James Gawkroger alias Platts

Biography

James Gawkroger was born on 7 Sep 1578, Sowerby, Halifax, Yorkshire, England. He was christened on 7 Sept 1578 in Sowerby, Halifax, Yorkshire, England and died on 6 Oct 1628, Sowerby, Halifax, Yorkshire, England

Parents: James Gawkroger b. circa 1558, d. Mar 22, 1592 and Genet Fairbanks b. Apr 26, 1552, d. Dec 2, 1591

Married:

1. on 5 September 1601 to Martha Ainsworth (b. Jan 26, 1578, d. Dec 10, 1632), Daughter of Robert Hayneworth and Margery Farrer.

Children:

• 1. John Gawkroger b. Jan 3, 1602, d. 1641
• 2. Anna Gawkroger b. Sep 4, 1603, d. Sep 4, 1603
• 3. Lydia Gawkroger b. Apr 28, 1605, d. Apr 28, 1605
• 4. Mary Platts Gawkroger+ b. Feb 7, 1607, d. August 23, 1665. Married Richard Eccles.
• 5. James Gawkroger b. May 25, 1609, d. Mar 8, 1666/67
• 6. Martha Gawkroger b. circa 1611, d. Mar 6, 1613/14
• 7. Abram Gawkroger b. circa 1611
• 8. Sarah Gawkroger b. Oct 1, 1615, d. Jan 26, 1616/17
• 9. Samuel Gawkroger b. Jan 19, 1617
• 10. Issac Gawkroger b. Jul 2, 1620
• 11. Esther Gawkroger b. Mar 12, 1623

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Name

From http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villandra/momi/i2404.htm

"The unusual surname Gaukroger derived from a minor locality in Sowerby (Halifaz), probably c.1400, and it is still well established there. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the family ramified, but persisted with the traditional Christian names, and a number of aliases were used, e.g. 1569 John Goukroger alias Plates, Sowerby 1610 Joseph Gawkroger alias Barker, Halifax 1651 John Gawkroger alias Brigge, Sowerby The origin and use of the alias 'Platts' is quite well documented, and it can be seen to derive from property called Platts held by the Gaukrogers from c.1465. Initially this family was said to be 'of Platts,' but from c.1540 they were more usually 'alias Platts.' At that time different branches of the family were acquiring interests in a number of Sowerby properties, some of which were sub-divided and occupied by tenants..It is not yet known just when the family acquired this property, and Platts may have been a by-name over the generations. More probably it came into their possession in the late 1400s and the alias served to identify one branch of the rapidly expanding family. The 'byname' Platts was then inherited along with the property."

"I understand "Gawkroger" means "left-handed Roger" All these above people were Gawkroger Alias Platts, in my understanding; the people who stayed behind eventually used the name Gawkroger alone, while those who came to America chose Platts."

GEDCOM Note

Biography

James Gawkroger was born on 7 Sep 1578, Sowerby, Halifax, Yorkshire, England. He was christened on 7 Sept 1578 in Sowerby, Halifax, Yorkshire, England<ref>England: Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, via online database, AmericanAncestors.org.</ref> and died on 6 Oct 1628, Sowerby, Halifax, Yorkshire, England.
Parents: James Gawkroger b. circa 1558, d. Mar 22, 1592 and Genet Fairbanks b. Apr 26, 1552, d. Dec 2, 1591

Married:on 5 September 1601 to Martha Ainsworth (b. Jan 26, 1578, d. Dec 10, 1632), Daughter of Robert Hayneworth and Margery Farrer.

References

1. http://www.mybalefamily.com/FamilyTree/Prescott-p/p411.htm#i374
2. Needham Family last updated 01-Apr-2011.
3. http://www.jedh.com/src/genealogy/Full07a-p/p19.htm#i914 Last Edited Jul 26, 2006
4. [641] (Shattuck and associated family lines from a GEDCOM file posted to RootsWeb by Robert Wylie [wyliecoyote1@comcast.net]).
5. White, Almira Larkin. Genealogy of the descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts (Chase Brothers, printers, 1909) Vol. 4, Page 166-8
6. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900</i> ::: Name: James Platts Gawkroger ::: Gender: Male ::: Birth Year: 1578 ::: Spouse Name: Martha Ainsworth ::: Marriage Year: 1601
7. Needham Family last updated 01-Apr-2011 cites
   1. 'History of the Wheeler Family in America', 1914, Albert Gallatin Wheeler, Jr., p 498.
   2. 'Ancestrial Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England between 1623 and 1650', 1969, Frederick Lewis Weis, p 34.
   3. Chuck Krause, RootsL.
8. http://www.jedh.com/src/genealogy/Full07a-p/p19.htm#i914
9. World Family Tree, Vol. 1, #2490, #4777. James, AFN 8LFK-R5 aka Platts: Martha, AFN 8LFK-SB* This profile was created on 13 December 2010 through the import of DEG_16_GEDMATCH.GED.
10. WikiTree profile Platts-13 created through the import of HART, Elizabeth - WIKITREE.ged on Jun 20, 2011 by Betty Patterson.
11. Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: May 29 2021, 15:30:31 UTC
12. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:James_Gawkroger_%285%29
13. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gawkroger-15