Thomas Horrocks was born about 1767, in Up Holland, Lancashire, England as the son of John Horrocks and Ellen Foster. He married Alice Melling on 4 November 1798, in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. He died in December 1853, in Up Holland, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 87, and was buried in Up Holland, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.
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English (Lancashire):
perhaps a habitational name from a lost locality on the River Ribble called Hurroc, alluded to in Hurrocford (about 1330), now modern Horrocksford in Clitheroe (Lancashire). Hurroc- may be linked to modern northern English dialect hurrock ‘piled up heap of stones or rubbish’ but there is no evidence so far for a Middle English surname atte hurroke.
variant of Horwick (see Horwich ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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