Sorry, I don't know about the Easton name; I've never heard of it being interchangeable with Eaton. But - it did remind me of something that might help someone else. HEATON was apparently an early version of Eaton. Linnie Howell http://www.telepath.com/sysjer Dugal Easton wrote: > listmembers; > > I am wondering if anyone knows of correlations between the Eaton and > Easton surnames. Are there any examples of families changing from one > to the other in your known histories? They are clearly distinct > (different soundex) but so similar I'm interested in any examples of the > occurance of both in a lineage. > > -- > yours aye, > Dugal Easton > mailto:deaston@cks.ssd.k12.wa.us > http://www.geocities.com/~deaston/ > Easton-L@rootsweb.com