| ![Show Contents]() Coye History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
- Origins Available:
 England Coye is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived in the region of Quy a chapelry in the parish of Stow. Early Origins of the Coye familyThe surname Coye was first found in Cambridgeshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D. Early History of the Coye familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Coye research. Another 55 words (4 lines of text) covering the year 1675 is included under the topic Early Coye History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Coye Spelling VariationsSound 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 Coye family name include Coy, Coye and others. Early Notables of the Coye familyMore information is included under the topic Early Coye Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
 Coye migration to the United States | + |
For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, 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 Coye surname or a spelling variation of the name include:
Coye Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Mathew Coye, who settled in Boston Massachusetts in 1630
- Richard Coye, who settled in Boston in 1630
- Richard Coye, who landed in New England in 1673 1
- John Coye, who arrived in New England in 1675 1
Coye Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- S L Coye, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1850 1
| Contemporary Notables of the name Coye (post 1700) | + |
- Willard Coye, American politician, Member of New York State Assembly from Otsego County, 1819-20 2
- Coye Glenn Francies (b. 1986), American football cornerback who played from 2009 to 2012
- 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)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 27) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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Coye migration to the United States 
