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![Show Contents]() Cockrun History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Cockrun familyThe surname Cockrun was first found in Lancashire at Cockerham, a small village and civil parish within the City of Lancaster. It lies in the unions of Garstang and Lancaster, partly in the hundred of Amounderness, but chiefly in the hundred of Lonsdale south and dates back to the Domesday Book of 1086 where it was listed as Cocreham. The place name literally means "homestead or enclosure on the River Cocker" having derived from the Celtic river-name + ham. 1 "The name is compounded of 'coker,' a 'quiver,' and 'ham,' a 'village.' Soon after the Conquest the place was in the possession of the Lancasters, barons of Kendal; the abbot of St. Mary de Pratis established a cell or priory here, which existed in the 20th of Edward I., but it merged in the superior house long before the Dissolution. " 2 Early History of the Cockrun familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cockrun research. Another 132 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1080, 1163, 1455, 1487, 1510, 1600, 1623, 1626, 1650 and 1655 are included under the topic Early Cockrun History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Cockrun Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Cockerham, Cockeram, Cockram, Cokram, Cokeram, Cockrame, Cockerame, Cookram, Cookeram and many more. Early Notables of the Cockrun familyDistinguished members of the family include Henry Cockeram (fl. 1650), known only as the author of 'The English Dictionarie, or a new Interpreter of hard English Words,' which was the first dictionary of the English language ever published...
Another 38 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Cockrun Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Cockrun familySome of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Mary and William Cockerham, whose names were mentioned in the Virginia land patent lists of 1666; William Cockram who came to New England in 1637 with his wife Christen, their 2 children, and 2 servants, as well as James Cockram, who landed in Barbados in 1685..
- Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
- Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
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