When Thomas De Cogan was born in 1176, in Cogan, Glamorgan, Wales, his father, Richard de Cogan, was 36 and his mother, Basilia de Ridelesford, was -15. He died in 1219, in Huntspill, Somerset, England, at the age of 43.
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King John of England agreed to a charter of rights called the Magna Carta. The document was originally drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury to establish peace between King John and a group of rebel barons. The Magna Carta was completed in 1215 and is now considered to be one of the greatest constitutional documents of all time.
Americanized form of Jewish (from Ukraine) Kogan, from the Russian pronunciation of Cohen .
Irish and Welsh (of Norman origin): habitational name from Cogan near Cardiff, which may have been named with a Welsh word meaning ‘bowl, depression’. In 1166 Milo de Cogan, held two fees near Penarth (Glamorganshire) of William earl of Gloucester. Members of this Norman family probably account for the name's appearance in 13th-century Berwickshire. By this time the family was also present in Ireland, associated with counties Limerick and Cork. It may have been the Irish branch that later brought the name to southwest Scotland.
Irish (Leitrim): variant of Coogan .
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