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MacQueen
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This Celtic name is also given as ‘Macsween’, or ‘son of Sweyn’. They are accordingly of the same descent as the great Clan Donald, claiming kinship with the Irish High Kings. The Macqueens are said to have provided a guard for a daughter of the house of Clan Ranald who married a Mackintosh chief, and they elected to settle around Findhorn and became part of that confederation of clans known as th.....
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Heraldry Database: Stratton
Stratton
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Surname: Stratton
Branch: Stratton
Origins: British
More Info: England
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Background: The name Stratton is English and means "From The Town On The Roman Road."
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 Motto: Resurgere tento, I strive to rise again. Arms: Or, on a chief, indented, az. three escallops of the field. Crest: A hawk belled and jessed ppr. View the Heraldry Dictionary for help.
Stratton is an interesting locational name from many places in England. Stratton is derived from pre-seventh-century old English straet, meaning road, and tun, meaning a settlement. The family seat is in Wiltshire on land granted them by Duke William of Normandy for their valor at the Battle of Hastings. The family motto is I strive to rise again. Stratton family history has the first recording of the name as Richard de Stratton in Dorset Placenames in 1199. Noteworthy Stratton genealogy members are gold prospector and philanthropist W. E. Stratton, MIT President Julius Adams Stratton, and Ohio Supreme Court Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton.
Name Variations: Stratton, de Stratton.
References:One or more of the following publications has been referenced for this article.The General Armory; Sir Bernard Burke - 1842.
A Handbook of Mottoes; C.N. Elvin - 1860.
English Surnames; C.M. Matthews - 1966.
A Dictionary of English Surnames; P.H. Reaney - 1958.
Archives.com http://www.archives.com/genealogy/family-history-stratton.html
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