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![Show Contents]() Caffie History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Scotland Ireland
The chronicles of the Caffie family indicate that the name was first used by the Strathclyde Britons of the Scottish/English Borderlands. It is derived from the Gaelic personal name Debshithe, which means the black man of peace. Early Origins of the Caffie familyThe surname Caffie was first found in Wigtown (Gaelic: Siorrachd Bhaile na h-Uige), formerly a county in southwestern Scotland, now part of the Council Area of Dumfries and Galloway, where they held a family seat from very early times. This distinguished Clan was originally known as the Clan MacKilhaffy and held a family seat at Craig Caffe in the parish of Inch. Early History of the Caffie familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Caffie research. Another 148 words (11 lines of text) covering the years 1320 and 1540 are included under the topic Early Caffie History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Caffie Spelling VariationsIt is only in the last few hundred years that rules have developed and the process of spelling according to sound has been abandoned. Scottish names from before that time tend to appear under many different spelling variations. Caffie has been spelled Mahaffy, Mehaffy, MacHaffie, Mahaffie, McHaffie, MacHaffy, McHaffy, MacGilhaffie, McGilhaffie, MacGilhaffy, McGilhaffy, MacKilhaffy, McKilhaffy, MacKilhaffie, McKilhaffie, MacIlhaffie, McIlhaffie, MacIlhaffy, McIlhaffy, MacCaffee, McCaffee, MacCaffie, McCaffie, McCaffy, MacCaffy, Milhaffie, Milhaffy, Mahalfie, Mahalfy and many more. Early Notables of the Caffie familyMore information is included under the topic Early Caffie Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.  Migration of the Caffie family to Ireland
Some of the Caffie family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. More information about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Caffie familyUnwelcome in their beloved homeland, many Scots sailed for the colonies of North America. There, they found land and freedom, and even the opportunity to make a new nation in the American War of Independence. These Scottish settlers played essential roles in the founding of the United States, and the shaping of contemporary North America. Among them: Martin and Martha Mahaffy and their daughter Mary who settled in Charles Town [Charleston], South Carolina in 1767; Mary Mahaffy arrived in New York state in 1847.
| Contemporary Notables of the name Caffie (post 1700) | + |
- Caffie Greene, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1988 1
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