Coachman History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England

The name Coachman is rooted in the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture. It is a name for someone who worked as a person who worked as the local couchman, who drove passengers in a horsedrawn carriage.

Early Origins of the Coachman family

The surname Coachman was first found in Hampshire, where they held a family seat from the Middle Ages.

Early History of the Coachman family

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Coachman Spelling Variations

It is only in the last few hundred years that the English language has been standardized. For that reason, early Anglo-Saxon surnames like Coachman are characterized by many spelling variations. As the English language changed and incorporated elements of other European languages, even literate people changed the spelling of their names. The variations of the name Coachman include: Couchman, Coachman, Cocheman, Cowcheman and others.

Early Notables of the Coachman family

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Coachman Ranking

In the United States, the name Coachman is the 15,229^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Coachman migration to the United States +

Many English families tired of political and religious strife left Britain for the new colonies in North America. Although the trip itself offered no relief - conditions on the ships were extremely cramped, and many travelers arrived diseased, starving, and destitute - these immigrants believed the opportunities that awaited them were worth the risks. Once in the colonies, many of the families did indeed prosper and, in turn, made significant contributions to the culture and economies of the growing colonies. An inquiry into the early roots of North American families has revealed a number of immigrants bearing the name Coachman or a variant listed above:

Coachman Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

John Coachman, aged 28, who arrived in Virginia in 1635 aboard the ship "Phillip" 2

Coachman migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 3

Coachman Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

Alex Coachman went to Barbados in 1680

Contemporary Notables of the name Coachman (post 1700) +

Alice Marie Coachman (1923-2014), American gold medalist high jumper at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies