Hi David The COOLE family were part of the notorious Cock Road Gang of Bitton parish which included the infamous CAINES family. They very often had aliases so could make your task of going back further difficult. Lots has been written about the Cock Road Gang so you can probably Google for more information. Even my WILMOTT family were involved as were many other local families from this area between Kingswood and Hanham. Hope this helps. Bernice