MacDaid History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Ireland

Etymology of MacDaid

What does the name MacDaid mean?

The Irish MacDaid surname is derived from the Irish Gaelic Patronymic name "Mac Daibheid," which means son of David.

Early Origins of the MacDaid family

The surname MacDaid was first found in on the Inishowen peninsula, in County Donegal, where a sept of this name claim David O'Doherty (d. 1208,) a chief of Cenel Eoghain, as their ancestor.

Early History of the MacDaid family

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MacDaid Spelling Variations

Irish names were rarely spelled consistently in the Middle Ages. Spelling variations of the name MacDaid dating from that time include MacDaid, MacDavid, McDavid, Dade, MacDade, Devitt, MacDevitt, MacDavitt and many more.

Early Notables of the MacDaid family

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MacDaid migration to the United States +

Thousands of Irish families left for North American shores in the 19th century. These people were searching for a life unencumbered with poverty, hunger, and racial discrimination. Many arrived to eventually find such conditions, but many others simply did not arrive: victims of the diseased, overcrowded ships in which they traveled to the New World. Those who lived to see North American shores were instrumental in the development of the growing nations of Canada and the United States. A thorough examination of passenger and immigration lists has disclosed evidence of many early immigrants of the name MacDaid:

MacDaid Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

John MacDaid, who landed in New York, NY in 1816 1

Contemporary Notables of the name MacDaid (post 1700) +

Liam Seán MacDaid (1945-2023), Irish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Clogher between 2010 and 2016

Sources +

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)