Brief Life History of Alice
When Alice Porter was born in 1591, in Repton, Derbyshire, England, her father, George Porter, was 34 and her mother, Cicilie Hill, was 30. She married John Pidcock in 1614, in Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died in 1645, in Darley, Derbyshire, England, at the age of 54, and was buried in Darley, Derbyshire, England.
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Spouse and Children
1590–1650 Male
1591–1645 Female
Children (5)
1616– Female
1618–1618 Female
1619– Female
1623– Male
1628–1681 Male
Parents and Siblings
1558–1610 Male
1562–1610 Female
Siblings (3)
1584–1690 Female
1591–1645 Female
1595–1600 Female
World Events (3)
1600 · The Honourable East India Company
Age 9
1620 · The Pilgrims Board the Mayflower
Age 29
1642 · The English Civil War
Age 51
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name for the gatekeeper of a walled town or city, or the doorkeeper of a great house, castle, or monastery, from Middle English and Older Scots porter(e), port(o)ur ‘doorkeeper, gatekeeper’ (Anglo-Norman French port(i)er, portur, Latin portarius). The office often came with accommodation, lands, and other privileges for the bearer, and in some cases was hereditary, especially in the case of a royal castle. The name has been established in Ireland since the 13th century. In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates and equivalents in other languages, for example German Pförtner (see Fortner ) and Poertner .
English: occupational name for a man who carried loads for a living, especially one who used his own muscle power rather than a beast of burden or a wheeled vehicle. This sense is from Middle English port(o)ur, porter ‘porter, carrier of burdens’ (Anglo-Norman French portur, porteo(u)r).
Dutch: variant, mostly Americanized, of Poorter, status name for a freeman (burgher) of a town, Middle Dutch portere, modern Dutch poorter. Compare De Porter .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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