Talk:Paxton

Lists versus disambiguation
Some disambiguation pages have lists of every instance of the name of something. This goes against the Manual of Style. Dab pages should really be listing only terms that either have articles or are likely to have them. For place names in the United States, a good rule of thumb is not to include red-linked places that are uninhabited, because unless they are a ghost town with an interesting history, no one will ever write an article about them. If someone finds a noteworthy uninhabited place and writes an article, then that is the time to include it on this page. It's similar to people: we don't include links to all people, just in case they become noteworthy. Neither do we list all places, unless there's a good likelihood that they will get an article that won't be speedily deleted. --Ken Gallager 12:16, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Paxton Fettel
Paxtol Fettel, fictional character from F.e.a.r.. --Rovole (talk) 23:42, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Place name
According to the info I have found, this last name does NOT mean "gardiner" as suggested in the very outdated book "We Are One" by William McClung Paxton, but the name is rather a "place name" that came about in England during the Middle Ages, probably named after an Anglo-Saxon man named "Pacca", and the "ton" at the end named for the area where he lived. Here's what I read recently on a crest:

"The English surname Paxton is of local origin, being one of those names derived from the place where a man once lived or where he once held land. The surname is based on a place of the same name in Huntingdonshire, England.  There is also a place of this name in Berwickshire, Scotland.  The name contains the Anglo-Saxon "-ton" which is one of the commonest elements of English place names, denoting a farm.  Thus, Paxton signifies "Pack's homestead" and the original bearer of the surname lived in one of these towns.  Variants of the surname Paxton include Paxson and Paxon."

"One of the earliest references to this name is found in early English documents as early as 1180. In that year one Azelin de Paxtun' is listed in the pipe rolls of Leicestershire while Richard de Paxton is mentioned in the Feet of Fines for Yorkshire.  However, research is of course ongoing and this name may have been documented even earlier than the date indicated above.  Between 1489 and 1490 John Paxton was a native of Warwickshire.  The prefix "de" means "of" or "from" and indicates that a name is of local origin.  The christening of Addam Paxton, son of William and Presilla Paxton was registered in Saint Gregory by Saint Paul, London, June 25, 1643.  The marriage of Andrew Paxton and Margarit Hill was celebrate in the church of Saint Thomas the Apostle, Exeter, Devon, England, September 30, 1713. Notable bearers of this surname include Sir Joseph Paxton (1803-1865), a horticulturalist and architect, who designed the buildings for the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the fountains of the Crystal Palace of Sydenham."

"Blazon of arms: Ermine, two chevrons, one sable, the other azure between three mullets in pale of the last."

"Crest: An eagle's head erased azure, charged on the neck with two chevrons or, between a pair of wings argent, semee of mullets gules."

"Motto: Industria ditat."

"Translation: Industry enriches."

"Origin: England"

"Historical Research Center, Inc., Michael Walshe, Certification of Authenticity, 2005."

Geneisner (talk) 20:26, 29 November 2009 (UTC)