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Callaway History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Callaway is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from a family once having lived in a small settlement in either Devon or Cornwall. Thus, Callaway is a habitation surname derived from the place, named Callway or Calway. 1

Alternatively, the name Callaway is a habitational name originally derived from the place name Caillouet-Orgeville in Eure, France. This place name comes from the Old Northern French word "cail(ou)," meaning "a pebble." 2 3

Early Origins of the Callaway family

The surname Callaway was first found in Gloucestershire where Philip de Chailewai was listed in the Pipe Rolls of 1165. A few years later, Thomas de Kaillewey was found in Warwickshire in 1242 and in the same year William Callewey was in Devon. 3

Kellaways, also known as Tytherton Kellaways, is a village and former ecclesiastical parish in Langley Burrell and ceremonial county of Wiltshire, England.

The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 list Walter Calewey as holding lands in Buckinghamshire at that time. 1 The source, Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I. list William Callewey in Devon and Cassadra Cayllewey, Wiltshire, 20 Edward I (during the twentieth year of the reign of King Edward I.) 4

Early History of the Callaway family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Callaway research. Another 78 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1185, 1497, 1543, 1547, 1549, 1552, 1557, 1558, 1559, 1564, 1580 and 1581 are included under the topic Early Callaway History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Callaway Spelling Variations

The English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore,spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Callaway has been recorded under many different variations, including Callaway, Kelloway, Kellaway, Calloway and others.

Early Notables of the Callaway family

Outstanding amongst the family at this time was Robert Keilway, Kellway or Kaylway (1497-1581), legal reporter, "was in 1543 the recipient of a grant of the wardship and marriage of Eliz. and Anne Whittocksmede (Pat. Roll, 35 Henry VIII, p. 2), and subsequently of many other minors, a privilege from which he no doubt reaped considerable profit. In 1547 he was autumn reader at the Inner Temple, and in May of that year surveyor of the court of wards and liveries. In September 1547 he, with Lord St. John, was appointed to inquire into the state of the crown revenues, and...
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Callaway Ranking

In the United States, the name Callaway is the 2,424^th most popular surname with an estimated 12,435 people with that name. 5

Callaway migration to the United States +

For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Callaway or a variant listed above:

Callaway Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Edmund Callaway who settled in Virginia in 1639, his descendants would later become recorded as a distinguished family of the USA, the history of which can be found in Burke's
Edmund Callaway, who arrived in Virginia in 1639 6
John Callaway, who arrived in Maryland in 1662 6
Mary Callaway, who arrived in Virginia in 1663 6

Callaway Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Cornelius Callaway, who landed in Virginia in 1700 6
Jeremy Callaway, who landed in Virginia in 1701 6

Callaway Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Mr. John Callaway, (b. 1808), aged 32, English miner departing from England aboard the ship "Royal Adelaide" arriving in the United States on 21st April 1840 7
Mrs. Eliza Callaway, (b. 1812), aged 28, English settler departing from England aboard the ship "Royal Adelaide" arriving in the United States on 21st April 1840 7
Mr. Joseph Callaway, (b. 1836), aged 4, English settler departing from England aboard the ship "Royal Adelaide" arriving in the United States on 21st April 1840 7
Miss Eliza Callaway, (b. 1838), aged 2, English settler departing from England aboard the ship "Royal Adelaide" arriving in the United States on 21st April 1840 7
Mr. Thomas Callaway, (b. 1840), aged Infant, English settler departing from England aboard the ship "Royal Adelaide" arriving in the United States on 21st April 1840 7
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Callaway Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

G. W. Callaway, who landed in America, in 1900
Mrs. Samuel Rodgers Callaway, who immigrated to the United States, in 1903
Samuel Rodgers Callaway, who settled in America, in 1903
John Callaway, aged 26, who immigrated to the United States, in 1908
Nellie M. Callaway, aged 30, who landed in America, in 1910
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Callaway migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Callaway Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Miss. Mary Callaway, (b. 1830), aged 23, Cornish dairymaid, from Paul, Cornwall, UK travelling aboard the ship "Trafalgar" arriving in New South Wales, Australia on 10th March 1853 8

Contemporary Notables of the name Callaway (post 1700) +

Ely Reeves Callaway Jr. (1919-2001), American founder of Callaway Golf, the golf-equipment manufacturer
Llewellyn L. Callaway (1868-1951), American jurist, Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court (1922-1935)
Fuller Earle Callaway (1870-1928), American businessman and former president of the American Cotton Manufacturers Association
Francis Oscar Callaway (1872-1947), American politician, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas (1911-1917)
Enoch Callaway (1924-2014), American psychiatrist and a pioneer in biological psychiatry
David James Edward Callaway, American nanophysicist at the New York University School of Medicine
Catherine Callaway, American former news anchor for CNN
Antonio Callaway (b. 1997), American football player for the Cleveland Browns (2018–2019), Tampa Bay Vipers (2020), Miami Dolphins (2020), Kansas City Chiefs (2021), and the Dallas Cowboys (2022–2023)
Ann Hampton Callaway (b. 1958), American singer, songwriter, and actress, known for signing the theme song for the TV series The Nanny
Liz Callaway (b. 1961), American actress and singer from Chicago, Illinois
... (Another 20 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Citations +

Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States Of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0636-X)
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Testa de Nevill or "Liber Feodorum" or "Book of Fees," thought to have been written by Ralph de Nevill, for King John (1199–1216)
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)
Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retrieved 2018, April 30). Emigrants to New York 1820 - 1891 [PDF]. Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/emigration_new_york_1820_1891.pdf
Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retrieved 3rd May 2018). Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/emigration_1850_59.pdf