| ![Show Contents]() Cobden History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England The ancestry of the name Cobden dates from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It comes from when the family lived in the now extinct Copedene, which was in the county of Yorkshire. This family also lived the place called Cobden Farm in the county of Sussex. Early Origins of the Cobden familyThe surname Cobden was first found in Oxfordshire where the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 listed John Copedenne as holding lands there at that time. However, one source that "this surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Copedene.' I cannot find the spot, but it must have been in Yorkshire." [1] Early History of the Cobden familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cobden research. Another 23 words (2 lines of text) covering the years 1273 and 1525 are included under the topic Early Cobden History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Cobden Spelling VariationsSpelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Cobden have been found, including Cobden, Copden, Copdon, Cobdon, Copendenne and others. Early Notables of the Cobden familyNotables of the family at this time include - 19th century English economist and statesman, Richard Cobden
 Cobden migration to the United States | + |
Families began migrating abroad in enormous numbers because of the political and religious discontent in England. Often faced with persecution and starvation in England, the possibilities of the New World attracted many English people. Although the ocean trips took many lives, those who did get to North America were instrumental in building the necessary groundwork for what would become for new powerful nations. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America bore the name Cobden, or a variant listed above:
Cobden Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Mary Cobden, who landed in Maryland in 1659 [2]
| Contemporary Notables of the name Cobden (post 1700) | + |
- Richard Cobden (1804-1865), British manufacturer and Liberal statesman
- T Cobden Sanderson (1840-1922), English bookbinder and writer
- Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. 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)
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Cobden migration to the United States 
