Caldwell

The name Caldwell in Ireland is usually of Anglo origin having been brought to the country by settlers in the seventeenth century. It was also sometimes adopted by the native Gaelic O'hUarghuis Sept of County Tyrone and by the MacConluain Sept of County Cavan.

http://www.irishsurnames.com/cgi-bin/gallery.pl?name=caldwell&capname=Caldwell&letter=c&user=ISNS&item=ss

"Caldwell is an ancient Scottish name that was first used by the Strathclyde-Briton people of the Scottish/English Borderlands. It is a name for someone who lived in Renfrewshire."

http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.c/qx/caldwell-coat-arms.htm

hi-ho, hi-ho - this is the first time I have seen this written independently of my thoughts!

Wonder where this little gem originally came from?

ARMS of James Stamford Caldwell
1787-1858
of Linley Wood, Talke, Staffordshire, England

Arms. Quarterly: 1st and 4th, per pale, sa. and vert, a stag's head, couped, arg.; in chief, three cold wells, ppr., for Caldwell; 2nd and 3rd, arg, two bars, az.; on a canton, gu., a gauntle, grasping a broken sword, ppr., hilt and pommel, gold for Stamford.
Crest. A lion, couchant, arg., gorged with two bars, the upper, sa., the lower vert, holding between the paws a cold well, ppr.
Motto. Niti Facere Experiri (Trusted to act with experience).

http://www.jjhc.info/caldwellstamford1858arms.htm