The surname Roscoe is thought to originate from Lancashire. It is a habitual name derived from the Old Norse elements "ra" a roebuck plus "scogr" a copse or thicket - or deer forest. The surname is first recorded in the latter half of the 13th Century, (see below). In the modern idiom the surname appears as Roscow and Roscoe. 

Current research identifies our line of the Yates family as originating around Bolton, Lancashire in the early 1700s.

The earliest known member of our Roscow line is Peter Roscoe born about 1710. However little is known of the Roscoe family before the migration to Australia of his great great grandson, David Yates

My Roscoe ancestry goes back 9 generations and biographies exist for some members as indicated by links below

• Peter Roscoe
  • Peter Roscoe 1735 - ? married Rebecca Settle
    • Peter Roscoe 1779 - ? married Jane Booth 
      • /wiki/spaces/HFHW/pages/6586468 married William Yates
        • David Yates 1851 - 1929 married Mary Hayes
          • Eva Mary Yates 1897 - 1957 married James Bashford Bain
            • Doreen Bain 1821 - 2000 married Douglas James Hardie
              • My father