When Francis Cockayne was born on 29 December 1727, in Chaddesden, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Francis Cockayne, was 34 and his mother, Ellen Hunt, was 33. He married Mary Watts on 13 January 1748, in Derby, Derbyshire, England. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He died in 1780, in Chaddesden, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 53, and was buried in Chaddesden, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom.
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English (Midlands and Yorkshire): nickname for a dreamer, from Middle English cokayne ‘cloud-cuckooland’, the name of an imaginary paradise (Old French (pays de) cocaigne, from Middle Low German kōkenje, a diminutive of kōke ‘cake’, since in this land the houses were thought to be made of cake). It may also be a variant of Cocking or from the unflattering Middle English nickname cokin (Old French coquin) ‘disreputable person’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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