Ennakkad

Thoma Mathai and his brother left Maliakkal from Maramon and reached Kuttemperoor’s bank. They decided to live North and South of the vacant land on the side of the River. Eventually, several decades later, they named that property on the South “Chakkalayil” and the North property is known as ‘Chakkalayil – Vadakkethil’. During ‘Tipu Sultan’s conquest to ‘Malabar’, Ennakkad Raja from his kingdom and became a refuge of ‘Veanadu” Raja, who allowed the Ennakkad Raja (see ennakkad.com) and his followers to settle in ‘Kuttemperoor East’. They named their dwelling place “Ennakkad”

 

1-c) Valliath Kudumbham –Ennakkad (see chakkalayil.com)

 

1-d) Vadakekattil Kudumbham – Ennakkad (see chakkalayil.com)

 

1-e) Mulavana Kudumbham – Peringilipuram (see chakkalayil.com)

 

1- f) Muttattinkara Kudumbham – Ennakkad (see chakkalayil.com)

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1-g) Kochukattil Kudumbham (Ennakkad)

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In AD 1700s, Mathai Thoma from Valliath Kudumbham, part of Chakkalayil Kudumbham got married and settled in Vadakekattil Kudumbham. One of his sons, Mathai Mathen got married and settled in Vadakekattil Kudumbham, Ennakkad in the middle of the 17th century. He had two sons. One of his sons Mathai Mathen had five sons; they are Mathen Mathai, Mathen Oommen, Mathen Varghese, Mathen Thomas, and Mathen Cherian.

 

In later part of AD 1800s, Mathen Oommen got married from Parangotte Kudumbham in Elanthoor and settled in Muttattinkara. He had two sons, eldest son Oommen Mathai got married and settled in Muttattinkara. He was blessed with four children and 18 grandchildren.

 

In the early part of AD 1900, Mathen Ommen Muttattinkara, Founder of ‘Kochukattil’ Family

acquired a piece of “Kaade” (vacant land with bushes and shrubberies with thorn plant) from the local Raja. He with the help of workers, he manually cleared the Kaade and converted it into agricultural farmland. He grew vegetables and planted coconut trees and fruit trees. He named that Kaade “Kochukaade” later became ‘Kochukattil” also spelled “Cochukattil”

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