Yeaton History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Yeaton family

The surname Yeaton was first found in the West Riding of Yorkshire at Yeadon, now a town within the City of Leeds metropolitan borough. 1 2 The town dates back to the Domesday Book when it was listed as Iadun and probably meant "steep hill," from the Old English words gaeh + dun. 3 Alternatively, the name could have been derived from Yeaton, a small village in Shropshire which also dates back to the Domesday Book. In this latter case, the village was first listed as Aiton and probably meant "farmstead by a river." 3

The first record of the family was found in Yorkshire where the Pipe Rolls list Walter de Yeadon during the reign of Richard I (1189-1199.) Later, John of Yedon was listed in the Feet of Fines for Yorkshire in 1226. 4

The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 includes entries for John de Yedon; and Robert de Yedona, both in Yorkshire. 1

Early History of the Yeaton family

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Yeaton Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Yeadon, Yedon, Yeton, Yetton, Yeaton and others.

Early Notables of the Yeaton family

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Migration of the Yeaton 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..

Contemporary Notables of the name Yeaton (post 1700) +

Dana Yeaton, American Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre at Middlebury College, Vermont
Kathryn Yeaton, American accounting professor at the Ramapo College of New Jersey
Hopley Yeaton (1739-1812), American first officer commissioned by George Washington into the Revenue Cutter Service, forerunner of the United States Coast Guard
Walter J. Yeaton, American Republican politician, Candidate for New Hampshire State House of Representatives from Benton, 1938 5
Lewis F. Yeaton, American Republican politician, Postmaster at Wadena, Minnesota, 1875-78 5
John H. Yeaton, American Republican politician, Member of New Hampshire State House of Representatives from Portsmouth 2nd Ward; Elected 1938 5
Henry A. Yeaton, American politician, Member of New Hampshire State Senate 24th District, 1899-1900 5
Albert J. Yeaton, American Democratic Party politician, Elected New Hampshire State House of Representatives from Epsom 1938 5
George Yeaton Sawyer, American politician, Justice of New Hampshire State Supreme Court, 1855-59 6

Historic Events for the Yeaton family +

Pemberton Mill

Miss Maria Yeaton, factory worker in the Pemberton Mill on 10th January 1860 when the mill collapsed trapping 900 workers as rescue attempts continued into the night, an oil lantern was knocked over further engulfing the trapped workers in fire, she was helped to safety out of a window

Citations +

Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. 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)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 23) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html