Coldhan History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Coldhan family

Early History of the Coldhan family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Coldhan research. Another 136 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1046, 1147, 1397, 1430, 1433, 1455, 1487, 1510, 1561 and 1600 are included under the topic Early Coldhan History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Coldhan 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 Coldhan family name include Coldham, Cooldam, Coldem, Coldhem, Codeham, Codeham and many more.

Early Notables of the Coldhan family

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Migration of the Coldhan 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 Coldhan surname or a spelling variation of the name include : Thomas Coldham, his wife and two children, who arrived in Lynn, MA in 1633; William Coldham, who arrived in Virginia in 1653; Charles Coldham, who settled in Pennsylvania in 1682.