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Local: Of Houston. The ancient knightly family so called originally bore the name of Paduinan from a place in county Lanark. In the 12th century Hugh de Paduinan acquired the lands of Kilpeterm and buit a residence there, to which he gave the name of Hugh's Town, now Houston, county Renfrew. His descendants of that ilk borrowed their surname from it. Like many another Scotch name, it is well represented in the United States.
Local: from the parish of Houston in Renfrewshire. In the reign of Malcolm IV, 1153, Hugh Padvinan obtained the barony of Kilpeter from Baldwin of Biggar, Sheriff of Lanark, hence called Hughstoun, corrupted to Houstoun.
Local: From the parish of Houston, in Renfrewshire, Scotland. There is an old tradition, that in the reign of Malcolm IV, A.D. 1153, Hugh Padvinan obtained a grant of the barony of Kilpeter, from Baldwin of Biggar, sheriff of Lanark, and hence called Hughstown, corrupted into Houstoun. These Houstons were of great consideration in Renfrewshire.
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