- The earliest person bearing the surname Sharrock is "Robert Sharrock". As well as his book on propagating and caring for vegetables, he wrote on morality. Is he an ancestor?
- What is the origin of the Sharrock Green?
- Can we track our lineage back to the Sharrock family that left for the USA in the 18th century ?
- Evidently this family stopped off at the West Indies for a brief visit - was the famous guitarist "Sonny Sharrock", who was a session musician with famous jazz players such as Miles Davis, a relative ?
- What was life like for Joseph and his brother like in Holcotte in the middle of the 19th century ?
- Were they farm labourers who owed their very existence to the English aristocracy of the time ?
- Did the other brothers think Joseph was crazy to leave for Australia in 1848, or was this part of a great plan for the entire family to seek a better life ?
- We know Joseph was instrumental in creating the community of Penshurst and the Shire of Mount Rouse - why did he only serve a single year on the Council ?
- The second Sharrock pilgrimage bought many Sharrock families to the communities around Penshust. They had all but disappeared by the beginning of the 20th century. Why?
- Brian and Leonie Sharrock have now reclaimed land that in 1870 was owned by Michael Sharrock. The question remains, is there a family treasure buried under the blue stone remains of the old home ?
- How did it come to be that the "Sharrock Coat of Arms" exists. This suggest Sharrock have fought in battle under their name. Is this so or is the coat of arm a modern creation?
| Sonny Sharrock
In the '60s, Sonny Sharrock was one of the top avant-garde guitarist and Miles Davis, Don Cherry and Herbie Mann all made use of his intense and wild playing. Sharrock, Robert 1630-1684
Sharrock was the Arch-deacon of Winchester Cathedral. His book The History of the Propagation and Improvement of Vegetables by the Concurrence of Art and Nature (1660) presents interesting historical material of the time. It went through three editions
SHORROCK GREEN. The family of Shorrock appear here at an early date. William and Henry, sons of Roger de Shorok, occur about 1300. Richard de Shorrok was one of the biggest contributors to the subsidy of 1332. (21) William his son was a freeholder here in 1336. John de Shorrok contributed to the poll tax of 1379; and his son and heir William was in possession of "Old Shorock" in Mellor in 1411 (22) Geoffrey Shorock made his will before witnesses in 1459. For a long period the descent of the estate cannot be traced, but ultimately it
passed to the family of Clayton of Blackburn.
The two Lords of Mellor in 1292 sued Alice de Shorrok, Adam de Hunteleye and Henry de Sholley for felling 300 oak trees price 40s. in their wood since 1284. Deuyas afterwards withdrew Assize R.408,m 53d.
Extracts from the "History of Lancashire", Blackburn area. |