The information in this book summarizes
the work
of a one name study. This study grew out of the family history research that
started in 1983 when my father, Gilbert, presented me with a large carton
containing the family photos gathered during his lifetime. He was a gatherer;
the carton was full; they were unorganized; and most were unlabelled. Working
through this cartoon of photos during many winter weekends evolved into Cobeldick
Family Research (CFR), researching the New Zealand COBELDICK family and
relatives. Over a decade it grew into a global affair with many contributors.
Also out of this early work developed the one
name study. This came naturally with an unusual surname. The one name study has
chased the surname in many variants, through many lines of surname bearers,
allover the globe. It developed into the Cobbledick Cobeldick Cuppleditch
Name Study Association (CCCNSA).
A newsletter called the Cobeldick Cobbledick
Notes was published for both CFR and CCCNSA, with 18 issues from 1986 to
1998. They covered research on various surname lines and regions around the
globe, including Lincolnshire, Cornwall and Devon, Australia and Canada. An
earlier version of the summary in this book was published as Cobeldick
Cobbledick Notes Number 8 in May 1989.
Since 2002 information from the one name study
has been published through two series of books: CFR Books, focusing on
the New Zealand family and relatives, and CCCNSA Books, on surname
bearers around the world.
This booklet has a summary of the information
currently held by the CCCNSA. The dates and surname variants are as presently
known to the CCCNSA. As more information is received, there will be additions,
corrections and alterations to this book. The update on the front cover is the
date of this printing.
The many contributors of information and
memorabilia are fully recorded in the CFA and CCCNSA books in which their
contributions have been used. Their help is much appreciated.
The name appeared as De
Cobeldyk about 1230 in South Lincolnshire, England, near the old
seaport of Boston. The earliest known locations are Fraunton (later
Frampton) south of Boston, and Fristune (now Freiston, meaning 'Frisian
Town') east of Boston.
This area of Lincolnshire is
known as the Parts of Holland, a lowland area that is part of the
Fenlands. It is an area that was early settled by Frisians and
Netherlanders, so it is not difficult to propose an origin for the surname
amongst these Netherlandish or Frisian speakers. There is no certainty in
this.
If so, it is not known if
the name was imported, or was created in South Lincolnshire, but surnames
with the prefix Koppel- are common in Netherlands, and Koppeldijk is
found as a street name there.
Dike (dijk) work was a
major occupation both in Netherlands and in the Fenlands of England where
migrants from the former were from early on employed for their expertise,
and often settled.
It is possible that the name
was a locality name first. This could help explain the 'De' part of some
of the earliest variants (like De Cobeldyk).
There is still a
Coupledyke
Hall (to give it its current spelling) near Freiston, and the site of
an early manor of the same name beside Coupledyke Lane near
Frampton.
2. Five centuries in
Lincolnshire
Whatever its origins, the
surname was present in Lincolnshire and adjacent counties from about 1205
until 1713. DE COBELDYK and DE COPULDYKE are early forms, but COPLEDI KE
and COPELDYK are more typical forms for most of the five centuries. After
some 'b' variants in the earliest days, the 'p' versions became
consistent. Spelling was often dependent on whoever the scribe was.
The earliest recorded line
started with Roger DE COBELDYK who married Elinor SPALDING about 1232.
They were probably resident at Fraunton (Frampton), where their son Alan
DE CUBBELDIC is known to have been in 1258.
One line of their descendents
developed into a minor county aristocratic line. By marriage they gained a
Huntingfield estate about 1320, and the manor of Harrington Hall (Mid
Lincolnshire} in 1346. They supplied several county sheriffs over three
centuries and had other local roles.
By 1490 Sir John COPULDYKE of
Frampton and Harrington, Knight, held manors at Harrington, Forthing,
Friskeney, Tytton, Freiston and Frampton. The Harrington manor passed on
to the BETHELL surname by marriage in 1658.
There are also scattered records of COPLEDIKE tenant farmers around Mid Lincolnshire, as at Alford (1545- 1713), Bilsby (1601 -1611) and Huttoft (1601 -1657). The spelling of the surname in these records varies.
