Cobin History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The origins of the name Cobin are from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It is derived from the given name Jacob.

Early Origins of the Cobin family

The surname Cobin was first found in Lincolnshire, where they held a family seat from ancient times.

Early History of the Cobin family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cobin research. Another 72 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1202, 1273, 1298, 1345 and 1773 are included under the topic Early Cobin History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Cobin 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 Cobin family name include Cobbin, Cobbing, Cobon, Cobin, Cobyn, Cobben, Cobenn, Coblyn, Coblin and many more.

Early Notables of the Cobin family

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Cobin migration to the United States +

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 Cobin surname or a spelling variation of the name include:

Cobin Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Xph Cobin, who arrived in Virginia in 1655 1

Citations +

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)