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Gorton

in Wisconsin

There are 123 people with the last name "Gorton" in Wisconsin.

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Gorton 5,613
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  1. is 5,609th most common Echols
  2. is 5,610th most common Englund
  3. is 5,611th most common Espinosa
  4. is 5,612th most common Farrar
  5. is 5,613th most common Gorton
  6. is 5,614th most common Gregoire
  7. is 5,615th most common Heaney
  8. is 5,616th most common Heckendorf
  9. is 5,617th most common Helminiak

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Gorton

David, James, Lorena, Charles, Esther, Richard, Thomas, Elinor, Jason, Karen

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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