When Polly Beswick was born on 22 October 1797, in Bolton, Warren, New York, United States, her father, Everton Beswick, was 24 and her mother, Anna Lamb, was 27. She married Edward Cook on 6 May 1844, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. She lived in Farmington, Van Buren, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Utah, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 28 November 1877, in Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States.
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The town of Bolton was formed from part of the town of Thurman in 1799
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English: habitational name from any of the places in Lancashire and East Yorkshire named Beswick. The second element is Old English wīc ‘outlying (dairy) farm’ (see Wick ). The first element of the Lancashire name may be an Old English personal name Bēac; that of the Yorkshire name is possibly an Old Norse personal name Bōsi or Besi.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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