33-3562: (Redirected from Aikens ) Aiken is a Scots-Irish surname, used as a variant to the original Scottish name Aitken . Notable people with it include: Alastair Aiken (born 1993), British YouTuber known as Ali-A Amanda L. Aikens (1833–1892), American editor, philanthropist Andrew J. Aikens (1928–1909), American newspaper publisher and editor Ann Aiken (born 1951), American judge and attorney Blair Aiken (born 1956), American stock car racing driver Brady Aiken (born 1996), American baseball player C. J. Aiken (born 1990), American basketball player Carl Aiken (born 1962), English-born reggae singer known as Shinehead Caroline Aiken (born 1955), American musician Charles Augustus Aiken (1827–1892), American clergyman and academic Charles Avery Aiken (1872–1965), American painter Charles Edward Howard Aiken (1850–1936), American ornithologist Clay Aiken (born 1978), American singer, actor, activist, and television personality Conrad Aiken (1889–1973), American writer Danny Aiken (born 1988), American football player D. Wyatt Aiken (1828–1887), American army officer and politician Edmund Aiken (born 1962), English singer and rapper, known as Shinehead Frank Aiken (1898–1983), Irish politician Frederick Aiken (1832–1878), American lawyer and journalist George Aiken (1892–1984), American politician who served as Governor of Vermont Howard H. Aiken (1900–1973), American physicist James Aiken (disambiguation) Jesse B. Aiken (1808–1900), American musician Joan Aiken (1924–2004), British novelist John Aiken (1921–2005), British Royal Air Force officer John Aiken (1932–2021), American ice hockey player John Aiken (born 1950), Irish sculptor John Aiken (born 1970), New Zealand cricketer John Macdonald Aiken (1880–1961), Scottish painter John W. Aiken (1896–1968), American furniture finisher and socialist activist Josephine Aiken Mackie Corcoran (1894–1967), American politician from Maryland Kamar Aiken (born 1989), American football player Kimberly Clarice Aiken (born 1974), American winner of Miss America 1994 Leona S. Aiken , American psychologist Liam Aiken (born 1990), American actor Linda Aiken (born 1943), American nursing researcher Loretta Mary Aiken (1894–1975), American comedian known as Moms Mabley Miles Aiken (born 1941), American basketball player Nickie Aiken (born 1969), British politician Sam Aiken (born 1980), American football player Simon Aiken , Alastair Aiken's brother Thomas Aiken (born 1983), South African golfer Tommy Aiken (born 1946), Northern Irish footballer William Aiken (1779–1831), Irish American politician William Aiken Jr. (1806–1887), American politician who served as Governor of South Carolina William Martin Aiken (1855–1908), American architect Aikens [ edit ] Asa Aikens (1788–1863) American attorney, politician, and judge Andrew J. Aikens (1828–1909), American newspaper publisher Johnnie S. Aikens (1914–1986), American politician Tom Aikens (born 1970), English chef Walt Aikens (born 1991), American football player Willie Aikens (born 1954), American baseball player See also [ edit ] Aiken (disambiguation) Aitken (disambiguation) Akin (disambiguation) Aiken Drum Icon
66-576: A portmanteau neologism popularised by the physician, amateur historian and politician Ian Adamson , merging Ulster and Lallans – the Scots for 'Lowlands' – but also said to be a backronym for 'Ulster-Scots language in literature and native speech'. The North American ancestry of the X-linked form of the genetic disease congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus has been traced to Ulster Scots who travelled to Nova Scotia in 1761 on
99-645: A large number came from the southeast, including the unstable regions right along the border with England (the Scottish Borders and Northumberland ). These groups were from the Borderers or Border Reivers culture, which had familial links on both sides of the Anglo-Scottish border. The plan was that moving these Borderers to Ireland would both solve the Borders problem and tie down Ulster. This
132-749: A lesser extent, from the Scottish Highlands . Ulster Scots people, displaced through hardship, emigrated in significant numbers around in the British Empire and especially to the American colonies , later Canada and the United States. In North America , they are sometimes called "Scotch-Irish", though this term is not used in the British Isles . After some minor settling during the late Tudor and early Stuart periods,
165-602: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Ulster Scots people The Ulster Scots people or Scots-Irish are an ethnic group descended largely from Scottish and some Northern English Borders settlers who moved to the northern province of Ulster in Ireland mainly during the 17th century. There is an Ulster Scots dialect of the Scots language . Historically, there has been considerable population exchanges between Ireland and Scotland over
198-669: The American Civil War , the plantation regained its preeminence, producing 1.2 million pounds of rice. Descendants of the Aiken family, the Maybanks, still own part of the island, having sold the remainder in 1992 to the U.S. as part of the ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge. Aiken was the child of William Aiken , the first president of the pioneering South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company , and Henrietta Wyatt. Unfortunately, William Sr.
