Show ContentsCuttle History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Origins of the Cuttle family

The surname Cuttle was first found in Wiltshire where Beringarius Cotel was registered in 1084, two years before the Domesday Book of 1086. In Dorset, Adam Cotella was registered there in the Pipe Rolls of 1167. Eilwinus Kutel, Cutel was a Knights Templar in Essex in 1185; and Walter Cotel was listed in the Curia Regis Rolls for Oxfordshire in 1206. 1 "Cuthill or Cuttle is a suburb of Prestonpans, co. Haddington." 2

In Scotland, the Cuthell or Cuthill variants are the most popular as the latter is "a suburb of Prestonpans, East Lothian. Thomas Cuthill and George Cuthill, witnesses, 1536. Steven Cutle was indweller in Edinburgh in 1696, and in 1708 the uppermost stories of the tenement of Mrs. Cuthel were damaged by the fire in Edinburgh. Cuthill was also a surname in Stirling in the eighteenth century. Lawrence Cuthill, [was] burgess of Dumbarton, 1825." 3

Early History of the Cuttle family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cuttle research. Another 106 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1400, 1536, 1681, 1696, 1708 and 1825 are included under the topic Early Cuttle History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Cuttle Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Cuttle, Cutle, Cuttell, Cuthill, Cuthell, Cuthil and many more.

Early Notables of the Cuttle family

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New Zealand Cuttle migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Cuttle Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century
  • Rebecca Cuttle, who arrived in Port Nicholson aboard the ship "Jane" in 1841 4
  • William Cuttle, aged 26, a farm labourer, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Bebington" in 1876
  • Elizabeth Cuttle, aged 22, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Bebington" in 1876

Contemporary Notables of the name Cuttle (post 1700) +

  • William E. Cuttle, American Republican politician, Candidate for New York State Assembly from Kings County 7th District, 1919 5


  1. Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
  2. Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
  3. Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
  4. New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
  5. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 23) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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