The Scottish surname Caldwell, also found in England and Northern Ireland, is an habitational name from any of several places in England and Scotland, derived from the Old English terms cald meaning “cold” and  well meaning “ spring or stream.” Caldwell in North Yorkshire and Caldwell in Renfrewshire in Scotland are the two most frequent origins of the name. The name is first recorded in Scotland in the late 12th Century. Earliest records of the name in the New World date to 1685 when Archibald Caldwell arrived in New Jersey from Scotland. Today there are approximately 90,000 bearers of the name Caldwell living in the US. Notable bearers of the surname Cladwell include Joseph Caldwell the noted American mathematician. Caldwell was  an educator, Minister, mathematician and astronomer. He was the first president of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, holding the office from 1804 until 1812, and from 1816 until his death in 1835.

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