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Known variations of the Collett family name include Collett, Colett, Collet, Coullet, Caullet, Cowlett, Cowllett, Colleyt, Coulett, Caulett, Caullett, Coullett, Collette, Colette, Collete and many more.
For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for , the Canadas, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad.