| ![Show Contents]() Cowle History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
- Origins Available:
 Scotland England The annals of Scottish history reveal that Cowle was first used as a name by descendants of the Pictish tribe of ancient Scotland. The Cowle family lived in Coull, a parish, in the district of Kincardine O'Neil, county of Aberdeen. "This place is supposed to have taken its name, which signifies a "corner," from its situation in the south-eastern extremity of the district of Cromar." 1 Early Origins of the Cowle familyThe surname Cowle was first found in Aberdeenshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Obar Dheathain), where one of the first records of the family was "William de Cull [who] was one of the witnesses to a charter by John, Earl of Huntington to Norman filius Malcolm of the lands of Lesslyn etc., between 1219-1237." 2 Coull Castle was an 13th-century castle to the south of Coull. Only traces of the castle can be found today. Some of the first records of the family in Scotland include: John Cowl who possessed a tenement in Glasgow in 1458, and Sir John Cowill, a cleric, was witness in Aberdeen, 1567. Patrick Coule at Newburgh is mentioned in the Lindores Chartulary in 1479. David Cowle, a native of Scotland, had letters of naturalization in England in 1481, and in the same year Alexander Coule was admitted burgess of Aberdeen." 2 Further south in northern England, the Lay Subsidy Rolls of 1332 listed John de Couhill, of Rishton, Lancashire; and John de Coule, of Blackburn, Lancashire, 1332. 3 "The Cowells of Lancashire probably take their name from Cowhill, a district and seat in Lancashire." 4 Early History of the Cowle familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cowle research. Another 173 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1219, 1479, 1481, 1554, 1567, 1570 and 1611 are included under the topic Early Cowle History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Cowle Spelling VariationsDuring the Middle Ages, there was no basic set of rules and scribes wrote according to sound. The correct spelling of Scottish names were further compromised after many haphazard translations from Gaelic to English and back. Spelling variations of the name Cowle include Coull, Coul, Cowill, Cowell, Cull, Cowles, Cowl, Cowle and many more. Early Notables of the Cowle familyAnother 27 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Cowle Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
 Cowle 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: Cowle Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century- Thomas Cowle, aged 26, who arrived in Lyttelton, New Zealand aboard the ship "Apelles" in 1874
- Robert Cowle, aged 35, a farm labourer, who arrived in Otago aboard the ship "Dallam Tower" in 1875
| Contemporary Notables of the name Cowle (post 1700) | + |
- William Cowle, American Republican politician, Mayor of Syracuse, New York, 1892 5
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps (1862-1958), American politician, United States Senator from Colorado(1919-1931)
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps (1862-1958), American Republican politician, Vice-president and treasurer, Carnegie Steel Corporation; U.S. Senator from Colorado, 1919-31; Delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1920, 1924, 1928;
The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.
Motto: Cole Deum
Motto Translation: Worship God.
- Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
- Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
- Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
- Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 13) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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Cowle migration to New Zealand 
