Undewyn
Maccus
"Undwin, Unwyn"
de Norseman
Born about in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 35
in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
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Biography
Undewyn de Norseman is a member of Clan Maxwell.
Undewyn was also by Undwin,[1][2] Unwyn[3], De Norseman, and Undewyn Maccus. The name appears to be of Saxon origin.[3]
Marriage
His wife was styled Lady De Norseman. Their children were:
Children:
HIstory of the Maxwell name
Outside of Dublin, Maxwell is common only in Ulster, and there only in counties Antrim and Down. The name is Scottish in origin.
Maccus, son of Undewyn, a Saxon lord in the reign of the Scottish King David I, was granted land on the River Tweed at some time before 1150. His salmon fishery there became known as Maccus's Wiel (from Old English wael, a 'pool'). The lands acquired the same name and the Maxwell family took their name from them. It is thought that the placename and surname Maxton of Roxburghshire derive from the same Maccus. One of the Maxtons of Perthshire penned the famous 'Maxton Litany" which offers an interesting aside on a few Ulster names:
- From the greed of the Campbells,
- From the ire of the Drummonds,
- From the pride of the Grahams,
- From the wind of the Murrays,
- Good Lord, deliver us.
The first on record to use the name Maxwell in its modern form was Sir John Maxwell, chamberlain of Scotland in the 13th century. The Maxwells were based in Annadale in Dumfriesshire and became Lords Maxwell and Earls of Nithsdale.
They were the strongest of the riding clans of the West March of the Scottish Borders until they were eclipsed by the Johnstones in the 16th century. For centuries they were wardens of the West March and stewards of Annandale and Kirkcudbright. Their feud with the Johnstones was perhaps the longest, bloodiest and most famous in Scottish history.
After the riding clans were broken by James VI and their social system eradicated, many Maxwells turned to the Plantation of Ulster to escape persecution. Perhaps not surprisingly they did not follow their neighbours the Johnstones, the Armstrongs, the Irvines and so on, to Co. Fermanagh, preferring to settle in Down and Antrim.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sir William Fraser, The Book of Carlaverock (Edinburgh: unknown, 1873), p. 1-20, digital images, https://archive.org/stream/bookofcarlaverv100fras#page/1/mode/1up. Internet Archive (https://archive.org : accessed 29 October 2016).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Florence Amelia Wilson Houston, Maxwell History and Genealogy (Indianapolis: C. E. Pauley and Company, 1916), p. 7, digital images, https://books.google.com/books?id=9aU0AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA7l. Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 1 October 2016).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 John Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire (London:Henry Colburn, 1845), p. 666, digital images, https://books.google.com/books?id=ZfdRAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA666. Google Books (https://books.google.com : accessed 3 November 2016).
- ↑ Scotch-Irish-L Archives.Archiver > Scotch-Irish > 2000-07 > 0964219451From: XGordon247@aol.com .Subject: MAXWELL .Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 18:44:11 EDT
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Categories: Scotland Project Managed Medieval Profiles | Clan Maxwell
My DNA test shows many Maxwell cousins in Sweden, Finland and Norway, perhaps suggesting viking ancestors.
I'd also like to invite you to join the study Maxwell Name Study You may be interested in our DNA page and the link to the worldwide Maxwell DNA project.
Good luck with your research. Maria
Here are a few references I found interesting: https://forebears.io/surnames/maxwell and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Germanic_peoples.
Have a nice day.
I know LeRoy deNorseman his brother maccus was the beginning of the maxwells in abt 1100 century. But not much on LeRoy. I can't get past his dad undwyen. My research had lead to a dead end at him. Could anyone with info please reach out. And really and family please reach out as I want to understand my real hisotry and genealogy. [email address removed] This is a special linage - I have two boys who r the only link and remanding true male blood line. I traced my it back from my paternal grandma. She was a Roy. They makes stopped at her. 1000 yrs of all male. Then it goes to me and my boys, please reach out I need to know my true past. My name is Adam