The name spread through
Lincolnshire, to Cambridgeshire, Yorkshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, and as
far as London, Kent and Cornwall, though nowhere in great numbers.
Then the name declined, except
amongst some tenant farmers, as at Scremby (1706 - 1714), in forms, such
as CUPELDISH, that evolved to become CUPPLEDITCH, with its own variants
[see Part 5].
In the far north of Cornwall,
John COBBLEDEKE was recorded in Stratton in 1543. A William COBELDEKE
appeared in adjacent Poughill soon after.
The reason for the apparent
jump from Lincolnshire is unknown, but could have something to do with the
peasant revolts occurring in Lincolnshire and elsewhere during the 1530s.
It may have been escape or banishment.
The use of 'b' has been
consistent in the southwest as might be expected in the west country with
its more.voiced dialect.
From Stratton and Poughill the
name spread outwards over a few generations. A Margaret COPPLEDICKE
married an Emanuel MOORE/MAURI in Truro in 1611. It appeared in
Moretonhampstead in mid south Devon (William and Annis COBBLEDICK, 1612),
Lesnewth further southwest in Cornwall (George and Alice COBBLEDICKE,
1636), and Sutcombe in northwest Devon (Ambrose and Grace COBBLEDICK,
1645).
It has since spread widely
across Cornwall and Devon, and recently across south England. Over the
last century COBBLEDICK has been the dominant form in England, but
COBELDICK persisted in South England until the 1990s.
From the late 1600s to 1900s
there was a well-established strand of COBELDICK families in the Vale of
Mawgan,west Cornwall. This strand includes an Edmund and Nannie COBELDICK
in the 19th century [who are also noted in Parts 6 and 7].
From Cornwall and Devon,
COBBLEDICK, COBELDICK and COBLEDICK were taken to North America [see Part
6], COBBLEDICK (and COBELDICK briefly) to Australia [see Part 7],
COBELDICK to New Zealand [Part 8], and COBBLEDICK to Southern Africa [Part
9].
4 To Newfoundland
By 1708, a possible variant,
CABBADUCK, appeared in Newfoundland carried by fishermen. If connected, it
is uncertain whether this was taken from Lincolnshire or Cornwall and Devon.
It looks similar to CAPLEDYKE, one of the variants recorded at the coastal
village of Huttoft in Lincolnshire.
If it is related, it is the
earliest known move outside Britain for the surname family.
Over nearly 300 years in
Newfoundland this surname continued to change. Today it appears as COVEY
DUCK and COVEDUCK, in Newfoundland and in Montreal, Quebec.
5 Later in Llncolnshire
After the fading-out of most of
the early variants in Lincolnshire, the surviving forms (as at Huttoft and
Scremby) went through a period of change during the 17005.
This was associated with
mobile farm-Iabouring families, especially of John and Mary CUPELDICH who
moved to Spilsby in 1742, Partney in 1743, Theddlethorpe St Helen 1744 -1747
, and Burgh le Marsh 1748 -1774. Their descendents settled at and about
Wrangle.
The migration in 1835, by
William and Grace COBBLEDICK to Orono, on the.north shore of Lake Ontario,
established a major settlement of COBBLEDICK in the Ontario Province of
Canada (earlier known as West Canada or Upper Canada), focusing on Orono
town and Durham County. There is still a good scattering of this name about
this area of Ontario today. .
Other, mostly scattered, records
of COBBLEDICK are found across North America.
In 1848 a Jabez COBELDICK, who
had already been to Australia and had returned to Cornwall, married and
moved with his new spouse to USA, eventually settling in Nebraska [see Part
7].
Another move of this surname
was from the Vale of Mawgan in Cornwall to Colorado. This was by some of the
children of Edmund and Nannie COBELDICK who had been briefly in Australia
[see Part 7].
COBELDICK continues today with a
family group in mid California and nearby Nevada. Their progenitor was a
George William COBELDICK, born in Michigan 1893, and who had settled in
California by 1916.
