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Burton Family History
Burton Genealogy & Family TreeBurton is an English name from Yorkshire, England, where the first known ancestor—Drogo de Beuvriere, friend of William the Conqueror—held lands in the villages of Burton Agnes and Burton Constable, as well as a castle named Burton Pidsea. The family motto is Lux vitae which means "The light is my guide."
Other spellings include “Burtone,” “Byrton,” and “Birton.” Notable people with the same surname include American director Tim Burton (Edward Scissorhands, Corpse Bride, Batman Returns), American actress Hilarie Burton (One Tree Hill, The Secret Life of Bees, White Collar), American actor LeVar Burton (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Reading Rainbow, Captain Planet and the Planeteers), and Welsh actor Richard Burton (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Cleopatra, Becket). The first Burton to come to America was George Burton in Virginia in 1607.
Burton Birth Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Emory Lockard Burton -- --, 1919 August 28, 1959 West Virginia
- John Burton -- --, 1795 July 19, 1883 South Carolina
- Robert Burton -- --, 1612 December 0, 1697
- Anne Burton -- --, 1636 December 0, 1683
- John Edward Burton -- --, 1385 February 2, 1457
Burton Death Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Robert Burton -- --, 1406 August 1, 1475
- Margaret Monica Burton -- --, 1897 June 24, 1940
- John Burton -- --, 1520 March 6, 1579
- Frances Burton -- --, 1815 October 17, 1868 North Carolina
- Henry Burton -- --, 1351 January 31, 1396 England
