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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Origin: Irish The original Gaelic form of the Irish name McCubbin was written as Mac Cadain, derived from the ancient Irish forename Cadan. Spelling variations of this family name include: Cadden, Caden, Caddin, McCadden, McWaden and others. The McCubbin Family Crest was first found in county Amagh in Northern Ireland where they held a family seat from early times. Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: James Cadden who settled in Philadelphia Pa. in 1817; another James Cadden settled in Philadelphia in 1844; Patrick and Thomas Cadden settled in Philadelphia in 1842 and 1856. A noteworthy person with the name McCubbin was Fredrick McCubbin (1855 - 1917), an Australian landscape painter. |