Colegrove (surname)

Colegrove is a surname, or family name, that developed in England between the 12th and 15th centuries. The name may have originated from a grove along the River Cole, Wiltshire, a Tributary of the River Thames in England. Another explanation as to the origin of the name is from the Middle English cole ‘coal’ + grave ‘pit’, ‘grave’ (Old English col + græf). Other forms of spelling in the past include ‘Colgrove’, ‘Colegrave”, ‘Colgrave’, ‘Coulgrove’. The first records of the Colegrove name were in 15th Century England and in the American colonies, in the 1680s. There was a town founded in the 19th century as a Rail Road Depot, Colegrove, PA, in McKean County named after Colegrove founders. The family name is found throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, and other nations around the world.

List of persons with the surname

• Francis Colegrove (c.1667–c.1759), colonial immigrant first known Colegrove in the United States
• Jeremiah Colegrove (1758-1836), prominent farmer and manufacturer in New England
• Michael Bruce Colegrove, fifth President of Hargrave Military Academy
• Stephen Colegrove (c.1694-1787), first Town Councilman of Foster, Rhode Island

See also

• Colegrove v. Green
• Colegrove, PA

Sources

• What we know about the Colgrove Family

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