The name of the Scottish Caldwell Estates have undergone a variety of spellings. 12.) The Mures of Caldwell had distinctive armorial crests. : Calwell would make for a better argument? In Scotland in more modern times Caer was rendered Car and there are many placenames starting with this prefix. This place-name may also be derived from the Old English words caeld, which means cold, and welle, which means well, and indicates that the original bearer lived near a well that gave cold water. John remains erect, like the statute of Robert Bruce mounted on his horse, ready to do battle. Richard was recognized by Henry and was reconciled with his father and mother. It is held as unquestionably true, says Perrin, amongst the Waldenses dwelling in the adjacent valleys, that more than three thousand persons, men and women, belonging to the valley of Loyse, perished on this occasion. For the veterans among your Caldwell ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions. The Domesday Book of 1086 used Latin, not Anglo-Saxon, to spell Caldwell. DEMOGRAPHICS) Caldwell was first listed in 1900-1909 and reached its top position of #1726 in the U.S. in the 1900s, but is not ranked at the moment. View Census Data for Caldwell | Data not to scale. Author Landon C. Bells book focused largely on the history of Lunenburg County, Virginia. The Caldwell family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. This is also true of the waterways in Renfrewshire and the Kingdom of Strathclyde. The vales redoubled to the hills, and they Unfortunately, nothing in writing was left. Caldwell Chichester: Phillimore, 1975-1986, vol. He wrote this sonnet. The most Caldwell families were found in USA in 1880. After Henrys death, King Edward accused Richard of treason, and Richard became an outlaw again. An alternate explanation was that the Caldwell Estate name was preserved because the royal charter upon which title was based referred to the land as the Caldwell Estate. John wrote: Ermine Street, a Roman road, extended through this lowland region from London north, through York, past Richmond, all the way to Hadrians Wall separating England from Scotland. http://www.cproots.com/surnameorigins/namesak/ namescaldwell.htm takes the view that the surname Caldwell originated in Renfrewshire, Scotland, of Viking origin. The Black Forest, or Schwarzwald, borders on Switzerland on the south, on the Neckar River to the East and on France to the West. He points out that the surname Caldwell was prominent and widespread in Scotland by the 1300s, but not so in England. You can see how Caldwell families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Domesday Book lists a hamlet of Caldeuuella [lost today] in Birdforth Wapentake, [North Riding, Yorkshire], and another in Gilling West Wapentake located in the Parish of Stanwick Saint John, [North Riding, Yorkshire], still in existence, then spelled Caldewelle, consisting of one manor with 6 ploughs and about 720 acres owned by Thoir at the time of the Conquest of 1066, and transferred by King William to Norman French Count Alan Fergant (Alan the Red). Hint: Try searching for a relative alive in 1940. About the year 1560, during the suspension of the council of Treat, a most violent and bloody persecution was carried on against the Waldenses of Calabria at the south of Italy, by direction of that brutal tyrant, pope Pius IV. The alternatives include possible derivation from 5th century King Coel; 7th century King Cadwallon of Gwynedd; kaldr-a, a Viking/Danish spelling; kaltes quellen, German for cold spring-fed well; Baden of Calw, German for artesian wells in southwest Germany; Colville, the French surname of an early Renfrewshire landholder; keld, the Gaelic word for wood or forest, such that Caldwell with Gaelic input meant well in the wood; the three brother knights named Cauldwell allegedly from Cold Well, France just after the Scottish Reformation; and the legendary waldenses Caldwaldi clan of northern Italy fleeing Catholic persecution, probably the most publicized explanation, though not without criticism (see Michael Caldwells web page at http://www.geocities.com/ Heartland/Estates/6455/). In early correspondence to William Mure in the first quarter of the 18th century, Sir David Hume, famed Scottish philosopher, addressed his letters to William Mure at Calwell. The early settlers of Great Britain favored locating their dwellings near sources of fresh water, i.e., artesian wells, springs, etc. I think we all agree that the surname Caldwell in America derives not from any place name in America (and there are dozens of towns called Caldwell in America) but from migration of people from Great Britain, mostly Scotch-Irish and Scots, and to a much lesser degree, from England, almost all with the surname spelling Caldwell. The Bedfordshire Coroners Rolls refer to a murder in 1269 involving assailants from the Prior of Cauldwell. Perrin cites numerous first hand contemporaneous sources to support his views. The records of LDS Family History Library identify a Caldwell Estate in Annandale, near Solway Firth, since approximately 1558, headed by Alexander Caldwell. See Terms of Use for details. He says that it would be a stretch to claim that