Seton Family Tree research resources
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 285 people with the Seton surname? In that year Seton was ranked number 3294 for popularity in the UK. |
"Local: from the lands of Seton in Haddingtonshire. The family are descended from Dowgal Seaton, temp. Malcolm Canmore their ancient war cry and motto was "Set on." "(The origin and signification of Scottish surnames. Clifford Stanley Sims, 1862)
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Historical References
"SETON, SEATON. Of territorial origin, from the village of Sai, near Exmes, in Normandy. "Chalmers's assertion (Caledonia, i, p. 517) that Seiher de Say got land in East Lothian from David i and called it Sayton, and that his son, Alexander, took the name of de Seton, is unsupported by any evidence (Lawrie," p. 424). The first Seton in Scottish record is Alexander Setone who witnessed a charter by King David i granting lands to Walter de Riddale, c. 1150 (ibid., p. 180). He also witnessed the grant by Gillemor filius Gilleconel to the church of Lesmahagow about the same period (Kelso, 187). Adam de Seton witnessed resignation of the lands of Warmanbie in Annandale, c. 1194-1214 (Annandale, i, p. 3). Alexander de Seton witnessed a confirmation charter by Alexander n to the Abbey of Kinloss, 1225 (REM., p. 459). John de Setun was witness in an Annandale charter of c. 1215-45 (Bain, i, 1681), and Serlone de Seton, knight, witnessed the gift of a mark of silver to the Abbey of Arbroath, c. 1250 (RAA., i, p. 266). A History of the family of Seton during eight centuries, by George Seton, was published In Edinburgh, 1896, in two volumes. Of this work Monsignor ( (afterwards Bishop) Robert Seton, in his An Old family, or The Setons of Scotland and America, New York, 1899, says (p. xii): "It contains some things that are important, many things that are useful, and everything that is superflous." Ceatoun 1567, Ceton 1486, Cetone 1437, Saittone 1588, Schethine 1657, Seatonne 1616, Seatown 1670, Seitoune 1516, Seittone 1410, Sethun c. 1230, Setoun 1567, Setoune 1474, Setowun 1528, Setton 1328, Settone 1613, Settoun 1590, Setun 1264, Seytoun 1485, Seytoune 1556. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Seton Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 275 people with the Seton surname in the UK? Seton is now ranked number 3784 for popularity in the UK. |
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