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Cottle History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables Ranking

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Cottle History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
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Ireland

The name Cottle has a long Anglo-Saxon heritage. The name comes from when a family lived in Cottle located in the hundred of Bradford in the county of Wiltshire. 1 One source presumes the name could have been originally from Normandy as there, William Cotel was listed (c. 1180-1195). 2

Early Origins of the Cottle family

The surname Cottle was first found in Wiltshire, where Beringarius Cotel was recorded in 1084. Later the Pipe Rolls of 1167 records Adam Cotella in Dorset. Eilwinus Kutel, Cutel was listed as a Knights Templar in Essex in 1185 and later, Walter Cotal was found in the Curia Regis Rolls for Oxfordshire in 1206. 3 "The present representatives of the name of Cottle are evidently descended from the ancient Wiltshire family of Cottel, which originally owned much property, especially in the parish of Atford in the 13th century. 4 It is generally thought that Cottles in Wiltshire was named after the family. 5

By the time of the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273, the family had spread to other shires: Elyas Cotel, Wiltshire; and Roger Cotel, Oxfordshire. 1 In Somerset, we found Robert Cothulle and John de Cothulle, both listed 1 Edward III (during the first year of the reign of King Edward III.) 6

Early History of the Cottle family

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Cottle Spelling Variations

Spelling 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 Cottle have been found, including Cottle, Cottell, Cottel, Cothulle, Cuttil, Cuttles, Cotel, Cotella and many more.

Early Notables of the Cottle family

Notables of the family at this time include Beringarius Cotel, a prominent 11th century Wiltshire landholder. John Cotell was the steward of Sir Edward Hungerford. He was strangled by his wife, Agnes at Farleigh Castle on 26 July 1518, with the aid of William Mathewe and William Inges, yeomen of Heytesbury, Wiltshire. Agnes then married Sir Edward shortly after her first husband's body was...
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Cottle Ranking

In the United States, the name Cottle is the 4,880^th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 7

Migration of the Cottle family to Ireland

Some of the Cottle family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. More information about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Cottle 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 Cottle, or a variant listed above:

Cottle Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Thomas Cottle, who landed in Virginia in 1635 8
William Cottle, aged 12, who arrived aboard the ship "Confidence" in 1638 in New England and Boston stated, bound for Sailsbury 8
William Cottle, who arrived in Massachusetts in 1638
John Cottle, who arrived in Virginia in 1664 8
Peter Cottle, who landed in Virginia in 1664 8
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Cottle Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Robert Cottle, aged 20, who landed in Mobile, Ala in 1851 8

Cottle migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Cottle Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

John Cottle, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1749
Sarah Cottle, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1760

Cottle migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Cottle Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. John Cottle, (Mustard), English convict who was convicted in Wiltshire, England for life for theft, transported aboard the "Dromedary" on 11th September 1819, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land), he died in 1830 9
Mr. Richard Cottle, English carpenter who was convicted in Somerset, England for 14 years for robbery, transported aboard the "Claudine" on 19th August 1829, arriving in New South Wales, Australia, he died in 1864 10
Mr. Henry Cottle, British convict who was convicted in Newport, Isle of Wight for 15 years, transported aboard the "Equestrian" on 25th January 1844, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Island) 11
Miss. Sarah Cottle, English convict who was convicted in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England for 10 years, transported aboard the "Baretto Junior" on 5th April 1850, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 12
Mr. Thomas Cottle, (b. 1822), aged 29, Cornish agricultural labourer departing from Plymouth on 19th August 1851 aboard the ship "Hooghly" arriving in Hobsons Bay, Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia on 27th November 1851 13
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Cottle migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Cottle Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Charles Cottle, who landed in Wellington, New Zealand in 1841 aboard the ship Catherine Stuart Forbes
Charles Cottle, aged 30, a gardener, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Catherine Stewart Forbes" in 1841
Mary Cottle, aged 36, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Catherine Stewart Forbes" in 1841
William Cottle, aged 3, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Catherine Stewart Forbes" in 1841
Charles Joseph Cottle, aged 2, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Catherine Stewart Forbes" in 1841
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Cottle migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 14

Cottle Settlers in West Indies in the 18th Century

Simon Cottle, who landed in Antigua (Antego) in 1752-1756 8

Contemporary Notables of the name Cottle (post 1700) +

George Washington Cottle (1811-1836), Republic of Texas soldier who died at the Battle of the Alamo
Dave Cottle, American lacrosse coach
Eleanor Cottle, American lumber executive
Josephine Cottle (1922-2009), birth name of Gale Storm, the American actress and singer
William G. Cottle, American politician, Member of New York State Assembly from Onondaga County 1st District, 1898-99 15
O. J. Cottle, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1964 15
Frank Cottle, American politician, Member of South Dakota State House of Representatives 46th District, 1899-1900 15
Joseph Cottle (1770-1853), English publisher and author, brother of Amos Cottle 16
Amos Simon Cottle (1738-1800), English translator and poet, born in Gloucestershire about 1768, elder brother of Joseph Cottle 16
Gerald Ward Cottle (1945-2021), British circus owner born in Carshalton, Surrey, owner of the Wookey Hole Caves in Somerset
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Historic Events for the Cottle family +

Empress of Ireland

Mr. Samuel Cottle, British Trimmer from United Kingdom who worked aboard the Empress of Ireland (1914) and survived the sinking 17

HMS Repulse

Mr. Cecil Roy Frederick Cottle, British Cook "S", who sailed into battle on the HMS Repulse (1941) and died in the sinking 18
Mr. Reginald William Cottle (b. 1916), English Petty Officer from West Pennard, Somerset, England, who sailed into battle on the HMS Repulse (1941) and survived the sinking 18

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"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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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Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 4th May 2022). https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/equestrian
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 16th September 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/baretto-junior
Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retreived 3rd May 2018). Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/emigration_australia_victoria.pdf
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