Glasscock Origins
The origins of the name Glascock and it's numerous variations would definitely appear to be the village of Glascote in Warwickshire in England.
De Bretts Armorial Records entry for the Glascock coat of arms for the Glascocks of High Easter (Highestre) in Essex, which is the branch which most North American Glascocks are descended from, gives it's origins as a Walter de Glascote Lord Of The Manor Of Bolehall and Glascote in Warwickshire in the mid 1200s. This family and various other branches held about 15 lordships in Essex and Hertfordshire and another branch with the name spelt Glascott held two in Co. Wicklow in Ireland.At least one descendant of this branch appears to have emigrated to Phillidelphia in the late 1700s.One of the Irish "Lords" - John Henry Glasscott did extensive research into the origins of the Glascocks/Glascotts in the 13th/14th Century and wrote a book according to De Bretts but I have found no information on it.
One of the family's old houses "Bryzes" in Great Dunmow, Essex still exists as a school. Probably of more interest to Americans one of the family's old houses which belonged to the John Glascock who first settled in what is now West Virginia exists and has been restored and is open to the public.It is not the original house as that was destroyed during the Civil War as it was in the area of Manassas etc battles.The present house was built in the late 1860s.It is Rockburn and lies between Marshall and Atoka in northern Virginia and both Rectortown and Paris, both with strong Glascock connections are quite near. Part of the estate is also a major stud farm.
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Re: Glasscock Origins
Marge Israel 7/06/03