The Mintie surname was a habitational name taken from a place so named, in Shropshire. The placed name Minton is derived from the Welsh word "mynydd" meaning "hill," and the Old English word "tun," meaning "enclosure," or "settlement." [1]
The surname Mintie was first found in Shropshire at Minton, a township, in the parish and union of Church-Stretton, hundred of Munslow. [2] The place name dates back to the Domesday Book of 1086 when it was first listed as Munetune. [3] There is another Minton in England. "Probably also some smaller spot in co. Northumberland. But this family has sprung from Shropshire." [4] The earliest record of the family was Walter de Muneton who was listed in the Select Pleas of the Forest for Shropshire in 1209. A few years later, Richard de Minton was listed in the Assize Rolls of Shropshire in 1221. [5]
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Minton, Mineton, Mindton, Mindtown and others.
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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: David Minton, who settled in Virginia in 1637; Phillip Minton, who arrived in Virginia in 1657; Richard Minton, who came to Maryland in 1661; Edwd Minton, who settled in Virginia in 1666.