Does anyone know where the last name FLEETON originated? or anyone who knows one or is one?

Question

my last name Fleeton and besides my family never met none!

Answer 1

it sounds like an irish sort of surname, my uncles mame is john fleeting and hes from whales, so either, ireland or maybe scotish?

Answer 2

Fleeton may be a variant spelling of :

Fleetham

This is a locational surname which derives most probably from the village of Fleetham in Northumberland, or just possibly Kirby Fleetham in Yorkshire. The origin is Olde English pre 7th century, and the name translates as 'The farm or hamlet (ham) on the river (flete). The very earliest recording of the village name in 1180, which is many years before the recording of the surname, describes it as 'Fletham', and this spelling appears in the early surname recordings as well. Although now well recorded in the north country, paradoxically the early church recordings are all found in the south and specifically London. This is not unusual, when the original inhabitants left Fle(e)tham for whatever reason, they went to London. London, as today, was the mecca, and it also had the best recording systems. What is certain is that when the inhabitants arrived at their new homes they took or were given, as their surnames, the name of their former village. Given the lack of education, this often lead to the creation of 'sounds like' names, but Fleetham seems to have avoided these mishaps. Early recordings include Tobias Fleetham at the church of St Gregory and St Paul, London on July 11th 1658, and Elizabeth Fleetham who married William Tooke at Tynemouth, Northumberland, on May 20th 1679.  The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William Fletham, which was dated December 12th 1559, a witness at St Mary Whitechapel, London, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1, known as 'Good Queen Bess', 1558 - 1603.  Surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

A name might have changed when, years ago, people moved from one country to another, I think you are in Aus. so the name could easily have been altered from one spelling to another just in one source, the shipping manifest.

Edit : I have just found at least 21 FLEETON'S listed at different addresses in Northern Ireland and England.

so, although not totally unique, you do have a rare name.

What you now need to do is trace your ancestors back to the time they arrived in Australia, and then you might be able to find out exactly where they lived, or at the very least where they sailed from.  Good luck  :o)

Edit : Do not waste your money on this type of book, believe me, they are not worth the paper they are printed on !

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Answer 3

hmm.. dont really know honey. maybe somewhere along the pacific

Answer 4

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