Abraham Gawkroger alias Platts

Biography

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Baptism Record

Abram, son of James Gawkroger de Sourbi, baptized on Nov. 21,1574,[3] at Halifax Parish, York, England.

Abram Gawkroger was born in the township of Sowerby in the ancient parish of Halifax, the son of James Gawkroger, and was baptised on 21 November 1574 at St John the Baptist's Church, Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.[4]

Abraham Gaukroger of Warley married Martha Riley on 16 May 1605 at St John the Baptist's Church, Halifax, Yorkshire, England.[5] [Probably his second wife]

Abram Gawkroger died in the township of Warley in the ancient parish of Halifax in 1625 and was buried on 15 May 1625 at St John the Baptist's Churchyard, Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.[6]

Children include

1. Mary Gawkroger baptized 7 Feb 1613 in Sowerby, Yorkshire, England. Married John Prescott. They migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

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Notes

The surname Gawkroger is derived from the Yorkshire dialectal term “gawk” and the personal name Roger. Then name may have been given to one particular Roger due to a particular incident or was a nickname for Roger but was taken on as a surname. Gawk is a term referring to a clumsy, simple person so the name means “awkward Roger”. The surname was first recorded in the mid 16th century. The first recorded spelling was Gawkeroger, dated 1539 in the Parish of Rothwell, Yorkshire.[1]

"Notes on Families of the Parish of Halifax, Yorksire". By Hunt, John G.TAG 40:22-29 (Jan 1964) "Mr. Torrey agreed with the present contributor that Genet or Jenet Fairbank named in hispaper [TAG, 37:68] did not die young as stated. She married, it now seems certain, James(Richard, John, Richard, John) Platts alias Gawkroger of Sowerby. They had, with others,Abraham Platts alias Gawkroger and James. This Abraham Platts was father of Mary who married in 1629 John Prescott of Sowerby with whom she shortly removed to New England,where he became principal promoter of Lancaster, Mass., which seems to have been named to honor him."

Sources

1. Interesting history about the Gawkrogers surname of Yorkshire
2. Abrahamof Platts NEEDHAM GENEALOGY. Last updated on Thursday, 12-Feb-2015.
3. Title: Mary Gawkroger/Platts Prescott (1612 - After 1678) of Sowerby,Yorkshire, England and Watertown & Lancaster, Massachusetts, New England ; Daughter of Abraham and Martha (Riley) Gawkroger and Wife of John Prescott. Editor Cline Doris Ward.Publisher Ward Publishing Company,1985
4. Mary Gawkroger, 1612, 1629, 1678, wife of John Prescott of Lancaster, Massachusetts. by Weis, Frederick Lewis (1959). Page 6. < Archive.Org >
5. Abram Gawkroger in the West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812. < AncestryImage >