When George Proctor was born in October 1742, in Caroline, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, William Proctor, was 78 and his mother, Ann Cox, was 43. He had at least 3 sons and 1 daughter with Elizabeth Marriot. He died in September 1838, in Rockcastle, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Mount Vernon, Rockcastle, Kentucky, United States.
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English (northern): occupational name from Middle English prok(e)tour ‘steward’ (shortened from Old French procurateour, Latin procurator ‘agent’, from procurare ‘to manage’). The term was used most commonly of an attorney in a spiritual court, but also of other officials such as collectors of taxes and agents licensed to collect alms on behalf of lepers and enclosed orders of monks.
History: John Proctor (died 1757) was a prominent citizen of Boston, MA, and is buried in the King's Chapel Burying Ground there.
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