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The Meaning Of My Surname Please.

by My name is God but you can call me Jona (guest)

10/10/2002, 3:22 PM

Can someone please give me information on the surname 'Sexton'?
thank you

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- Lucille (guest) +2

10/12/2002, 6:05 PM

If my memory serves me right, 'Sexton' most likely means 'six towns'. 'Sex' comes from the Latin word for 'six' (6) and 'ton' means 'town.'

Regards,

Lucille

- sarah (guest)

4/29/2003, 1:01 PM

please could you fing the meaning of my surname for me my surname is HEYES!!
thank you

- Reg Niles (guest)

10/17/2002, 1:05 AM

I have no argument with Lucille since I do not know the meaning of the surname SEXTON. However, I did look it up in “New Dictionary of American Family Names,” by Elsdon C. Smith, published 1973. Page 461 has two definitions, the first being ". . . an under-officer of a church . . ." and the other being a variant of SAXTON, which is defined on page 448, referring to place names in England.

SEXTON is also discussed on page 189 of “English Surnames : Their Sources and Significations,” by Charles Wareing Bardsley. Published 1873, reprinted 1968.

Reg Niles
RegNMINiles@cs.com

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