MacWade Surname, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The original Gaelic form of MacWade was Mac Uaid, which means son of Wat.

MacWade Early Origins

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The surname MacWade was first found in County Monaghan (Irish: Muineachán) located in the Northern part of the Republic of Ireland in the province of Ulster.

MacWade Spelling Variations

The archives that survive today demonstrate the difficulty experienced by the scribes of this period in their attempts to record these names in writing. Spelling variations of the name MacWade dating from that time include McQuaid, McQuade, McWade, McQuid, McQuoid, McQuaide and many more.

MacWade Early History

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our MacWade research. Another 129 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 175 and 1750 are included under the topic Early MacWade History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

MacWade Early Notables (pre 1700)

Another 24 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early MacWade Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

The Great Migration

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

MacWade Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

John MacWade, English convict from Lancaster, who was transported aboard the "Andromeda" on October 16, 1826, settling in Van Diemen's Land, Australia ^[1]CITATION[CLOSE]
State Library of Queensland. (Retrieved 2016, October 27) Andromeda voyage to Van Diemen's Land, Australia in 1826 with 147 passengers. Retrieved from http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ships/andromeda/1826

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Citations

^ State Library of Queensland. (Retrieved 2016, October 27) Andromeda voyage to Van Diemen's Land, Australia in 1826 with 147 passengers. Retrieved from http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ships/andromeda/1826

Other References

Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
Chadwick, Nora Kershaw and J.X.W.P Corcoran. The Celts. London: Penguin, 1970. Print. (ISBN 0140212116).
Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard and David Faris. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 7th Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0806313676).
Sullivan, Sir Edward. The Book of Kells 3rd Edition. New York: Crescent Books, 1986. Print. (ISBN 0-517-61987-3).
Fairbairn. Fairbain's book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, 4th Edition 2 volumes in one. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1968. Print.
Grehan, Ida. Dictionary of Irish Family Names. Boulder: Roberts Rinehart, 1997. Print. (ISBN 1-57098-137-X).
Somerset Fry, Peter and Fiona Somerset Fry. A History of Ireland. New York: Barnes and Noble, 1993. Print. (ISBN 1-56619-215-3).
Leyburn, James Graham. The Scotch-Irish A Social History. Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 1962. Print. (ISBN 0807842591).
Zieber, Eugene. Heraldry in America. Philadelphia: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
Heraldic Scroll and Map of Family names and Origins of Ireland. Dublin: Mullins. Print.
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The MacWade Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The MacWade Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

This page was last modified on 27 November 2014 at 09:43.