Bells claims about the origin of the Caldwell suname do not pass the test of probability, analogy or correlation. Now in Lordship 1 plough; 6 villagers with 1 plough. The Old English of Beowulf became the Middle English of Chaucer, and then the Modern English of King James Bible and Shakespeare. It was a name for someone who lived in Renfrrewshire. Consequently this castle was established by the Lowland Welsh. htm.? murder them! and numbers were put to death. In the Records of Invercauld the form Guildwell and perhaps Camdell occur. Robertson also noted: It seems that the Lady of Caldwell did not own all of the estate a younger male branch of the family held Little or Wester Caldwell the area surrounding the present Hall of Caldwell, including the area later to become the golf course. D[discussion of the meaning of a crest displaying three wells.] Alexander Nisbets History of Heraldry (1722) describes the Caldwell Coat of Arms as an argent three piles issuing from the chief sable and in the base, four bars wavy Gules and Vest. 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. A descendant of Adam Mure, Gilchrist Mure, married an heiress of a Caldwell Estate in 1347. 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. 1834), aged 27, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Mystery" arriving in Lyttelton, Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand on 7th January 1862, Mr. John Caldwell, (b. King James did not like it and made its a possession a felony. The River Rhone begins near this settlement and flows south, passing Avignon, the temporary headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church in the 14th century, as well as St. Gilles. To heaven. Walls Hill might mean the Hill of the Wallace or Welsh. Origins: Renfrewshire, Scotland. When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones The Saxon word Wpen-tac signifies weapon-touch. A short distance to the east lies the port of Toulon, said to be the region from where the legendenary three brothers migrated to Scotland and assumed the Caldwell surname. Tom Caldwell uncovered historical documents that revealed use of the Caldwell surname in various parts of Ayrshire, such as in or near Todriggs, Annanhill, Mauchline, Ayr, Dundonald., Maybole, Kirkoswald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. Pennsylvania had the highest population of Caldwell families in 1840. Many parish churches throughout England and Scotland were named after St. Gilles. (Landon C. Bell, The Old Free State (A Contribution to the History of Lunenburg County and Southside Va) By Landon C. Bell. 2.) 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 Timeline by David A. Caldwell; Midland Caldwells by David A. Caldwell; Honoring Rachel Caldwell (1742-1825) by David A. Caldwell; Biography of Rev. Bainess Directory of 1823 does not list anyone with the surname of Caldwell residing in Caldwell, Yorkshire. This surname has ramified in the most extraordinary manner in the United States. After the kings of Strathclyde and the Scots submitted to Edward Lineage, not marriage, was the fundamental social unit of his time. com/ 65/ wa/ Waldense.html) A location name in Derbyshire, Yorkshire, etc. The surname is also found in Scotland, where it appears in the late 12th Century (see below). Alternate Spellings: CALDWELL, COLDWELL, CALDWILL, CAULDWELL, CAULDWILL, CAWLDWELL, GUILDWELL, CALEWELL, CALDEWELL, CAUDELL, and many more. 6.) Rev., reprint of 1956 ed., p. 1121. In 1840 there were 173 Caldwell families living in Pennsylvania. 'of Caldwell,' parishes in the the Dioceses of Ripon and Peterborough. 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. New York had the highest population of Cadwell families in 1840. Cowan writes that there are no documents describing the official duties of the Chancellor. Many had university training in France or Italy. This would be understandable where the orally spoken reference to OE caeld weille or Danish kald well would have the same meaning in Danish and Old English. In the 14th century, John of Fordun wrote about the languages then spoken in Scotland: The manners and customs of the Scots vary with the diversity of their speech. In 1890, the local Presbyterian Church (Church of Scotland) located within the former Caldwell Estate, was renamed Caldwell Parish Church. Perrin and Bell overlooked the Mure of Caldwell Estate near Uplawmoor, successor to the 14th century Caldwell Estate, when Gilchrst Mure married an heiress of Caldwell. Meaning 'of Caldwell', this is a locational name that has been taken from places called Caldwell in Yorkshire, and Renfrewshire, Scotland . (John Eric Bruce Glover, Allen Mawer, and F.M. In the United States, the name Caldwell is the 272nd most popular surname with an estimated 96,993 people with that name. Bertha of Calw, 12th century sister of Pope Victor II, has been linked as kin of Sir Adam Mure of Rowallan, Scotland. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname. Scotland had no universities until the 1400s. Richard fought with Simon against Henry at the Battle of Lewes. Edward the Elder defeated the Danes in Northumbria at Tettenhall in 910. 