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From: "Doug Price" <>
Subject: FW: [AUS-SAGEN] The Names Cocks
Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 09:12:48 +1000

Hi Corrine,

That sounds plausible. Many names began with a profession name. Maybe,
because of the wide spread use of Cock, it originated from fishermen, who
used small sail boats?

Regards
Doug

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From: Corinne Thompson [mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, 4 August 2005 6:24 AM
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Subject: [AUS-SAGEN] The Names Cocks



Hello Doug,

I also have COCK and WOOLCOCK ancestry (both from Cornwall).

Jim Thompson (no relationship) who has done a lot of work on Cornish
Surnames says:

COCK, COCKS

poss: cok, a type of sailboat, or cok, empty or vain. It is possible that
COX is included in the group in Cornwall, it is also plausible that COCKS is
really COX.

Kindest Regards ....... Corinne in Melbourne.

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