Last name: Barrington This interesting recorded in a number of spellings including Barrington, Berrington, Bornton, and Borrington, is of English pre 7th century origins. It is a locational surname from the villages of Barrington in Gloucestershire, Somerset and Cambridgeshire. These village names and hence the surname derive from the personal name Bara, related to the German (Anglo-Saxon) Baro, a nickname for a troublesome person (!), plus ing, a tribe, and ton, a settlement.As the invading Anglo-Saxons were definately troublesome to the existing English, there may be a double meaning to the name. The surname is also quite popular in Ireland. An English family called Barrington settled in County Leix, Ireland, around the middle 16th century, whilst other Barringtons established themselves in County Cork circa 1650. Early examples of the surname recording taken from authentic church registers include Judeth Barrington, who married John Barker on February 11th 1593, at St. Benedicts, Cambridge, Anthonye Barrington, christened on July 22nd 1599, at Tewkesbury in the county of Gloucestershire, whilst Isack Borrington married Amy Culcup, at Sy Giles Cripplegate, London, on Boxing Day, 1652, in the reign of Oliver Cromwell. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Warin de Barenton, which was dated 1273, in the Subsidy Rolls of Cambridgeshire, during the reign of King Edward 1, known as The Hammer of the Scots, 1272 - 1307.
Posted on: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 07:19:09 +0000
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