The origin of the name Norton is Irish and the Coat of Arms contains Quarterly, red and green with three falcons 1st and 4th, crossed swords 2nd and 3rd. The Crest is A falcon close.
Spelling variations include: Naughten, Nachtain, McNaughten, Naughton, Naghten, McNaughton, Norton, Naughtan, Nochtin, Nochton, Knochton, Connaughten, Connaughton, O'Naughton, O'Naghten and many more.
First found in Clare where they were anciently seated as an important Dalcassian sept of the Ui Maine related to the Mulallys. The Lallys and the O'Naghtens were in turn chiefs of the Moenmoy from which they were driven in the English invasion of 1172. They settled in Tollendal where they became tenants of Lord Bermingham. Here they became Chiefs of the Fews. Neachtan, the progenitor, about 850 A.D, was the grandson of Aeneas Lally.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: settlers who were recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe to the New World, particularly from Ireland and Scotland. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, New York, to Florida, and to the Leeward islands.
The origin of the name Norton is Scottish and the Coat of Arms contains A quartered shield showing two hands holding crosses and red castle towers. The Crest is A red tower. The family motto is I hope in God.
Spelling variations include: MacNaughton, McNachton, MacNaghten, MacNechten, Notton, Norton and many more.
First found in Argyllshire Scotland, where they were seated from early times and their first records appeared on the census rolls taken by the ancient Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Alexander and Malcolm McNaghton who settled in Boston Mass. in 1767; Malcolm and Martha McNaughten settled in the Carolinas in 1806; Angus, Daniel, Donald, Duncan, Elizabeth, Janet, Jean, John, and Catherine McNaughton, all settled in New York State in 1775.
