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Calderwood 1
For those who are researching the Calderwood family here is a basic line on that family.
Starting in Scotland at the time period of right after the Morey Wars (nine Sixty and up
to the Eleven hundreds) with England, The England leaders (winners) decided to separate
some of the leaders of the men of Morey to a place south west of the lands of Morey to
prevent further problems and warfare, many of those leaders were of the clan Calder. In
about ten sixty a ruling was made and past about by the King of Scotland that certain
groups of the Scottish people by location would add an extra word to their names to make
it easier to know where they came from. I am willing to state that is why there is the
combination of a Celtic word and English word in the form of the name Calderwood Calder
being the Celtic word.
The first recorded use of the name Calderwood is found in the Rag Man rolls (1296) as
Calrewode, Ifabele de (del counte de Lanark. Some might see this as a royalty title it is
not; in this case it is naming where this leader came from in other words Isabele of
Calderwood of the county of Lanark. Thank you James C of Oklahoma for pointing me to that
information.
The Castle Calderwood I will not say much for much is already known but I will say is that
it's structure was built about this time period (1296) the Calderwoods gave it up in
the early fourteenth century to The Maxwells in my mind they stole it but what ever that
is history. The family as a result of the loss of their home scattered to three near by
counties. See Albert Taylor's story in Calderwoods of Scotland Ireland and America or
Doug Shorts version on the web. From there we spread out first to Ireland with long shanks
invasion, yes Northern Ireland was used a prison colony for the English for many years.
The first known record of Calderwoods in the new country can be found as early as 1640, a
land grant case for a plantation owned by some Calderwoods in what looks like Virginia or
the Carolinas. It also looks like my first forefather came over as sold into slavery for
stealing a loaf of bread (He had to pay for his crime). His ship landed in sixteen eighty.
Thank you D!
avid Dobson for that info. The next wave of Calderwoods seemed to move out of Scotland
and the rest of the UK about the early seventeen hundreds some went to America some went
to Australia. A interesting note during the revolutionary war there were at least four
James Calderwoods, one on the rebel side two on the English side and one on the Canadian
(English) side all fought and all achieved the same rank of Captain. For the Australians I
know of at least two sailing ships carrying family members that went there of those
family's one made a record of it in the form of a diary, which was printed with all
seven of the family shields and lineage. In the new country the four waves of migration of
family members is, one the for mention 1680 then 1725 1840 and 1920 add ten to fifteen
years for a spread range of when the ships landed.
We have spread out as a family I have been contact with members in North America, South
America, Australia, South Africa, and a few other places where the family has settled. I
hope this may help others in understanding the family more. By the way I am of the
Pennsylvania line Pj
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