Here is another version of the Caldwell family origins. It fits what I know of one of the Cladwell families that came to Fairfield County and then to Chester County. Back when mother was a girl, she was born in 1912, someone came by collection names and dates. He left this: "Here follows some personal information; Sketch of John and Elizabeth (Huggins) Caldwell by John Andrew Caldwell, Atlanta, Ga. About the year 1400 three noted brothers, John, Alexander, and Oliver, distinguished for bravery and their knowledge of the sea, were employed by the merchants of Lisbon, Spain, to capture the pirates who were annoying and destroying their shipping on the Mediterranean. These three brothers captured and destroyed them and received $20,000.00 each from Francis I of France. These brothers lived at Mount Arid, near the boundary of France and Italy at Toulow. Here the religious persecutions of the Catholics against the Waldeneses and Hugenots forced them to migrate across the country to Solway, Scotland within the dominion of James I. They purchased a large tract of land and sent to Toulow for their families. On their land was a notably cold-well and from it originates the name. They became known as Alexander, John, and Oliver of Cold-well. Here the family lived and accumulated property and strength, and intermarried with the most powerful families and land owners. They became connected with the royal family and Queen Elizabeth was their staunch friend, and some of the Caldwells now possess as heir-looms, presents from her, with their own coat of arms. They were also connected with Oliver Cromwell, whose mother was Anne Caldwell of Solway. Oliver Cromwell, with his kinsmen, Joseph, John, Andrew, and, David Caldwell, moved to northern Ireland of which he was governor, or Lord, and was afterwards promoted to the Protectorate of England. These Caldwells remained here until the administration of Cromwell and after the restoration of Charles II, they and their families migrated to America, landing at Philadelphia or some point in Pennsylvania, and from thence to other parts of the newly settled country, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Kentucky. Their descendants are in every state of the Union. The coat of arms consists of three ships, twenty horsemen, a well with a man drawing water, and a light on a high hill. These represent incidents in the acquisition of their property, the requirement of their king, and their name. The light on the hill illustrates the constant watch they kept to warn their families of the approach of the persecutors." I have not been able to connect the author to what I have of our family tree. JohnC