Show ContentsCoughtry History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Origins of the Coughtry family

The surname Coughtry was first found in Kirkcudbrightshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Chille Chuithbheirt), part of the present day Council Area of Dumfries and Galloway, former county in Southwestern Scotland, where they held a family seat some say before the 12th century. The Clan MacUchtry of Garvie is stated by the Duke of Argyll to have had the lands in Glenderuel from the Earls of Argyll in the Middle Ages.

Early History of the Coughtry family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Coughtry research. Another 82 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1199, 1200, 1400, 1522, 1575 and 1660 are included under the topic Early Coughtry History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Coughtry Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: MacAughtrie, McAughtrie, Macaughtrie, MacAutry, McAutry, MacAutrey, McAutrey, Autry, Autrey, Autrie, Coughtrie, Cautry, Caughtry, Caughtrie, MacUchtrie, McUchtrie, MacUchtry, McAuchtry, MacOrtrie, McOrtry, McOrtie, McUchtraigh, MacAuchtraigh, MacAutraigh, Uthreson, Utherson, MacCautry, MacCautrie, McCautry, McCaughtry and many more.

Early Notables of the Coughtry family

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United States Coughtry migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Coughtry Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • William Coughtry, who landed in New York in 1774 1
Coughtry Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Kate Coughtry, aged 27, who arrived in America from Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland, in 1892
  • Mary Coughtry, aged 24, who arrived in America from Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland, in 1892
Coughtry Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Martin Coughtry, aged 40, who arrived in America from Belmullet, Ireland, in 1907
  • William Coughtry, aged 22, who arrived in America, in 1917
  • Albert Coughtry, aged 20, who arrived in America, in 1923

Contemporary Notables of the name Coughtry (post 1700) +

  • James Marion "Marlan" Coughtry (b. 1934), American former Major League Baseball backup infielder who played from 1960 to 1962


  1. 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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