Re: Who are the Cogdells?
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In reply to:
What are the Cogdells?
6/18/01
My family name is Cogdale and it descends from the name Cogdell.My family name changed circa 1830 and we are from Roxwell (a small village), Near Chelmsford, Essex, England.My 5th Great Grandfather was Philip Cogdell and he married Mary Archer in 1770 at St. Michael & All Angels Church in Roxwell.I believe that Philip originally came from Hertfordshire and I have been studying the Parish Records for Elstree that show Cogdell's from the 1650's onwards.Elstree is near Aldenham and St. Albans - also where Cogdell's have been traced.I have heard from relations that I have found recently found that they believed the name Cogdell to be of Huguenot background, or I have heard we were Palatines driven from Switzerland under persecution around 1600.
Best regards,
Paul