Caldwell derives from English ancestors. Caldwell has been spelled Caldwell, Coldwell, Caldwill, Cauldwell, Cauldwill, Cawldwell, Guildwell, Calewell, Caldewell and many more. The meaning of Caldwell is "cold spring". : Colville when Caldwelle, The SSDI is a searchable database of more than 70 million names. Naturally Galdwallys is such a short step from Caldwallys/Caldwalls that one must be driven to suspect a connection. Towns grew where they marketed their goods. It is also common in Australia, where 4 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found. It was soon to be converted to a psychiatric institution. The most Caldwell families were found in USA in 1880. Upon Gilchrists marriage to the Caldwell heiress, Gilchrist became the landlord, or Laird, of the Caldwell Estate. The Wapentakes had their separate courts until 1340 A.D., when by a statute passed in the 14th year of Edward III, they were discontinued, and their business transferred to the courts of the shire (e.g., Yorkshire). Surname Definition: See Family Crest below. Vol.69 (1990). : How can Caldwell be an anglicized spelling of The de Brus family became the Bruce family. They had surrendered to the papists, upon a promise of having their lives spared; but when the garrison was admitted they were all seized, they who lay hid in the dungeon of the castle, or thought themselves secured by the sacredness of the church; and being dragged out from thence into a hollow meadow were put to death, without regard to age or the assurances given: the number of the slain, within and without the town, amounted to eight hundred: the women, by the command of Oppede, were thrust into a barn filled with straw, and fire being set to it, when they endeavored to leap out of the window, they were pushed back by poles and pikes, and were thus miserably suffocated and consumed in the flames. (Id.) (p. The Mures were part of the House of Caldwell, and the estate owner known as Lord Caldwell. In 1890, the local Presbyterian Church (Church of Scotland) located within the former Caldwell Estate, was renamed Caldwell Parish Church. It was popular in the Middle Ages for its supposed medicinal properties and dates back to at least 1297. Most of the towns founded in the twelfth century were occupied by these Englishmen. Casket Letters is the name generally given to eight letters, and a sequence of irregular sonnets, all described as originally in French, and said to have been addressed by Mary, Queen of Scots, to the earl of Bothwell, between January and April 15661567. (Id.) A location name in Derbyshire, Yorkshire, etc. The monasteries fostered tenant farming. (Landon C. Bell, The Old Free State (A Contribution to the History of Lunenburg County and Southside Va) By Landon C. Bell. Cambridge (Eng. 'of Caldwell,' parishes in the the Dioceses of Ripon and Peterborough. Robert Charles Anderson, a Certified Genealogist, and a fellow of the American Society of Genealogists, 2 Fenway, Derry, NH 03038, published in Volume 19, Numbers 1 & 2, 1991 of the Genealogical Journal of the Utah Genealogical Association, PO Box 1144, Salt Lake, Utah 84110, an article entitled, We Wuz Robbed! The article indicates that a genealogy authored by Gustave Anjou, entitled Caldwell Family, Call No. "The cold well." Probably 'the cold-well' cold, or cald. We use cookies to enhance your personalized experience for ads, analytics, and more. This is reinforced by Galdwallys Castle in Speyside which is associated with one Freskin who had Ayrshire connections. There are near a hundred entries, in which the spelling is well. It was not until 1890 that a portion of Neilston Parish would be renamed Caldwell Parish. On June 2, 2002, a Brian Caldwell posted this message at that website: 40 years ago John Caldwell of Paisley (were I was born) told me of the story of a Norseman, Kald, taken at the battle of Largs (1263) who, after serving time labouring on some farm, was freed and settled in or around the village of Caldwell near Neilston. James Caldwell (1734-81), son of settler John Caldwell, was born in Charlotte Co., VA, and was a militant clergyman during the revolutionary war. At page 182, Bell writes: David Caldwells parents, Andrew and Martha Caldwell migrated to America in 1725, an Allan Caldwell, baptized 1680, was a tenant in possession of a farm at Hall of Caldwell near Lochwinnoch under a 19 year lease. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Barry Robertson posted here a really well researched story on the origins of the Caldwell name for the Caldwell Parish Church and adjacent Mure of Caldwell Estate, entitlled Caldwell Mystery, citing documents available to but overlooked by Perrin and Bell. Caldwell family history begins with the enrollment of Adam de Caldwella of Derbyshire in 1195?Derbyshire, incidentally, does have a small town named Caldwell. Caldwell in North Yorkshire is one major source of the surname; Caldwell in Renfrewshire in Scotland another. Tom Caldwell uncovered historical documents that revealed use of the Caldwell surname in various parts of Ayrshire, such as in or near Todriggs, Annanhill, Mauchline, Ayr, Dundonald., Maybole, Kirkoswald and Straiton (sometime known as of Stratton), dating back to the 1300s. Several localities in various counties are so designated. (His descendants has been posted on line and are said to include the original Cub Creek Caldwell clan in Virginia). Gilchrist Mure was born 1301 in Cowdans, the second son of Sir Reginald Mure. I never looked at the primary documents of Scotland, as have others, in researching the issue. 