Re: Thomas & Patrick Gayton
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In reply to:
Re: Thomas & Patrick Gayton
11/11/01
Hi, I too descend from Patrick Gayton of Tippery --- But I have just stumbled upon some insight for other Patrick Gayton researchers:
"Nine kilometres south of Calhoun, was the community known as Gaytons (seen today where there is a huge gravel pit on Highway 2). This community was named after Patrick (Keating) Gayton – the first Irishman in the Memramcook Valley - who was born in County Tipperary in 1766 and arrived in the Valley before 1800. The priests of the day, as they often did, changed the Irish names at will. Patrick Keating became Patrick Gayton and some of his children were registered Keating at their birth, and others Gayton. The name today is known as Gayton. He was married to Mary O’Neill – and she became Marie Niles in the records.4 Patrick Gayton acquired 300 acres in 1809 and a further 140 acres in 1826.5 He was most certainly in the area before 1843."
So our Gayton was really a Keating!!