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A.B. and Delilah Coots
A Blog for the family and descendants of A.B. and Delilah Coots.
A.B. and Delilah Coots
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Coots Family Name
This name is of early medieval English origin, and derives from the Middle English "co(a)te" meaning a coot, and was originally given as a nickname to a bald person. The bird was regarded as bald because of the large white patch, an extension of the bill, on its head. The expression "as bald as a cote" has become standard in English.
A sizeable group of early European surnames were gradually created from the habitual use of nicknames. These were given in the first instance with reference to a variety of characteristics, such as physical attributes or peculiarities, or to supposed resemblance to an animal's or bird's appearance or disposition.
The surname from this source is first recorded at the beginning of the 13th Century, and one William le Coot appears in the 1327 Subsidy Rolls of Cambridgeshire. Recordings from London Church Registers include: the marriage of John Coote and Agnes Grace on July 5th 1558, at South Mimms; the marriage of John Coote and Catherine Hale on February 1st 1582; and the christening of Agnes, daughter of Lewes Coote, on February 25th 1598, at St. Dunstan's, Stepney.
An interesting namebearer, recorded in the "Dictionary of National Biography", was Edmund Coote, who flourished around the year 1597 when he published "The English Schoolmaster", a method of learning English, which went through fifty editions before 1704.
In the modern idiom the name has a number of spelling variations, these include: Coot, Coote, Cootes and Coots. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Reginald Cote, which was dated 1201, in the "Pipe Rolls of Lincolnshire", during the reign of King John, known as "Lackland", 1199 - 1216.
Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
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- Morgan, Lila Jane, Connie, Kevin, and Meg McElhaney
- The Coots 5
- Coots Family Reunion 2005
- Eli 2005
- Casey Battles - Wedding Day
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- Delilah and A. B. Coots
- Lila Jane McElhaney & Mason Vest
- Connie & Kevin McElhaney
- Connie - Yvonne - Donna
- Mason Vest & Don Brock
- Yvonne (Coots) Brock
- Casey Battles
- Meg, Morgan, and Connie McElhaney
- Yvonne (Coots) Brock and Katherine (Coots) Battles
- Morgan McElhaney & Donna Vest
- Meg McElhaney & Sydney Vest
- Connie McElhaney & Donna Vest
- Mark & Katherine
- The Coots Gym
- Clayton and Brownie
- Yvonne Coots and Mark Battles
- Yvonne Coots 1959
- Yvonne Coots
- Hopper, Frances, Katherine, Raymond, and Yvonne
- Steven and David Battles
- Don & Delilah
- The Katherine (Coots) Battles Family
- Raymond & Sharon, Randy & Linda and children.
- Delilah Coots
- Don & Yvonne
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- Hopper, Ruby, Katherine, and Don
- Yvonne (Coots) Brock Clan
- The Coots Cousins
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- Yvonne, Katherine, Delilah, Frances, and Hopper
- Dennis, Jack, Ruby, and Dorthy Coots
- Steven, David, Frances, and Mary Frances Battles
- David, Rachel, and Matthew Battles
- Collin Coots
- Matthew Battles
- David Battles
- Clayton Coots
- Some of the Coots Grandchildren
- Bell Reunion
- Hopper and Who?
- Haircut Day at the Ole Smokehouse
- Katherine & Frances
- Sharon and Raymond Coots
- The Coots Mobile
- Delilah Coots with 5 generations
- Jessie "Hopper" and Thelma Coots
- Sharon Coots, daughter Mona, and granddaughter Suz...
- George & Frances (Coots) Battles Children
- The Sisters
- The Delilah (Bell) Coots Family
- Katherine, Hopper, Frances, Raymond, and Yvonne
- Bee Coots and his family
- Katherine, Sandra, Frances, & Yvonne
- Bee and Girls
- Jessie (Hopper) Coots - the Elvis of the family
- Bee Coots Family, before Yvonne?
- Bee & Delilah Early Marriage
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