6.) I cannot disprove that assertion. No book is known to list any Caldwell tartan. A copious account of this persecution is given by a candid Romish contemporary historian, Thuanus, in the history of his own times. Alternately he may have done so in the belief that the Caldwell maternal line was of equal value, or at least a source and symbol of power, either by reason of blood relationship to an important person (for example, William Caldwell, then Prebendary of Glasgow and appointed Lord High Chancellor of Scotland, beginning in 1349), or in expectancy that he would acquire a privileged position in a social hierarchy. In Scotland Caldwell is nicknamed Carwall pronounced Kerwahl. For more information about the Allan Caldwells of Lochwinnoch, contact Mairi Frew at Mairifrew@aol.com. On his return to Naples, he delivered a great number of Protestants to the secular arm at St. Agata, where he inspired the inhabitants with the utmost terror; for if any individual came forward to intercede for the prisoners, he was immediately put to the torture as a favorer of heresy. (London). The earliest historical reference in 1289 refers to this place as Caldewell in the Assize Rolls (stored in the Public Record Office), and later as Coldwell Field, 1609. Use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Caldwell surname lived. A January 11, 1760 pleading before the Scottish Lords of Session lists counsel as William Mure (1716-1776) of Caldwall. In England this was known as Poll Tax. (Patricia M. Thompson, One Hundred Years of Caldwell : the Story of Caldwell Parish Church, 1889-1989 / by Patricia M. Thomson, Uplawmoor : The Church], c1989.) Forget not: in thy book record their groans The early Caldwell settlers aimed for New Jersey and Pennsylvania, then spread to North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas, Ohio, etc. Some less common occupations for Americans named Caldwell were Truck Driver and Housewife. 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. [1]. The Caudle variant may be related to a thickened and sweetened alcoholic hot drink so named. 71 (part I) [hereinafter, The Caldwell Papers). Malcolm directed his chief subjects to create surnames from the names of their territorial possessions. : the Anglo caeld weille or even Although the Mures never adopted the surname Caldwell, use of the title Lord Caldwell likely led to widespread adoption of the Caldwell surname by people who worked, resided, or were tenants, of the Estate. The Roman occupation during the first and second century A.D. extended to the lowlands of present day Scotland. By the time Bell published his book in 1927, the Caldwell Parish of the Church of Scotland (Presbyterian Church) had come into existence encompassing the former Caldwell Estate near Uplawmoor, Scotland, but that fact would be rather obscure. This can be largely confirmed by secondary sources: (1) The Statistical Account of Ayrshire by Ministers of the Respective Parishes, published 1800s by William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh, states Gilchrist second son of Sir Reginald [Mure], acquired the Estate of Caldwell by marrying the Heiress of Caldwell of that Ilk. (See posting here, 3/6/02. Thomas begat (rebuilt) the Caldwell Manor House. Consensus on well rather than wel, wal, wall, waelle, wyllan, or weille, would likely also have been reinforced by the King James Version of the Bible, also known as the Authorized Bible, first published about 1611. 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. The most popular Protestant Bible in Scotland before the King James Version was not Wycliffes Bible, but the Geneva Study Bible. How ironical it is that Neilston Parish Church served as the Mure medieval memorial, adding an aura of sacredness surrounding salvation of Mures lineage, but it is the Caldwell clan chapel in Uplawmoor honored today as the Caldwell Church. And, to tell you the truth, I can compare it to nothing but the slaughter of so many sheep. Richard de Coldewell is noted in the Yorkshire Poll Tax Returns (1379). The implication is that there was a Caldwell of great importance, likely of the nobility. 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). While others may have referred to him as Lord (Laird) Caldwell, he was not so described in those terms when Sir William Mure prepared the family tree more than four centuries later. 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/). Glover, A. Mawer and F.M. This geography facilitated interaction between the Scots and Englands midlanders. John remains erect, like the statute of Robert Bruce mounted on his horse, ready to do battle. He claims that the surname Caldwell came from the Cold Well Estate near Toulon, then part of the Holy Roman Empire, now within southeast France. [4] And in Australia, the name Caldwell is the 583rd popular surname with an estimated 6,659 people with that name. The letters were reportedly found in Bothwells chambers, but the lords could never produce the original copies. p. 11 Up to the Reformation, the Lord Chancellors were usually Catholic Prelates. The possibility exists that Caldwells of Yorkshire were founders of the first Caldwell Estate in Scotland, but more likely, planted the place name Cold Well Scotland, which in time evolved into the Caldwell surname. (Check the webpage at http://globalcorp.com/geneva-bible/.) Caldwell is not that common in England and the largest concentration appears in Lancaster where a significant number of Irish settled. 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. If Gilchrist died young, his clan would have been obliged to support the Caldwell heiress and her minor children. Bell provides no facts evidencing an association or correlation between the so-called Cold Well Estate near Toulon and similar use of English place names at other locations near Toulon. Thus, a cold stream, which is a reasonable name for a village. In view of the Churchs insistence that marriage was indissolvable, except for prohibited degree of consanguinity or crime, the Church made it easy for medieval nobles to obtain dissolution if the genealogical evidence showed such prohibited consanguinity. This being a locality name might explain the nickname but not explain Caldwell. 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