Oxton History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Oxton family

The surname Oxton was first found in Devon 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 estates in that shire.

Early History of the Oxton family

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Oxton Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Oxton, Okston, Ockston, Okeston, Oxston, Okeston and others.

Early Notables of the Oxton family

the Oxton family of Devon

Oxton migration to the United States +

Oxton Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Thomas Oxton, who arrived in Virginia in 1666 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Oxton (post 1700) +

Robert Oxton Bolt CBE (1924-1995), English two-time Academy Award winning dramatist and screenwritert, best known for writing Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago and A Man for All Seasons

Sources +

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)