Rushton Family History
Rushton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Rishton (Lancashire) and Rushton (Staffordshire) and perhaps also from Rushton (Cheshire Northamptonshire) Rushton in East Stoke (Dorset) and Rhiston (Shropshire). The placenames derive from Old English risc ‘rush’ + tūn ‘farmstead estate’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022