Coverley History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Coverley family

The surname Coverley was first found in Buckinghamshire where two early records of the family were found in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273: Malger de Covele; and Bartholemew de Covele. 1 Coberley is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire. In this case, the village dates back to the Domesday Book of 1086 where it was first known as Culberlege. 2 Literally the place name means "wood or clearing of a man called Cuthbrorht," from the Ole English personal name + "leah." 3 Both name are local names.

Sir Roger de Coverley is the name of an English and Scottish country dance mentioned in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (1843) and later in the 1939 film version of Wuthering Heights, and more. The English composer Frank Bridge used the tradional tune as the basis of a work for strings titled Sir Roger de Coverly (A Christmas Dance) in 1922.

Early History of the Coverley family

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Coverley Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Coverly, Coveley, Covelly, Coverlly, Coberley and others.

Early Notables of the Coverley family

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Coverley migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Coverley Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

William Coverley, who landed in Virginia in 1713 4

Coverley migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Coverley Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Phoebe Coverley, aged 18, a domestic servant, who arrived in South Australia in 1859 aboard the ship "David McIvor"

Contemporary Notables of the name Coverley (post 1700) +

Aubrey Augustus Michael Coverley (1895-1953), Australian politician, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia (1924-1953)
Louise Simone Bennett- Coverley OM, OJ, MBE, (1919-2006), also known as Miss Louw, a Jamaican poet, folklorist, writer, and educator
Marjorie Coverley Luesebrink (1943-2023), American writer, scholar, and teacher who used the pen name M.D. Coverley
Edward Coverley Kennedy (1879-1939), British Royal Navy officer who is remembered as the captain of the armed merchant cruiser HMS Rawalpindi who engaged the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau

Citations +

Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Williams, Dr Ann. And G.H. Martin, Eds., Domesday Book A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0-141-00523-8)
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)