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The Kincaid family, having its seat and origin in Stirlingshire, is one of the oldest in Scotland. The following is taken from Nisbet's Heraldry: "The Kincaids were in possession of Kincaid in 1280, and is proved by a charter extant. Kincaid, Laird of Kincaid, of Stirlingshire, for his gallant service in rescuing the Castle of Edinburgh from the English in the time of Edward I, was made constable of said Castle, and his posterity enjoyed that office for a long period, carrying the castle in their armorial bearings in memory thereof to this day! The family from which the first in the north of Ireland, from whence several brothers came to "America in 1707, settling at or about Carlisle, Penn., and their descendants scattered through Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee. Noted from written family history of William Kinkead (1736-1821) Annals of Augusta County, Virginia