Robert Lindsay Caldwell

5 March 1805–17 November 1832 (Age 27)
Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States

The Life Summary of Robert Lindsay

When Robert Lindsay Caldwell was born on 5 March 1805, in Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States, his father, Rev. Samuel Craighead Caldwell, was 39 and his mother, Elizabeth Lindsay, was 20. He married Martha A Bishop on 21 September 1829, in Prince Edward, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 17 November 1832, in Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 27, and was buried in Fourth Creek Cemetery, Statesville, Iredell, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Lindsay Caldwell
1805–1832
Martha A Bishop
1810–1883
Marriage: 21 September 1829
John Rice Caldwell
1822–
Abigail Bishop Caldwell
1824–

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    21 September 1829Prince Edward, Virginia, United States
    • Children

    (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    World Events (7)

    1808
    Age 3
    Atlantic slave trade abolished.
    1812
    Age 7
    War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
    1819 · Panic! of 1819
    Age 14
    With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

    Name Meaning

    English, Scottish, and northern Irish: habitational name from any of several places in England and Scotland, variously spelled, that are named with Old English ceald ‘cold’ + well(a) ‘spring, stream’. Caldwell in North Yorkshire is one major source of the surname; Caldwell in Renfrewshire in Scotland another. Possibly also from Caldwell (Warwickshire), Caldwall (Worcestershire), Cauldwell (Bedfordshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire), Caudle Green (Gloucestershire), Caudle Ditch or Cawdle Fen (Cambridgeshire), Chadwell (Essex, Hertfordshire, Leicestershire, Wiltshire), Chardwell (Essex), or Chardle Ditch (Cambridgeshire, early recorded as Kadewelle).Irish: when not the English surname, this is an Anglicized form of Ó Fuarghuis or Ó hUarghusa ‘descendant of (F)uarghus’, a personal name whose literal sense ‘cold’ + ‘choice’ was reinterpreted as coming from fuaruisce ‘cold water’.History: Several Caldwells emigrated from Scotland to America by way of Ireland in the 18th century. James Caldwell (1734–81), a son of settler John Caldwell, was born in Charlotte County, VA, and was a militant clergyman during the revolutionary war. Andrew Caldwell, a Scottish farmer, emigrated to North America in 1718 and started a family in Lancaster County, PA. His son David was a Presbyterian clergyman and well-known revolutionary war patriot.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Caddell
    Cadle
    Cardwell
    Chadwell
    Cadwell
    Coldwell
    Caudill
    Cordwell

    Sources (8)

    • R L Caldwell, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"
    • Legacy NFS Source: Robert Lindsay Caldwell - birth-name: Robert Lindsay Caldwell
    • Robt L. Caldwell, "North Carolina, Historical Records Survey, Cemetery Inscription Card Index"

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