Coyagin History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Coyagin family

Early History of the Coyagin family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Coyagin research. Another 49 words (4 lines of text) covering the year 1039 is included under the topic Early Coyagin History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Coyagin Spelling Variations

Names during the Middle Ages were often recorded under several different spelling variations during the life of their bearers. Literacy was rare at that time and so how a person's name was recorded was decided by the individual scribe. Variations of the name Coyagin include Costigan, Costigen, Costigin, McCostigan and others.

Early Notables of the Coyagin family

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Migration of the Coyagin family

Irish families began to immigrate to British North America and the United States in the 18th century, but the greatest influx of Irish immigrants came during the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s. The earlier settlers came to North America after a great deal of consideration and by paying relatively high fees for their passage. These settlers were primarily drawn by the promise of land. Those later settlers that came during the 1840's were trying to escape the conditions of poverty, starvation, disease, and death that had stricken Ireland. Due to the enormity of their numbers and the late date of their arrival, these immigrants primarily became hired laborers instead of homesteading settlers like their predecessors. An exhaustive search of immigration and passenger lists has revealed many Irish immigrants North America bearing the name Coyagin: Michael, James, Joseph, Lawrence, Patt, Thomas (three of this name), and William Costigan, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania between 1850 and 1870.