|
![Show Contents]() Kincaide Surname History
- Origins Available:
 Scotland Ireland
The first people to use the name Kincaide were a family of Strathclyde-Britons who lived in the Scottish/English Borderlands. The name comes from when someone lived at Kincaid in the county of Stirlingshire. The name of Kincaith, from which the family derive their name is almost certainly of Gaelic origin, coming from the Gaelic words "ceann", meaning top or head and "caithe", meaning pass. 1 2 Early Origins of the Kincaide familyThe surname Kincaide was first found in Stirlingshire. The earliest evidence of the surname Kincaide was found in the parish of Campsie, Stirlingshire north of Glasgow. 3 Early History of the Kincaide familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Kincaide research. Another 171 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1450, 1457, 1467, 1493, 1545, 1579, 1600, 1609, 1660, 1661, 1687, 1726, 1787, 1815, 1840 and 1902 are included under the topic Early Kincaide History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Kincaide Spelling VariationsSurnames that evolved in Scotland in the Middle Ages often appear under many spelling variations. These are due to the practice of spelling according to sound in the era before dictionaries had standardized the English language. Kincaide has appeared as Kincaid, Kinkeed, Kincade, Kyncade, Kinkaid and many more. Early Notables of the Kincaide familyNotable amongst the family at this time was Jean Kincaid (1579-1600) who led an unfortunate life with a brutal husband, John Kincaid of Warriston. Eventually, his violent ways became too much for her to bear and she incited a servant of hers named Robert Weir, to batter the man to death with his bare fists. He was admitted by Mrs. Kincaid into her husband's chamber in his house at Warriston at an early hour on the morning of Tuesday, 1 July 1600, and he killed Kincaid with his fists. News of the murder quickly reached Edinburgh, and 'the Lady Warristoun,' 'the...
Another 171 words (12 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Kincaide Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.  Migration of the Kincaide family to Ireland
Some of the Kincaide family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 121 words (9 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
| Kincaide migration to the United States | + |
The North American colonies beckoned, with their ample land and opportunity as their freedom from the persecution suffered by so many Clan families back home. Many Scots even fought against England in the American War of Independence to gain this freedom. Recently, clan societies have allowed the ancestors of these brave Scottish settlers to rediscover their familial roots. Among them:
Kincaide Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Abm Kincaide, aged 20, who landed in New York in 1854 4
- Eliza Kincaide, aged 16, who arrived in New York in 1854 4
- Margaret Kincaide, aged 22, who landed in New York in 1854 4
- Smith, Eldson Coles, New Dictionary of American Family Names New York: Harper & Row, 1956. Print
- Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
- Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
|
Kincaide migration to the United States 
