Maccannell History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Maccannell

What does the name Maccannell mean?

The Clan from whom the Maccannell family descends began among the ancient Dalriadan kingdom of the west coast of Scotland. Their name comes from the Gaelic word Mac-Dhomhnaill, which translates to mean the son of the mightiest one in the world.

Early Origins of the Maccannell family

The surname Maccannell was first found in Ayrshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir), formerly a county in the southwestern Strathclyde region of Scotland, that today makes up the Council Areas of South, East, and North Ayrshire, where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the census rolls taken by the ancient Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.

Early History of the Maccannell family

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Maccannell Spelling Variations

Historical recordings of the name Maccannell include many spelling variations. They are the result of repeated translations of the name from Gaelic to English and inconsistencies in spelling rules. They include MacConnell, MacConnal, MacConnel, Connell and others.

Early Notables of the Maccannell family

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Migration of the Maccannell family to Ireland

Some of the Maccannell family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 35 words (2 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Maccannell migration to the United States +

Significant portions of the populations of both the United States and Canada are still made up of the ancestors of Dalriadan families. Some of those in Canada originally settled the United States, but went north as United Empire Loyalists in the American War of Independence. The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw the ancestors of many Scots on both sides of the border begin to recover their collective national heritage through Clan societies and highland games. Some of the first North American settlers carried this name or one of its variants:

Maccannell Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Carry MacCannell, who arrived in Baltimore, Maryland in 1816 1
Samuel MacCannell, who arrived in Baltimore, Maryland in 1816 1

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)