James Horrocks (abt. 1734 - 1772)

Born about 1734 in England

Died 1772 at about age 38 in Oporto, Portugal

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Biography

James was born about 1734. He passed away in 1772.

James arrived in 1761 in Virginia.^[1][2]

Rector of Bruton Parish Church.^[3]

6th President of the College of William & Mary (1764–1771).^[4]

Died at Oporto, Portugal, 1772 on his way to England.James arrived in 1761 in Virginia^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Passenger List: "U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s", database
   Place: Virginia; Year: 1761; Page Number: 34
   Ancestry Record 7486 #4116161 (accessed 29 October 2023)
   Name: James Horrocks; Arrival Year: 1761; Arrival Place: Virginia; Primary Immigrant: Horrocks, James; Source Publication Code: 2144; Annotation: Ministers and schoolmasters of the Church of England who went to western colonies in return for a bounty from the King. From the Rawlinson MSS. Receipt Book of Secret Service Money, April 20, 1689, to June 1691, in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, England, a; Source Bibliography: FOTHERGILL, GERALD. A List of Emigrant Ministers to America, 1690-1811. London: Elliot Stock, 1904. 65p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1965.;
   Household Members (Name):
   James Horrocks.
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Horrocks
3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Horrocks
4. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Horrocks
5. ↑ Passenger List: "U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s", database
   Place: Virginia; Year: 1761; Page Number: 34
   Ancestry Record 7486 #4116161 (accessed 29 October 2023)
   Name: James Horrocks; Arrival Year: 1761; Arrival Place: Virginia; Primary Immigrant: Horrocks, James; Source Publication Code: 2144; Annotation: Ministers and schoolmasters of the Church of England who went to western colonies in return for a bounty from the King. From the Rawlinson MSS. Receipt Book of Secret Service Money, April 20, 1689, to June 1691, in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, England, a; Source Bibliography: FOTHERGILL, GERALD. A List of Emigrant Ministers to America, 1690-1811. London: Elliot Stock, 1904. 65p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1965.;
   Household Members (Name):
   James Horrocks.