McCrudden Coat of Arms, Family Crest and McCrudden Family History

McCrudden Family History

The ancient origin of the name McCrudden was found in the irishsurnames.com archives.

Surnames developed a wide number of variants over the centuries. Many different spelling variations of the same name can be traced back to a single original root. Also, when a bearer of a name emigrated from Ireland it was not uncommon that their original name would be incorrectly transcribed in the record books upon arrival at their new location. Some names have dozens of spelling variations. Some Surnames were also altered over the years based on how they sounded phonetically, by their sound, and depending on the prevailing political conditions it may have been advantageous to change a name from one language to another. This was especially so in Ireland where most Gaelic names were 'anglicized' at some stage.

Variants of the name McCrudden include Crudden, Cruden, Crowden, Rodden, Rudden and McRodden. This is a surname of local origin from a place called Cruden in the district of Buchan. This name can be of Scottish descent and is found in many ancient manuscripts in that country. Examples of such are a Marion of Croudane who lodged a complaint to the town council of Aberdeen in 1441 and Thomas Croudane who was admitted as burgess of Aberdeen in the year 1445. Names were recorded in these ancient documents to make it easier for their overlords to collect taxes and to keep records of the population at any given time. When the overlords acquired land by either force or gifts from their rulers, they created charters for themselves and their vassals. In Ireland the name McCrudden is derived from the native Gaelic MacRodain sept that was located in County Donegal and which was also anglicized as Rodden and Rudden.The McCrudden family crest (or coat of arms) came into existence many centuries ago. The process of creating these coats of arms began as early as the eleventh century although a form of Proto-Heraldry may have existed in some countries prior to this, including Ireland. The new more formalized art of Heraldry made it possible for families and even individual family members to have their very own family crest, coat of arms, including McCrudden descendants.