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Gorton

in West Virginia

There is 1 person with the last name "Gorton" in West Virginia.

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Gorton 50,839
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  1. is 50,835th most common Gorr
  2. is 50,836th most common Gorrafa
  3. is 50,837th most common Gorse
  4. is 50,838th most common Gorta
  5. is 50,839th most common Gorton
  6. is 50,840th most common Gorws
  7. is 50,841st most common Goryance
  8. is 50,842nd most common Goryeb
  9. is 50,843rd most common Goscinski

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Gorton

Elmer

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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