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Author: johncokeleyfoster
Surnames: Colclough Coakley Cokeley MacCaochlaoich MacKeighley
Classification: queries
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Enough of this. Why should there be only TWO spellings? There are more, depending on the enumerator or census taker, as I am dragging one around myself.
John Cokeley Foster
WV tended to end up with the later Cokeley from 1850, but Revolutionary ancestors in the same line were still Coakley
OH and eastern VA have Coakley
I notice more Colclough that immigrated to Canada unchanged.
Scans indicate even more late spellings without the last "e" as Coakly or Cokely.
In Ireland, the name Colclough is the anglicized form. Before that, it would likely have been rendered in Gaelic as Mac Caochlaoich before the intermediate MacKeighley.
Here's a reference with some derivation and even more fun (paragraph extracted here):
http://tracieparnell.com/page.asp?articleid=965
Coakley: Mac Caochlaoich. Coakley is the usual modern form of the fine old West Cork surname MacKeighley. Mac Caochlaoich in Irish still survives around Dunmanway and Bandon in the more Irish sounding form of Kehilly. It has in some cases been absorbed by Kelly. In 1584 the MacKeighelys were among the followers of Florence MacCarthy. In one Fiant of 1601 there are around 19 Coakleys ranging from gentleman to labourer. The majority are described as yeomen and husbandmen, some of their names being pedigrees in themselves e.g. Diermod Oge MacDermody MacTeige Cowy MacKeioghely. Coakley may also be a phonetic rendering of the name Coiciough which is so pronounced. Anthony Coiciough acquired Tintern Abbey in 1575: during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries they were prominent in Wexford. Capt. Thomas Coakley was rewarded in 1656 for his activity in "apprehending" tories. Many of them held important offices in Counties Wexford and Kilkenny in the reign of James 11 and at least!
two were officers in his army. John Colclough (b. 1769), a Catholic landlord, was hanged on Wexford Bridge for his leading part in the Insurrection of 1798. Caesar Colclough (1766-1824), son of Sir Vesey Colclough of Tintern Abbey and M.P. for Wexford, was in France at the time of the French Revolution which he supported; another distinguished himself while serving with the Irish Brigade at Fontenoy. The family was still in possession of Tintern Abbey at the end of the last century when they possessed an estate of 13,000 acres in Co. Wexford.
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Author: JCoakley9907
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I didn't even realize the connection of Coakley/Coclough was being pondered! My grand-aunt in 1879 was spelling her name Colclough. Something happened between 1879 when she married with surname Colclough. However, when the Census was taken in 1880--she was widowed--and, she and her mother were both spelling their name "Coakley!" Many of my older family members "know" there was "always" another spelling.
Why, I don't know, but it appears to me--that there shouldn't be any question about the two spellings being used interchangeably.
Regards.......mcoakle
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Author: steve_colclough
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Hi all,could any of the Staffordshire Colcloughs tie in with this startings of a tree?
im Steven G Colclough my f: Stephen George Colclough his brother Terence. gf: Stephen George Colclough b-? died-2004ish in Staffordshire. ggf: Harry Colclough. if you think you may have any links send a reply.
Steve.
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