Brief Life History of Helen
When Lady Helen Middleton was born in 1645, in Glamis, Forfarshire, Scotland, her father, Lt Gen Sir John Middleton 1st Earl of Middleton, was 36 and her mother, Lady Grizel Durham, was 35. She married Patrick Lyon 3rd Earl Of Strathmore And Kinghorne on 23 August 1662, in Canongate, Midlothian, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She died in May 1708, in Holyrood, Midlothian, Scotland, at the age of 63.
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- Helen Middleton, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
- Helen Middleton in entry for Elizabeth Lyon, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Helen Middleton in entry for Elizabeth Lyon, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
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Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the places so called. In over thirty instances from many different areas, the name is from Old English midel ‘middle’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. However, Middleton on the Hill near Leominster in Herefordshire appears in Domesday Book as Miceltune, the first element clearly being Old English micel ‘large’, ‘great’ (see Middlebrook ). Middleton Baggot and Middleton Priors in Shropshire have early spellings that suggest gem̄thhyll (from gem̄th ‘confluence’ + hyll ‘hill’) + tūn as the origin. This surname is also found in Scotland and Ireland.
History: A Scottish family of this name derives it from lands at Middleto(u)n near Kincardine. The Scottish physician Peter Middleton practiced in New York City after 1752 and was one of the founders of the medical school at King's College (now Columbia University) in 1767. One of the earliest of the Charleston, SC, Middleton family of prominent legislators was Arthur Middleton, born in Charleston in 1681. The name has also been established in Ireland since at least the 13th century; its presence was reinforced by settlers in the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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