Elcan History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Scotland

Early Origins of the Elcan family

The surname Elcan was first found in Morayshire, where they held a family seat in their territories. The Pictish influence on Scottish history diminished after Kenneth Macalpine became King of all Scotland. But those east coast families still played an important role in government and were more accessible to Government than their western highland counterparts. The family derived their surname from the county town of Moray on the river Lossie. The first on record were Alexander and Augustine de Elgin in the year 1211.

Early History of the Elcan family

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Elcan Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Elgin, Ellgin, Elgyn, Ellgyn, Elkin, Elkyn and others.

Early Notables of the Elcan family

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Migration of the Elcan family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: George Elgin, who settled in Maryland in 1708; James Elgin, who came to Virginia in 1774; Mary Elgin, who came to Philadelphia in 1787; Martin Alken, who arrived in South Carolina in 1805.

Contemporary Notables of the name Elcan (post 1700) +

Elcan Heydenfeldt, American politician, Member of California State Assembly 6th District, 1853, 1853-54 1

Sources +

The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 12) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html