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COLTON Family History

This is a locational surname, which derives from the village of Colaton Raleigh in the English county of Devon. All the early surname recordings are found in this area. The village of 'Coletune' is recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book, its change of spelling to Colaton Raleigh occurring in or about the year 1242 when the manor of Colaton was held by Wimundus de Ralegh. The name translates as 'the tun (settlement) of Koli', the latter being a personal name of probably pre 8th century Viking origins. The surname is recorded in an extraordinary variety of spellings, even by the educational standards of 16th & 17th century Devon...