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Hello,
My name is David Coppock living in Leicestershire England and
for about 20y I have been trying to sort out my family trees. Having got stuck I
began to collect references to the name Coppock mainly in the UK but also in
Australia and US. During this time I have made many contacts in these
countries.
I recently registered the name with the Guild of One-Name
Studies which is a UK organisation dedicated to gathering and passing on
information relating to particular names.
To find out what its all about see http://www.one-name.org/start.htm.
the amount of information held by some members is extensive
and worldwide.
A recent scan for Coppock's through various telephone sources
shows 1067 in USA, 30 in Canada, 122 in Australia and 256 in UK. Not many more
anywhere else. Not a totally accurate method of guessing numbers as about a
third of British people are Ex Directory (ie not in the phone book) and this is
as high as half in some places.
Here are a few Web sites for you to
try,
Gendex http://www.gendex.com
(Mostly US Coppock entries)
Kindred Konnections http://www.kindredkonnections.com/index.html
The Best genealogical site? http://www.oz.net/~cyndihow/
I can probably help any UK Coppock's from my records, but will
also be pleased to make contact with any Coppocks.
The Coppock name seems to have originated in the Lancashire or
Cheshire area of northern England. My earliest reference is 1464 when in some
documents called The Lancashire Inquisitions a Thomas Coppock held land in
Northmeles Lancashire.There are lots of references to the name in the 1500's
including a John Coppock(e) BA Chaplain of Brasenose college Oxford in 1508 and
families in Northendon Manchester in 1510.
I believe most of the US Coppocks came from Quakers who
emigrated but have only just started to look into this.
Finally, names ending in OCK are supposed to be a variation of
AngloSaxon AC meaning oak. This occurs in such names as Ockley, Baldock,
Charnock, Sinnock and Coppock. COP is AngloSaxon for summit or top of hill. The
man who lives by the oaktree on the hill. Who knows? Sounds like a
reasonable explanation.
best wishes to all
dave coppock
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