The
Anglo-Saxon name Emerton comes from the family having resided in Emberton in Buckinghamshire.
Early Origins of the Emerton family
The surname Emerton was first found in
Buckinghamshire at Emberton, a parish, in the union of Newport-Pagnell,
hundred of Newport.
[1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print. The chapelry of Embleton in
Durham was an alternate origin of the family. "This place, anciently called Elmdene from its deep hollow glen abounding with elms, gave name to a family that became resident here about the commencement of the 13th century."
[1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print. And it is here that the first record of the family was listed in the
Pipe Rolls of 1230 as Roger de Emilton. Almost one hundred years later, Richard de Embeldon was listed in the same area in 1326. Norman de Embleton was listed in the
Subsidy Rolls of
Cumberland in 1332.
[2]CITATION[CLOSE]
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X) Embleton is also a parish, in the union of Alnwick in Northumberland.
Early History of the Emerton family
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Emerton Spelling Variations
Emerton has been spelled many different ways. Before English spelling became standardized over the last few hundred years,
spelling variations in names were a common occurrence. As the English language changed in the Middle Ages, absorbing pieces of Latin and French, as well as other languages, the spelling of people's names also changed considerably, even over a single lifetime. Spelling variants included: Emerton, Emberton, Emmerton and others.
Early Notables of the Emerton family (pre 1700)
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Migration of the Emerton family to the New World and Oceana
In an attempt to escape the chaos experienced in
England, many English families boarded overcrowded and diseased ships sailing for the shores of North America and other British colonies. Those families hardy enough, and lucky enough, to make the passage intact were rewarded with land and a social environment less prone to religious and political persecution. Many of these families became important contributors to the young colonies in which they settled. Early immigration and passenger lists have documented some of the first Emertons to arrive on North American shores:
Emerton Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
- Frances Emerton, who settled in Virginia in 1732
- Henry, Joseph, and William Emerton all, who settled in Maryland in 1775
Contemporary Notables of the name Emerton (post 1700)
- Ephraim Emerton (1851-1935), American educator, author, translator and historian
- James Henry Emerton (1847-1930), American arachnologist
- John Adney Emerton FBA (1928-2015), British hebraist, Regius Professor of Hebrew at the University of Cambridge from 1968 to 1995
- Audrey Caroline Emerton (b. 1935), Baroness Emerton, a cross bench member of the British House of Lords
- Roy Emerton (1893-1944), British film actor
- Brett Emerton (b. 1979), Australian soccer player
- Merton Emerton Hodge (1903-1958), New Zealand playwright, actor and medical practitioner