Coundey History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The rich saga of the Coundey family begins in ancient Scotland among the clans of the Boernician tribe. They lived in the area called Condie, in the county of Perthshire. This place-name is derived from the Old English word conduit meaning to lead and was applied to settlements in areas near water-channels, streams or rivers.

Early Origins of the Coundey family

The surname Coundey was first found in Perthshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Pheairt) former county in the present day Council Area of Perth and Kinross, located in central Scotland, where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say before the Conquest in 1066.

Early History of the Coundey family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Coundey research. Another 92 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1414, 1541, 1682, 1717 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Coundey History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Coundey Spelling Variations

In the many years before the invention of the printing press and the first dictionaries, names and other words were spelled according to sound, often differently with each person who wrote them. Spelling variations of Coundey include Condy, Condie, Conedy, Conndy, Conndie, Caundie, Caundy, Cundie, Cundy, Coneday, Conady, Connedie, Caunedy, Caunnday, Caundey, Coundey, Conday, Condey, Connidy, Cunnidie, Cuneday, Cunady, Cunnedie, Caunidy and many more.

Early Notables of the Coundey family

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Migration of the Coundey family to Ireland

Some of the Coundey family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 60 words (4 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Migration of the Coundey family

In many cases, the ancestors of many of these Boernician-Scottish people are just now learning of their Scottish heritage. Since the trip was so arduous, and many were fleeing from poverty itself, settlers brought little with them and often had nothing of their personal history to hand down to their children. Clan societies and highland games have helped to correct this problem in the 20th century. Early immigration records have shown some of the first Coundeys to arrive on North American shores: William Condy of New London, who settled in Connecticut in 1664, and was master of a vessel in the West Indies trade. In 1679 on a voyage to London, England, his vessel was taken by the Algerians. William died in 1685. Thomas Condy was a soldier in Turner Company in the year 1678, in Boston..