The “Elgerton” Family of the West Midlands
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The “Elgerton” Family of the West Midlands
 Donald Elkington
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Posted: 16 Apr 2008 4:47PM GMT |
Classification: Query
This family, which has living members, descended from James Elgerton and Mary Ann Watts, who first appeared in the Dudley District of Worcestershire and Staffordshire in the mid 1850’s.
The origin of James has now been traced back to Richard Elkerton’s BrickWorker family, of Leighton Buzzard, who themselves descended, as has been previously shown, from the Elkinton of Cropredy, North Oxfordshire.
The evolution of the name from Elkinton through Elketon, Elcuton, Ellgatton, Elkerton and finally to Elgerton demonstrates the effect of pronunciation on the recording of events.
In the Dudley Registers alone the name is recorded as Ellgatton, Elgurton and Elgerton.
regards
Don
The origin of James has now been traced back to Richard Elkerton’s BrickWorker family, of Leighton Buzzard, who themselves descended, as has been previously shown, from the Elkinton of Cropredy, North Oxfordshire.
The evolution of the name from Elkinton through Elketon, Elcuton, Ellgatton, Elkerton and finally to Elgerton demonstrates the effect of pronunciation on the recording of events.
In the Dudley Registers alone the name is recorded as Ellgatton, Elgurton and Elgerton.
regards
Don