The surname O'Quill comes from the Irish "Ó Cuill," meaning hazel. Because of the similarity between "cuill" and "coill" meaning wood, the surname was often translated into Woods. 1
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Early Origins of the O'Quill family
The surname O'Quill was first found in Counties Cork and Kerry (Irish:Ciarraí) part of the former County Desmond (14th-17th centuries), located in Southwestern Ireland, in Munster province, where it belonged to a distinguished bardic family.
The Ó Cuill family of Kilnamagh had two members worthy of an obituary in the Annals: Cinnfaelidh Ó Cuill (d.1048), chief poet of Munster, and Cinnfealidh Ó Cuill or Kinealy O'Quill (d.1507), Chief of His Name.
Early History of the O'Quill family
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O'Quill Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Quill, O'Quill, Woods and others.
Early Notables of the O'Quill family
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Migration of the O'Quill family
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: John Quill, who settled in Boston in 1762; Thomas Quill, who was bound out as an apprentice in Philadelphia in 1771; Adam Woods, who immigrated to Philadelphia in 1811.