1660, grandson, Allan, b. about 1680, Lochwinnoch, and ggrandson, Allan Caldwell, b. All rights reserved. This place-name may also be derived from the Old English words caeld, which means cold, and welle, which means well, and indicates that the original bearer lived near a well that gave cold water. Looks awfully like the fort of the Welsh/Wallace. "The old family of the name appears to have ended in the direct line in an heiress in the fifteenth century. For a society dependent upon inherited wealth, undisputed genealogy would have been of utmost importance in winning the battle to maintain a way of life. (p. This interesting name is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is a locational surname deriving from any one of the places called Caldwell in North Yorkshire and Warwickshire; Cauldwell in Bedfordshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire; and other places named with the same elements, such as Chadwell, Chardwell and Caudle Green. Looking at each item of evidence that I have presented, he sees no persuasive or compelling case, just as if he had taken up a piece of puzzle, and said, it shows nothing. (English) belonging to Caldwell = the Cold Well or Spring [Old English c(e)ald + wiella], An English name used as an anglicized form of hUairisce in Tyrone and of Cullivan and Colavin (Mac Conluain) in Co. Cavan. In 1840 there were 173 Caldwell families living in Pennsylvania. I do not mean that this rule be applied mechanically. Two companies were instantly ordered out to pursue them, who hunted them like wild beasts, crying, Amazzi! In The United States those bearing the Caldwell last name are 14.16% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.93% registered to vote for the political party. James Caulduoll was presbyter and notary public in Glasgow, 1548 (LCD., p. 63), and Patrick Caldwools is recorded in Cockerhaugh, 1687 (Peebles CR.). 3.] But I find it much less likely than the theory I have advanced, and far better supported by numerous historical documents. Robert Cauldwell was a merchant in the service of Sir John of Montgomery, 1405 (Bain, IV, 697). An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your Caldwell ancestors lived in harsh conditions. 1963), American former football linebacker in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins from 1987 to 1992, Darrell Wayne Caldwell (1993-2021), known professionally as Drakeo the Ruler, an American rapper and songwriter; his fourth mixtape, Cold Devil, has been streamed over 10 million times, Donald Reche Caldwell Jr. (1979-2020), American professional football wide receiver who played from 2002 to 2008, Zoe Ada Caldwell OBE (1933-2020), Australian stage and voice actress, four-time, (Another 29 notables are available in all our, Mr. Eric Dick Caldwell, British Sergean Lieutenant Commander, who sailed into battle on the, Eric Dick Caldwell, British Surgeon Lieutenant with the Royal Navy aboard the HMS Royal Oak (1939) when she was torpedoed by U-47 and sunk; he survived the sinking, Mr. Albert Francis Caldwell, aged 26, Siamese Second Class passenger from Bangkok, Siam who sailed aboard the, Mrs. Sylvia Mae Caldwell, (ne Harbaugh), aged 28, Siamese Second Class passenger from Bangkok, Siam who sailed aboard the, Master Alden Gates Caldwell, aged 10 mths, Siamese Second Class passenger from Bangkok, Siam who sailed aboard the, Mr. Charles Caldwell Jr., American Fireman Third Class from Missouri, USA working aboard the ship "USS Arizona" when she sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7th December 1941, he died in the sinking. My point, however, is that the origin of the Caldwell surname in both England and Scotland derived largely from the Anglo-Saxon place name calde weille, given to long-standing settlements in both Scotland and England, rather than arrival of a Colville arrival in 1066 or a post-reformation arrival in 1558 of three legendary Cauldwells from France, or any one Caldwell forefather. Meaning 'of Caldwell', this is a locational name that has been taken from places called Caldwell in Yorkshire, and Renfrewshire, Scotland . This surname is derived from a geographical locality. Paisley : H. Crichton, 1818 (Paisley : Printed by J. Neilson) 512 leaves : ill., facsims. Whole towns of Yorkshire were repeatedly burned and ravaged by William the Conqueror in the 11th century and Robert Bruce in the early 14th century and vast regions were depopulated as tenant farmers relocated elsewhere. Consequently this castle was established by the Lowland Welsh. The old family of the name appears to have ended in the direct line in an heiress in the fifteenth century (Crawford). David Caldwell (1725-1824) by David A. Caldwell, Origins of Caldwell Surname by David A. Caldwell, The Caldwell Enigma For our sons and grandchildren and our descendents by David Caldwell, Old Site Guestbook Archives June 2005 to May 