First name origin & meaning: Old English: Fertilized pasture First name variations: Gordan, Gordie, Gordy, Gordo, Gore, Gorham, Gorrell, Gord, Gordain, Gorden, Gordin, Gordonn, Gordun, Gordyn, Gordon Last name origins & meanings:
- English: habitational name from a place in Lancashire, so named
from Old English gor ‘dirt’, ‘mud’ + tūn ‘enclosure’,
‘settlement’.
- Introduced in America by a family from Gorton, Lancashire, England
(three miles from Manchester), the name Gorton was also adopted by a
religious group known as the Gortonites. They were followers of Samuel
Gorton (c. 1592–1677), whose unorthodox religious beliefs,
which included denying the doctrine of the Trinity, caused him to seek
religious toleration by emigrating to Boston in 1637 with his
family. In conflict with authorities in Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth,
and Newport, he eventually settled in Shawomet, RI, and renamed it
Warwick. He died there in 1677, leaving three sons and at least six
daughters.
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