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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
- Anne Burton -- --, 1612 April 0, 1694 Delaware
- Rachael Burton -- --, 1656 March 29, 1736 Virginia
- Francis Burton -- --, 1555
- Ankred Burton -- --, 1520 December 0, 1600 England
- Robert Burton -- --, 1535 November 0, 1596
Burton Death Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Margaret Monica Burton -- --, 1897 June 24, 1940
- Frances Burton -- --, 1815 October 17, 1868 North Carolina
- Henry Burton -- --, 1351 January 31, 1396 England
- Agnes Burton -- --, 1437 December 0, 1516
- Julia Ann Burton -- --, 1841 April 7, 1925
