| ![Show Contents]() Cogere History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Etymology of CogereWhat does the name Cogere mean? The name Cogere is part of the ancient legacy of the Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name was taken on by someone who worked as a sailor or master of a type of small boat called a cog in Old English. A cogger was a person who sailed such boats. 1 2 The Latin forms are derivatives of MedLat coga, cogo ‘boat’ (c. 1200, 13th MLWL), for Middle English cogge, OFr cogue ‘small ship, cock-boat’, used by Chaucer of the ships in which Jason and Hercules sailed. A cogger (c. 1450) may have been a builder of cogs but was more probably a sailor or master of the cog." 3 Early Origins of the Cogere familyThe surname Cogere was first found in Lincolnshire, where the earliest entry was in the Latin form of the name, Arnaldus Coggorius who was listed in the Pipe Rolls of Lincolnshire for 1195. A few years later, Osbert (le) Coggere was found in the Pipe Rolls for Dorset in 1195. Roger le Cogere and John le Cogger were bailiffs of Dunwich in 1218 and 1219 respectively. 3 Early History of the Cogere familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cogere research. Another 62 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1191, 1197, 1218, 1219, 1621 and 1628 are included under the topic Early Cogere History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Cogere Spelling VariationsBefore English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago, spelling variations of names were a common occurrence. Elements of Latin, French and other languages became incorporated into English through the Middle Ages, and name spellings changed even among the literate. The variations of the surname Cogere include Cogger, Coggere, Cogere, Coger, Coggorius, Cowger and others. Early Notables of the Cogere family- Roger le Cogere, a bailiff of Dunwich in the early 13th century
Migration of the Cogere familyA great wave of immigration to the New World was the result of the enormous political and religious disarray that struck England at that time. Families left for the New World in extremely large numbers. The long journey was the end of many immigrants and many more arrived sick and starving. Still, those who made it were rewarded with an opportunity far greater than they had known at home in England. These emigrant families went on to make significant contributions to these emerging colonies in which they settled. Some of the first North American settlers carried this name or one of its variants: John Cogger and his wife Elizabeth, who emigrated from Ireland to Woburn, Massachusetts in 1693; Peter Cogger, who sailed to Philadelphia in 1738; and Thomas Cogger, who immigrated to Detroit in 1854..
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