Capey Family History

Altered form of Capel of which Capewell was also a variant. Tooth 2 p. 102 cites Margaret Capel (1641) David Capewell (1662) alias Caper (1662) alias Capie (1664) from the parish registers of Norton in the Moors (Staffs).

With the 1632 bearer below from Whichford (Warwicks) compare Francis Capill 1667 in IGI (Brailes Warwicks); Brailes is the adjacent parish. Perhaps from Cappy (Somme) in Picardy.

The lack of medieval spellings with a preposition leaves room for some doubt but the surname is well attested in Picardy for example by Jehane de Capi 1289 in the Arras Nécrologie.