The ancestors of the bearers of the Cordinglay family name are thought have lived in ancient Anglo-SaxonEngland. They were first found in Yorkshire, in a town called either Cordonley or Cotingley. It was rendered in the Domesday Book as Cotingeley, so the name of the now vanished town was probably Cotingley, but scholars disagree on this. The place-name is derived from two sources; Coting was an old English personal name, and ley was a suffix that meant field or meadow. The name as a whole meant "Coting's field."
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Early Origins of the Cordinglay family
The surname Cordinglay was first found in Yorkshire, where they seated from the Middle Ages.
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Early History of the Cordinglay family
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Cordinglay Spelling Variations
Until quite recently, the English language has lacked a definite system of spelling rules. Consequently, Anglo-Saxon surnames are characterized by a multitude of spelling variations. Changes in Anglo-Saxon names were influenced by the evolution of the English language, as it incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other languages. Although Medieval scribes and church officials recorded names as they sounded, so it is common to find one person referred to by several different spellings of his surname, even the most literate people varied the spelling of their own names. Variations of the name Cordinglay include Cordingley, Cordonlay and others.
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Early Notables of the Cordinglay family
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Migration of the Cordinglay family
Searching for a better life, many English families migrated to British colonies. Unfortunately, the majority of them traveled under extremely harsh conditions: overcrowding on the ships caused the majority of the immigrants to arrive diseased, famished, and destitute from the long journey across the ocean. For those families that arrived safely, modest prosperity was attainable, and many went on to make invaluable contributions to the development of the cultures of the new colonies. Research into the origins of individual families in North America revealed records of the immigration of a number of people bearing the name Cordinglay or a variant listed above: David Cordingly, and his family who arrived in Canada from New York in 1817; Thos. Cordingly, who was on record in Toronto, Canada in 1829; William Cordingly, who arrived in New York in 1848.
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