The Book of Cockitt:

Essays on the History of the Cockitt Family of Cheshire

Contents

An introduction , of sorts, and why this is not a definitive history of the Cockitt family of Cheshire.

The Cockitt Surname – some ramblings on the origins of the name, why it might be misspelt, and variations to look out for.

• The Origins of the Cockett/Cockitt Surname
• The Lost Files Cupboard: some musings on mis-spellings and genealogical disappearances

The Earliest Cockitts: Little Woolton, Cuerdley and Lostock Gralam

• The Lancashire Connection: a hypothetical tree for the Cockett families of Cuerdley and Little Woolton
• Lord Hardwicke, William Dade and Charles Cockitt of Lostock Gralam

The Cockitt family of Lower Withington, Cheshire

• The road to Cockitt’s Farm in Catchpenny Lane, Lower Withington
• The English Dancing Master, Charles Cockitt (1770-1835)
• Martha Cockitt (1777-1852) & the Manchester Puzzle
• John Cockitt, builder of Didsbury (1796-1860)
• Robert Cockitt, confectioner (1800-47?)
• The descendants of Robert Cockitt
• Mary Cockitt (1803-?)
• Charles Cockitt (1806-83): Odd Roads to Birmingham and Macclesfield
• George Cockitt (1808-43)
• Just who the hell was Francis Birkbeck Allen? The in-laws of Alan Cockitt (1809-72)
• Cockitt’s Oyster Bar: Thomas Cockitt (1842-1916)
• Mary Elizabeth Cockitt (1848-92)