Bostock (surname)

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Bostock is a surname which originates from the Cheshire area. Ancient pedigrees claim that a Saxon thane named Osmer is the progenitor, though this is now doubted.[ citation needed ] Osmer's place of birth is not known but is likely to have been somewhere in Cheshire where he held a number of manors. He is alleged to have had a son named Hugh and a grandson named Richard. The first use of the surname was in the early 13th century with one Gilbert de Bostoc.

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The surname originated from the place name in central Cheshire written as Botestoche in the Domesday Book. It is a compound of two Saxon words: Bota, which is likely to be a personal name, and stoc, which indicates a minor settlement or hamlet, perhaps surrounded by a stockade of tree stumps. Therefore, the original place-name means Bota's hamlet. [1]

The surnames Bostick and Bostwick are variations of Bostock. [2]

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References

  1. Bostwick, Henry Anthon (1901). "The Family Name". Genealogy of the Bostwick Family in America: The Descendants of Arthur Bostwick, of Stratford, Conn. Hudson, New York: Bryan Printing Company. p. 20. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  2. Bostwick, Henry Anthon (1901). "The Family Name". Genealogy of the Bostwick Family in America: The Descendants of Arthur Bostwick, of Stratford, Conn. Hudson, New York: Bryan Printing Company. p. 19. Retrieved 24 June 2018.