Ruxton History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Ruxton family

The surname Ruxton was first found in Northamptonshire at Rushton, a small village and civil parish that dates back to the Domesday Book where it was listed as Risetone. The reference lists that it comprised three very small settlements: Barford, which had only seven inhabitants; Glendon, home of Glendon Hall and had fourteen inhabitants; and finally Rushton St. Peter, which included Rushton Hall and Rushton All Saints with a population of forty-five.

Rushton Hall has gone through many changes since the first record but today is a luxury hotel. This was the ancestral home of the Tresham family from 1438. The place name Rushton is generally believed to mean "farmstead where rushes grow" from the Old English words rysc + tun. [1]

Rushton is also a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West. However, this village is rather recent as the first recorded population statistic was in the 1881 census. Finally Rushton Spencer is located in Staffordshire an early possession of the Spencer family.

"The Risctún of a charter, a.d. 854, by Æþelwulf, king of the West Saxons, refers to Ruishton, Somerset." [2]

There are two listings of Risetone in the Domesday Book of 1086. [3] The first on record was Robert de Riston who was listed in the Assize Rolls for Northumberland in 1203. John Russheton was listed in the Feet of Fines for Warwickshire in 1433-1434. [4]

Early History of the Ruxton family

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Ruxton Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Rushton, Ruxton and others.

Early Notables of the Ruxton family

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Migration of the Ruxton family to Ireland

Some of the Ruxton family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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Ruxton migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Ruxton Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Nicholas Ruxton, who landed in Maryland or Virginia in 1664 [5]

Ruxton Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

R Ruxton, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1851 [5]
M Ruxton, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1856 [5]
John and Thomas Ruxton, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1860

Ruxton migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Ruxton Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. I.S. Ruxton, (b. 1842), aged 21, Irish labourer travelling from Queenstown, Ireland aboard the ship "Golden Empire" arriving in Brisbane, Australia in July 1863 [6]
Mrs. Caroline Ruxton, (b. 1840), aged 23, Irish settler travelling from Queenstown, Ireland aboard the ship "Golden Empire" arriving in Brisbane, Australia in July 1863 [6]
Mr. William Ruxton, (b. 1863), aged Infant, Irish settler travelling from Queenstown, Ireland aboard the ship "Golden Empire" arriving in Brisbane, Australia in July 1863 [6]

Contemporary Notables of the name Ruxton (post 1700) +

William V.C. Ruxton, American investor, eponym of the Ruxton, a front-wheel drive automobile produced by the New Era Motors from 1929 to 1930; ironically while the vehicle is named after him, he did not invest in the vehicle and sued for use of his name, but the vehicle went into production with his name anyway
John William Ruxton (1721-1785), Irish landowner and Member of Parliament for Ardee (1751-1776)
Graeme Ruxton, Scottish zoologist known for his research into behavioural ecology and evolutionary ecology
Bruce Carlyle Ruxton AM, OBE (1926-2011), Australian ex-serviceman, President of the Victorian Returned and Services League from 1979 to 2002

Citations +

Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
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)
The Ships List Passenger Lists Ship Golden Empire (Retrieved 26th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.ozlists.com/genies/shipping/special_lists/s_golden_empire.htm