Brief Life History of Jesse
When Jesse Woodcock was christened on 30 October 1789, in Swineshead, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Woodcock II, was 48 and his mother, Susanna Briggs, was 32. He died on 18 November 1789, at the age of 0, and was buried in Swineshead, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Jesse Woodcock, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Jesse Woodcock, "England, Lincolnshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1990"
- Jesse Woodcock, "England, Lincolnshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1990"
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Name Meaning
English:
from Middle English wodecok ‘woodcock’ (Old English wuducocc, a compound of Old English wudu ‘wood’ + cocc ‘cock, bird’), a type of bird that is notoriously easy to catch. Therefore, the name might have been either for a person who caught or sold woodcock, or a nickname for a gullible person.
in some cases, because there can be confusion between -cock and -cot in surnames, and therefore the name may also be a variant of Woodcott, a habitational name from any of various places called with Old English wudu ‘wood’ + cot ‘cottage, shelter’, such as Woodcott in Cheshire and Hampshire or Woodcote in Hampshire, Surrey, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, and Shropshire, or from any residence at a cottage in or near a wood.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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