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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
- Martha Jane Burton -- --, 1842 Vermont
- Andrew Jackson Burton -- --, 1821 December 0, 1856 Ohio
- Glenn Burton -- --, 1889 February 26, 1967
- James Burton -- --, 1471
- Mabel Marie Burton -- --, 1918 November 29, 1974 Ohio
Burton Death Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Eli Grant Burton -- --, 1885 March 26, 1890 Indiana
- Richard Dale Burton -- --, 1952 February 0, 1989 Missouri
- John H. Burton -- --, 1803 December 0, 1872 Kentucky
- Michael James Burton -- --, 1958 May 30, 1973 South Carolina
- Francis E Burton -- --, 1861 September 17, 1861 Michigan
