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Early Origins of the Cutle family

The surname Cutle was first found in Wiltshire where Beringarius Cotel was registered in 1084, two years before the Domesday Book of 1086. In Dorset, Adam Cotella was registered there in the Pipe Rolls of 1167. Eilwinus Kutel, Cutel was a Knights Templar in Essex in 1185; and Walter Cotel was listed in the Curia Regis Rolls for Oxfordshire in 1206. 1 "Cuthill or Cuttle is a suburb of Prestonpans, co. Haddington." 2

In Scotland, the Cuthell or Cuthill variants are the most popular as the latter is "a suburb of Prestonpans, East Lothian. Thomas Cuthill and George Cuthill, witnesses, 1536. Steven Cutle was indweller in Edinburgh in 1696, and in 1708 the uppermost stories of the tenement of Mrs. Cuthel were damaged by the fire in Edinburgh. Cuthill was also a surname in Stirling in the eighteenth century. Lawrence Cuthill, [was] burgess of Dumbarton, 1825." 3

Early History of the Cutle family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cutle research. Another 106 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1400, 1536, 1681, 1696, 1708 and 1825 are included under the topic Early Cutle History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Cutle Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Cuttle, Cutle, Cuttell, Cuthill, Cuthell, Cuthil and many more.

Early Notables of the Cutle family

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Migration of the Cutle family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Joseph Cuttell who settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1850; followed by William Cuttell in 1852.



  1. Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
  2. Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
  3. Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)


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