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MacAdam Family Crest
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Where did the English MacAdam family come from? What is the English MacAdam family crest and coat of arms? When did the MacAdam family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the MacAdam family history?

MacAdam is one of the oldest family names to come from the Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. It is derived from the given name Adam, which is itself derived from the Latin name Adamus which means earth.

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Only recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name MacAdam has undergone many spelling variations, including Adam, Adams, MacAdam, MacAdams, MacCaw and others.

First found in Annandale where they held a family seat at Kynemund.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our MacAdam research. Another 257 words(18 lines of text) covering the years 1189, 1281, 1327, 1329, 1460, 1722, 1728, 1730, 1735, 1797, 1801, 1803, 1826, and 1891 are included under the topic Early MacAdam History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Another 57 words(4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early MacAdam Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the MacAdam family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 300 words(21 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products.

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To escape the unstable social climate in England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name MacAdam were among those contributors: Andrew Adams, who arrived in Virginia in 1635; Dorothe Adams, who arrived in New England in 1635; Eede Adams, who came to Virginia in 1638; Christopher Adams, who came to Massachusetts in 1644.

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  • Dr. David Lewis MacAdam (1910-1998), American color scientist
  • Dr. John Macadam (1827-1865), Scottish-born, Australian chemist, medical teacher and politician, after whom the Macadamia nut is named


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The MacAdam Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The MacAdam Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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