Cockrin History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Cockrin family

The surname Cockrin was first found in Lancashire at Cockerham, a small village and civil parish within the City of Lancaster. It lies in the unions of Garstang and Lancaster, partly in the hundred of Amounderness, but chiefly in the hundred of Lonsdale south and dates back to the Domesday Book of 1086 where it was listed as Cocreham. The place name literally means "homestead or enclosure on the River Cocker" having derived from the Celtic river-name + ham. 1

"The name is compounded of 'coker,' a 'quiver,' and 'ham,' a 'village.' Soon after the Conquest the place was in the possession of the Lancasters, barons of Kendal; the abbot of St. Mary de Pratis established a cell or priory here, which existed in the 20th of Edward I., but it merged in the superior house long before the Dissolution. " 2

Early History of the Cockrin family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cockrin research. Another 132 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1080, 1163, 1455, 1487, 1510, 1600, 1623, 1626, 1650 and 1655 are included under the topic Early Cockrin History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Cockrin Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Cockerham, Cockeram, Cockram, Cokram, Cokeram, Cockrame, Cockerame, Cookram, Cookeram and many more.

Early Notables of the Cockrin family

Distinguished members of the family include Henry Cockeram (fl. 1650), known only as the author of 'The English Dictionarie, or a new Interpreter of hard English Words,' which was the first dictionary of the English language ever published...
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Cockrin migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Cockrin Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Mathew Cockrin, aged 47, who landed in New York in 1812 3
Michael Cockrin, aged 47, who arrived in New York in 1812 3

Citations +

Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
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)