. The Cowden variant come from Cowden, a small village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent.
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Another 205 words (15 lines of text) covering the years 1550 and 1595 are included under the topic Early Cutan History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.Cutan has been spelled many different ways. Before English spelling became standardized over the last few
hundred years,
spelling variations in names were a common occurrence. As the English language changed in the Middle Ages, absorbing pieces of Latin and French, as well as other languages, the spelling of people's names also changed considerably, even over a single lifetime. Many variations of the name Cutan have been found, including Cutting, Cudden, Cudding, Cuttin, Cutten, Cuttan, Cuddan, Cuddin, Cuddon, Cuding, Cuting, Cuden, Cutin, Cutine, Cudan, Cudane, Coudan, Couding, Coutting, Coutten, Couttan, Couttin, Cutton and many more.
In an attempt to escape the chaos experienced in
England, many English families boarded overcrowded and diseased ships sailing for the shores of North America and other British colonies. Those families hardy enough, and lucky enough, to make the passage intact were rewarded with land and a social environment less prone to religious and political persecution. Many of these families became important contributors to the young colonies in which they settled. Early immigration and passenger lists have documented some of the first Cutans to arrive on North American shores: Richard Cutting and his brother William were amongst the first settlers in the New World. They left from Ipswich
England on the ship "Elizabeth".