Re: McAdams Family coat of arms?
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McAdams Family coat of arms?
Christopher McAdams 3/20/07
As far as a coat of arms goes, I'm not sure that the McAdams family has an official one.There are a bunch of sites out there that purport to have the "official" one...but from what I've seen, they're all blowing hot air.
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I have a copy of P.W. Joyce's Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland (1900), and while there are 480 different coats of arms listed/shown in the book, there is no coat listed for McAdams.This makes sense, considering that McAdams is originally of Scottish origin...but as far as I know, I've never seen a reliable source that showed a Scottish coat of arms for them either.
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From the sources I've read, the McAdams surname isn't traceable much past the 16th century.It's entirely possible that because they weren't a historically landed and established clan, that they never had an official coat.
Your best bet would be to see if the McAdams family of Waterhead might have had one.
http://www.mcadamshistory.com/breif.htmlhttp://www.mcadamshistory.com/breif.html
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Hope this helps.
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David
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Re: McAdams Family coat of arms?
Christopher McAdams 5/24/07