When Peter Horrocks was born on 11 January 1800, in Aughton, Lancashire, England, his father, Peter Harrocks, was 26 and his mother, Jane Brighouse, was 24. He married Elizabeth Prescott on 8 November 1824, in Aughton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Aughton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. He died on 15 May 1866, in Wyoming, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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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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