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On the western coast of Scotland and on the Hebrides islands the McCaskell family was born among the ancient Dalriadan clans. Their name comes from an ancient Norse warrior name Askell, which means cauldron of the Gods and denoted son of Asgaill.
The surname McCaskell was first found in living on the Islands of Skye and of Lewis (Scottish Gaelic: Leòdhas), where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects. On Skye, ancestors of the McCaskell Clan occupied the district of "Rubha an Dunain, " where the ruins of the family residence may seen to this day.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our McCaskell research. Another 128 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1795 and 1863 are included under the topic Early McCaskell History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
In various documents McCaskell has been spelled Since medieval scribes still spelled according to sound, records from that era contain an enormous number of spelling variations. MacAskill, MacAskill, Gaskell, Gaskill, MacGaskill, MacKaskil, MacKaskill and many more.
Another 32 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early McCaskell Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Dalriadan families proliferated in North America. Their descendants still populate many communities in the eastern parts of both the United States and Canada. Some settled in Canada as United Empire Loyalists, in the wake of the American War of Independence. Families on both sides of the border have recovered much of their heritage in the 20th century through Clan societies and highland games. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name McCaskell or a variant listed above: