Where did the name Edie come from? What is their coat of arms? When did the Edie family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the history of the family name?

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Edie Coat of Arms and Name History

Edie

Origin Displayed: Borderlands

Origins Available: Borderlands, English

Spelling variations of this family name include: Ade, Addie, Addy, Addey, Eadie, Eddie, Edie, Edey, Aidie, Aidy, Aiddye, Adie and many more.

First found in the county of Berwickshire, Scotland, where it held a family seat since before the Norman Conquest of 1066.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: William Addy who was fined in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1635 for working on a Sunday; John Ade, his wife, two sons and two daughters, settled in America in 1709.

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Edie, sept of the Clan Gordon

Is your family of Scottish descent? If so, you can proudly display the Gordon Clan Badge. This clan badge is used by all septs of that clan.

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DISSOLUTION OF THE BORDER CLANS

In 1587, an act of Scottish Parliament condemned certain border families and clans for their lawlessness. Later, in 1603, when the crowns of Scotland and England were united under James VI of Scotland, he found it expedient to disperse the unruly border clans to England, northern Scotland and to Ireland. Some were even banished directly to the Colonies. In 1246, six chiefs from the Scottish side of the border met with an equal number of their counterparts from the English side at Carlisle, where they drafted a unique set of laws governing all the border clans.

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SCOTLAND: THE JACOBITES

The Jacobites were the supporters of the Catholic James II, whose brief reign as king of Britain was marred by religious conflict between the monarch and his largely Protestant subjects. In 1669, James converted to Catholicism while serving as Lord High Admiral. News of his conversion leaked out to the general public in 1673, and he was forced to resign from his post due to the ensuing controversy. Although the outraged aristocracy attempted to exclude him from the succession, they failed to do so and upon the death of James' elder brother Charles II in 1685, their fears of having a Catholic king became a reality.

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