendon, home of Glendon Hall and had fourteen inhabitants; and finally Rushton St. Peter, which included Rushton Hall and Rushton All Saints with a population of forty-five.

Rushton Hall has gone through many changes since the first record but today is a luxury hotel. This was the ancestral home of the Tresham family from 1438. The place name Rushton is generally believed to mean "farmstead where rushes grow" from the Old English words rysc + tun. 1

Rushton is also a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West. However, this village is rather recent as the first recorded population statistic was in the 1881 census. Finally Rushton Spencer is located in Staffordshire an early possession of the Spencer family.

"The Risctún of a charter, a.d. 854, by Æþelwulf, king of the West Saxons, refers to Ruishton, Somerset." 2

There are two listings of Risetone in the Domesday Book of 1086. 3 The first on record was Robert de Riston who was listed in the Assize Rolls for Northumberland in 1203. John Russheton was listed in the Feet of Fines for Warwickshire in 1433-1434. 4

Early History of the Rukston family

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Rukston Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Rushton, Ruxton and others.

Early Notables of the Rukston family

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Migration of the Rukston family to Ireland

Some of the Rukston family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 86 words (6 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Migration of the Rukston family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Ellen Rushton and her husband who settled in Maryland in 1699; James, John, Joseph, and William Rushton all arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania between 1840 and 1860.

Citations +

Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)