The surname Lanthorn was first found in Fife, where they held a family seat in their territories. The Pictish influence on Scottish history diminished after Kenneth Macalpine became King of all Scotland. But those east coast families still played an important role in government and were more accessible to Government than their western highland counterparts. Thomas Leintron was a baille in St.Andrews, 13 miles south of Dundee in 1582. Later they held a family seat at Leith Thomas Lentron was a sea captain of a trawler in Leith.
Early History of the Lanthorn family
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Lanthorn Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Lentron, Lenthorne, Lenthrone, Lentram, Lendrum, Lentrum, Lentorn, Lantron and many more.
Early Notables of the Lanthorn family
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Migration of the Lanthorn family
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..
