Rossinton History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Rossinton family

The surname Rossinton was first found in West Riding of Yorkshire at Rossington, a parish, in the union and soke of Doncaster. 1 The place name literally means "farmstead at the moor," from the Celtic word "ros" + the Old English "-ing" + "tun." 2

Jermias de Rosinton was the first record of the family recorded in the Curia Regis Rolls for Yorkshire in 1210. Later Peter of Rosington was listed in the Feet of Fines for Yorkshire in 1246. 3

Early History of the Rossinton family

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Rossinton Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Rossington, Rosington, Rossinton, Rosinton and many more.

Early Notables of the Rossinton family

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Migration of the Rossinton family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: John Rosington, who was naturalized in Michigan in 1858; A. E. Rossington, who was on record in Toronto in the census of Ontario Canada of 1871.

Citations +

Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)