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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
- Hutchins Burton -- --, 1723 December 0, 1801 Virginia
- Boss Burton -- --, 1887 January 26, 1924 Arkansas
- Claude Burton -- --, 1912 August 4, 1959 Arkansas
- Ruby L Burton -- --, 1910 September 1, 1988 Arkansas
- George Charles Burton -- --, 1891 December 0, 1979
Burton Death Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Edith Clara Burton -- --, 1883 December 0, 1936
- Christopher C Burton -- --, 1908 August 11, 1952 Virginia
- Jane Burton -- --, 1483 December 0, 1507
- Joan (Jane) Winthrop Burton -- --, 1466 June 5, 1520 Suffolk
- Robert Edward Burton -- --, 1647 December 0, 1725 England