2014, Old Site Guestbook Archives June 2001 to June 2005. Early may fly the Babylonian wo. Galdwallys Castle is easily found by a web search. The first official reference to the practice in Scotland is from a general council held at Forfar in 1061, during the reign of Malcolm Canmor (1057- 1093). Two books have dealt with this subject, authored respectivly by Bell (1927) and Perrin (1887). (English) One who came from Caldwell (cold stream), in Yorkshire. org/C/CA/ Casket_Letters.htm) In Antonio Frasers biography, entitled Mary, Queen of Scots, she appends a copy of the Casket letter that mentions Caldwellis. Last Name Origin of the Name Caldwell The Caldwell family history was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. Notable amongst the family at this time was Blessed John Fenwick, born John Caldwell (1628-1679), an English Jesuit, executed at the time of the Popish Plot, a Catholic martyr, beatified in 1929 by Pope Pius XI. Edwards heir Athelstan took York from the Danes in 927-8; and required the submission of King Constantine of Scotland. Included is another detailed article about Gustave Anjous life and forgery methods, entitled Gustave, We Hardly Knew Ye: by Gordon L. Remington. Remington was editor of the Genealogical Journal. Being laymen, they were forbidden to preach they were formally declared heretics by Pope Lucius III in 1184 and by the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215. Richard fought with Simon against Henry at the Battle of Lewes. Look at any atlas and you will see that the Rhine River begins near the Baths (artesian wells) of Calw and flows north through Germany to the Netherlands, disgorging into the sea that reaches to Southeast England. (John Eric Bruce Glover, Allen Mawer, and F.M. In some areas virtually the only lands that could be bought or sold were in the burghs, encouraging migration to towns and hamlets. Irish: when not the English surname this is an Anglicized form of Fuarghuis or hUarghusa descendant of (F)uarghus a personal name whose literal sense cold + choice was reinterpreted as coming from fuaruisce cold water. John favors the notion that Caldwell might have derived from the Viking words, kald well. Of territorial origin from the lands of the name in Renfrewshire. They caught the outlaw alone, but he killed all of them, though he died of wounds immediately after. Perrin states that the surname derived from what he claimed was the first such Caldwell Estate in Scotland (William Perrin, Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 4th ed., 1887, Boyle Co.) IV (English Place Name Society, University of Nottingham, 1927), the authors cite historical documents referring to a Caldan Wyllan, in 972 A.D, renamed as Caldewelle, in 1198 A.D, and most recently known as Caldwall Hall and Caldewell. The Roman occupation during the first and second century A.D. extended to the lowlands of present day Scotland. It was a name for someone who lived in Renfrrewshire. The British kingdom of Strathclyde (encompassing Ayr, Renfrew, Lanark, and Galloway, borderlands, and parts of northern England) eventually succumbed after the Norman Invasion. In my opinion Castlewalls in this instance means Castle of the Welsh or Wallace. (p. There are numerous websites containing this information. There were notes in the margin that presented Protestant theology and enraged the Catholics (e.g., denial of confession, sacraments, the importance of good works in attaining salvation, etc.). This was about 49% of all the recorded . 1833-44.) Virtually all present day place names in England are of Anglo-Saxon rather than Celtic or Briton origin. There are 432,000 census records available for the last name Caldwell. The Angles occupied what became known as Northumbria, the northern most region of present day England and southeastern Scotland (Lothian). SDB Popularity ranking: Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In Nouthumberland itself there were only 4 Caldwells versus 47 Coldwells. Bell links the first Caldwell, Alexander, to the Waldenses. In the lowland areas of Scotland, around 400-600 A.D., there was recurring alliances, intermarriages, conquests, and conflicts, between Britons, Picts, Scottis, and Angles. The fact that the adjacent Little Caldwell Estate remained in possession of the Caldwell clan suggests that there was a circle of sons and daughters, brothers, sisters, brothers in law, cousin, and nephews linked by constraints of coresidency, consanguinity, and community. The position was usually given to the most learned and scholarly men of the time and most influential with the King. Stenton, The Place Names of Worcestershire, Vol. Burton Abbey was founded as a Benedictine monastery by Wulfuric Spot during the reign of King thelred the Unready (978-1016 A.D.). In the Celtic languages Caer meant fort and an iron age fort would fill the bill. The Caudle variant may be related to a thickened and sweetened alcoholic hot drink so named. A Roman fort was built at Lochwinnoch, in present day Scotland, and a Roman road runs through the hamlet of Caldwell, near Lochwinnoch. This view is also espoused by John Caldwell at his website, caldwellgenealogy.com. 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