Staten Name

I got curious about my mother's maiden name (Staten) and found this:

Last name: Staten

This interesting surname of English origin is a dialectal variant of the locational name Statham in Cheshire, deriving from the dative plural "stoethum" of the old English pre 7th Century "stoeth" meaning "landing stage" i.e., "at the landing stage". The surname dates back to the late 13th Century, (see below). Further recordings include Richard de Stathum (1413), "Descriptive Catalogue of Derbyshire Charters", and Henry Stathum (1450), "Calendar of Inquisitiones Post Mortem, Nottinghamshire". Richard Staten married Alis Witsett on August 11th 1564 at St. Luke's Chelsea. Anne, daughter of Jespar Staten was christened on November 15th 1640 at St. Mary Magdalene, Old Fish Street, London, and William Staten married Mary Piceard on June 6th 1677 at Allhallows, London Wall. One Patrick Staton aged 26 yrs., a famine emigrant, sailed from Liverpool aboard the "Liverpool" bound for New York on June 18th 1846. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of John de Statham, which was dated 1273, "The Hundred Rolls of Cambridgeshire", during the reign of King Edward 1st, "The Hammer of the Scots", 1272 - 1307. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

ENGLISH?! Mom would be horrified; she regarded the English as absolute SNOTS! Hahahahaha!

I also found this on Statham:

Where did the English Statham family come from? What is the English Statham family crest and coat of arms? When did the Statham family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go?  What is the Statham family history?

The  Anglo-Saxon name Statham comes from when the family resided in the settlement called Statham in the county of  Cheshire. The surname Statham belongs to the large category of  Anglo-Saxon habitation names, which are derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads.

Yep, she'd be horrified. Given that her middle name was LeVaire, she was convinced she had some French going on in her family line, and she might have done. But she'd be put completely off her breakfast to know she was, at least in part, Anglo-Saxon! LOL!

Statham had some nice arms, I have to admit: