Brief Family History
Spelling variations include: MacQuilly, McQuilly, MacQuilley, McQuilly, MacQuillie, McQuillie, Quilley, Quilly, Quillie, Cox, Coxe and many more.
First found in county Roscommon where they held a family seat from ancient times.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: William McQuillie who landed in Philadelphia Pa. in 1804; Thomas Cox, who arrived in New York, NY in 1805; Andrew Cox, who arrived in Quebec in 1850; Fanny Cox, who arrived in New York, NY in 1821.
Motto: Fide et fortitudine.
Motto Translated: By fidelity and fortitude.
Crest: A blue goat's head with gold horns.
Coat of Arms: Gold with three bars and on a red square at the top left a silver lion's head.
Brief Family History
Spelling variations include: Cox, Coxe and others.
First found in Herefordshire where they were seated from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: William Coxe, who settled in Virginia in 1610; Anne Coxe, who settled in Maryland in 1633; James Cox, who came to Virginia in 1652; Henry Cox, who settled in Maryland in 1653.
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Crest: Description not available
Coat of Arms: A shield divided quarterly red and green with a bezant in each quarter.