Col Surname History

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• England
• Ireland

Early Origins of the Col family

Early History of the Col family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Col research. Another 119 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1273, 1293, 1334, 1379, 1406, 1408, 1438, 1524, 1777, 1796 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Col History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Col Spelling Variations

Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Col family name include Colls, Colles, Colle, Coll, Col and others.

Early Notables of the Col family

Distinguished members of the family include

• Allan Colle, a prominent landholder in 13th century Lincolnshire

Col Ranking

In France, the name Col is the 9,488^th most popular surname with an estimated 500 - 1,000 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Col family to Ireland

Some of the Col family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 73 words (5 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Migration of the Col family

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Col surname or a spelling variation of the name include: Richard Colles arrived in Virginia in 1640.