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Gorton

in New Hampshire

There are 73 people with the last name "Gorton" in New Hampshire.

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Ranking in New Hampshire

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Gorton 2,322
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  1. is 2,318th most common Bournival
  2. is 2,319th most common Edmonds
  3. is 2,320th most common Feeney
  4. is 2,321st most common Good
  5. is 2,322nd most common Gorton
  6. is 2,323rd most common Haggerty
  7. is 2,324th most common Hawkes
  8. is 2,325th most common Hennessy
  9. is 2,326th most common Jimenez

Similar Names and Nicknames

Garton, Garten, Gort, Girton, Gartin, Gorter, Gortney, Girten, Girtain, Gortmaker

Most Common First Names for Gorton

Jessica, Michael, Alfred, Annette, Barbara, Carol, Charles, Daniel, James

Meaning & History

English: habitational name from a place in Lancashire, so named from Old English gor ‘dirt’, ‘mud’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.

FOREBEARS Introduced in America by a family from Gorton, Lancashire, England (three miles from Manchester), the name Gorton was also adopted by a religious group known as the Gortonites. They were followers of Samuel Gorton (c. 1592–1677), whose unorthodox religious beliefs, which included denying the doctrine of the Trinity, caused him to seek religious toleration by emigrating to Boston in 1637 with his family. In conflict with authorities in Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, and Newport, he eventually settled in Shawomet, RI, and renamed it Warwick. He died there in 1677, leaving three sons and at least six daughters.

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