Cockly History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Cockly

Cockly is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived in the village of Cochagh. The place-name was originally derived from the Old English word cocc, which literally means someone who lived by a hill or haycock, a mound of fresh cut hay left to dry in the meadow.

Early Origins of the Cockly family

Early History of the Cockly family

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Cockly 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 Cockly family name include Cochey, Cockey, Cocheye, Cocagh and others.

Early Notables of the Cockly family

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Migration of the Cockly family

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, 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 Cockly surname or a spelling variation of the name include: Thomas Cockey who arrived in St. Christopher in 1634.