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  • Adam de Gorsuch (c.1240 - d.)
    Walter de Scarisbrick was the son of Gilbert de Scaribrick. He had two sons, Henry, his heir, and Adam. Walter granted land at Gosfordsyke (the place where the geese ford the creek), which became Gorsu...
  • Alice Gorsuch (1574 - 1662)
    b. abt. 1569 Christening 25 December 1574 Sources Joseph Jackson Howard and Joseph Lemuel Chester, eds., The Visitation of London: Anno Domini 1633, 1634, and 1635, vol. 1 (London: Harleian Societ...
  • Anna Oldton (bef.1639 - bef.1702)
    Not a known mother of Isabella Madison Anna Gorsuch was the daughter of Rev. John Gorsuch and Anne Lovelace. She was baptized 13 Mar 1638/9 at Walkern, England, and came to America and married...
  • Anne Gorsuch (c.1619 - d.)
    Evidence needed to support that she is the same as Anne Powell Origins VIRGINIA GLEANINGS IN ENGLAND; The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Page 146: There is a pedigree of this family in...
  • Anne Powell (c.1619 - d.)
    Evidence needed to support that she is the same as Anne Gorsuch Biography Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties Anne Gorsuch Female Abt 1619 - Aft 167...

About the Gorsuch surname

Our understanding is that the name derives from near Lancashire in England, when Orm of Ormskirk gave his son some land where the geese crossed a stream, ie. goose-ford-syke which became gorsuch over time.