From 1839 to 1854 several
migrations took various families with the surname COBBLEDICK to Australia.
They were :
James
and Jane COBBLEDICK, who migrated in 1839 from Wembury, Devon, to Uraidla,
South Australia.
Samuel
COBBLEDICK, 1846, possibly from Launcells, Cornwall, to Werribee, Victoria.
William
COBBLEDICK, 1850, from St Teath, Cornwall, to Willunga, South Australia.
Philippa
COBBLEDICK nee LOBB, 1854, from St Teath, Cornwall, to Willunga, South
Australia. Philippa is the mother of William and other St Teath family
migrants.
John
and George COBBLEDICK, 1854, from Wembury, Devon, to Heathcote, Victoria.
William
COBBLEDICK, 1854, perhaps from Devon, to South Australia.
Two sets of chain migration are
notable in this list.
The chain from
St Teath also included other COBBLEDICK descendents with the surnames MALE,
MARTIN, KERNICK and TUCKER, likewise all settling in South Australia.
The chain from
Wembury included descendents with surname SYMONS.
The 1896 elopement of Albert
Henry COBBLEDICK and Beatrice M H C SAUNDERS took COBBLEDICK from Australia
to the south of New Zealand for a few years. In 1910, the widowed husband
and his children returned to Australia.
Only two COBELDICK migrations
from. England to Australia are known, and both of these departed from
Australia after not many years.
Jabez COBELDICK arrived in
Australia from Plymouth in 1840, only to return to Cornwall in 1848, marry,
and move on to Nebraska in USA [see Part 6].
Coming from the Vale of
Mawgan in Cornwall, Edmund and Nannie COBELDICK arrived in Victoria in 1857,
had their first three children, then returned to Cornwall in 1867 to farm.
Some of their children then moved on to USA [Part 6]. "First cousins of
Edmund, COBELDICK descendents with surnames BAZELEY and SYMONS, also
migrated to Australia.
Mary Ann HAM nee COBELDICK, who
migrated with her husband from Perranzabuloe Parish in Cornwall to South
Australia in 1865 after their marriage, was a sister of William COBELDICK
who went to New Zealand in 1863 [see Part 8].
8 To New Zealand
In 1863 a single migrant took
the variant COBELDICK to New Zealand. This was William COBELDICK, from Mount
Hill Farm, in Perranzabuloe Parish, West Cornwall
In 1873 William married Marion
WALKER and settled in Canterbury, South Island. From their 7 children a
COBELDICK family is now spread about New Zealand. The writer is part of this
family.
One of the 7, Francis
COBELDICK, changed his surname to ROMA YNE, beginning a family with that
surname in the Central North Island.
Just as COBBLEDICK came briefly
from Australia to New Zealand, COBELDICK went from New Zealand to Australia
about the same time, but lack of descendents ensured this variant's stay in
Australia lasted only 50 years.
George COBELDICK, a son of
the William COBELDICK who had settled in New Zealand, arrived in Western
Australia about 1896, settled there, married, and had one adopted daughter.
He died in 1926, his wife in 1944, and there are no descendents.
9 To Southern Africa
At some unknown dates migrants
carried the name COBBLEDICK to South Africa. Several bearing this surname
are found there today, mostly in the Durban and Rand regions.
Very recently, in 1969,
CUPPlEDITCH was carried to Australia by a family of two parents and three
children. They settled in Adelaide, South Australia. Although they had
migrated from South Wales, they were descendents of lincolnshire family
lines [as noted in Part 5].A map of Australia, showing the
location of CUPPLEQlTCH,
of CCCNSA books on
related family lines.
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This book is produced by Trevor Cobeldick
for the publisher, Cobbledick Cobeldick Cuppleditch Name Study Association.
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From 1986 to 1997 the
COBBLEDICK COBELDICK CUPPLEDITCH NAME STUDY ASSOCIATION also shared
publication of a general newsletter, COBELDICK COBBLEDICK NOTES, for wider
distribution.
It was sent to contributors, is available in some libraries, and back copies
can be requested.