"whoston" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > im looking to see if any one knows of the whoston name comeing from > scandinavian and was a fisherman who was born their and then went to > england to live . this was as far i can recall from where we ariginated > from 1400s and cant seem to have any leads , any help will be > appreciated thanks joe evidence please documentation not wishful thinking -ton not usually Scandinavian ??? Scots ?? Houston Scottish Means "Hugh's town The original Houston is in Scotland near Glasgow. -ton a subdivision of an older farm http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:Rh6lsE3OzdIC:surnames.behindthename.com/cgi-bin/sursearch.cgi%3Fletter%3Dh+houston++name+origin +etymology+&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 >> second part -ton is from Old English -tun (meaning 'farming village'). << http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/lj/conquestlj/legacy_02.shtml?site=history_vikings so Saxon better see http://genforum.genealogy.com/houston/ http://genforum.genealogy.com/huston/ The name 'Clifton' means "enclosure by the cliff". Place names ending in 'ton' are certainly indicative of an Anglo-Saxon Settlement. The name is derives from the steep cliff which hangs over the River Derwent at the mouth of the River Marron. http://members.aol.com/GrtClifton/Early.htm goog luck Hugh W