231-627: The Plantation of Ulster . This scheme was intended to confiscate all the lands of the Gaelic Irish nobility in Ulster and to settle the province with Protestant Scottish and English colonists. Under this scheme, a substantial number of Scots were settled, mostly in the south and west of Ulster, on confiscated land. While many of the Scottish planters in Ulster came from southwest Scotland,
264-708: The Protestant colonists throughout Ireland but particularly in Ulster, fought on the Williamite side in the war against the Jacobites . The fear of a repeat of the massacres of 1641, fear of retribution for religious persecution, as well as their wish to hold on to lands which had been confiscated from Catholic landowners, were all principal motivating factors. The Williamite forces, composed of British, Dutch, Huguenot and Danish armies, as well as troops raised in Ulster, ended Jacobite resistance by 1691, confirming
297-724: The United Irishmen to participate in the Irish Rebellion of 1798 in support of republican and egalitarian ideals. Just a few generations after arriving in Ulster, considerable numbers of Ulster-Scots emigrated to the North American colonies of Great Britain . Between 1717 and 1775, over 100,000 migrated to what became the United States of America . Around the same time, the British took control of
330-474: The 18th and 19th centuries. In fact, these 'Scots-Irish' from Ulster and Lowland Scotland comprised the most numerous group of immigrants from Great Britain and Ireland to the American colonies between 1717 and 1775, with over 100,000 leaving Ulster at the time. Towards the end of the 18th century, many Ulster-Scots Presbyterians ignored religious differences and, along with many Catholic Gaelic Irish, joined
363-674: The Irish Confederates and English Royalists on behalf of the English Parliamentarians , he and his forces employed methods and inflicted casualties among the civilian Irish population that have long been commonly considered by contemporary sources, historians and the popular culture to be outside of the accepted military ethics of the day (see more on the debate here ). After the Cromwellian war in Ireland
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#1732790433487396-653: The Protestant minority's monopoly on power in Ireland. Their victories at Derry , the Boyne and Aughrim are still commemorated by the Orange Order into the 21st century. Finally, another major influx of Scots into northern Ireland occurred in the late 1690s, when tens of thousands of people fled a famine in Scotland to come to Ulster. It was only after the 1690s that Scottish settlers and their descendants,
429-596: The Scottish lowlands. In particular, the origin of country and western music was extensively from Ulster Scots folk music, in addition to English, German, and African-American styles. The cultural traditions and aspects of this culture including its links to country music are articulated in David Hackett Fischer 's book, Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America . In 2010's documentary The Hamely Tongue , filmmaker Deaglán Ó Mocháin traces back
462-671: The U. S. House of Representatives for the Thirty-second Congress , and he was returned to the Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth Congresses, from March 4, 1851, to March 3, 1857. In December 1855, Aiken was a leading candidate for Speaker of the House of Representatives . After two months and 133 ballots, Aiken lost the race to Nathaniel P. Banks by a vote of 103 to 100, in what has been termed "the longest and most contentious Speaker election in House history". In 1866 he
495-766: The Ungodly Iken [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Aiken . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aiken_(surname)&oldid=1245743621 " Categories : Surnames English-language surnames Surnames of English origin Surnames of British Isles origin Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
528-486: The United States is higher (over 27 million) likely because contemporary Americans with some Scotch-Irish heritage may regard themselves as either Irish, Scottish, or simply American instead. Over the centuries, Ulster Scots culture has contributed to the unique character of the counties in Ulster . The Ulster Scots Agency points to industry, language, music, sport, religion and myriad traditions brought to Ulster from
561-590: The University of Minnesota, loaning it some $ 28,000 (approximately $ 750,000 in 2016 terms). Throughout the American Civil War he was a loyal Unionist , though his friends were nearly all Secessionists . He was a successful businessman and planter and lived in Charleston, South Carolina . Aiken's first cousin, D. Wyatt Aiken served as a Confederate States Army officer and five-term U.S. Congressman . Aiken died at Flat Rock, NC , September 6, 1887, and
594-559: The deaths of between four and six thousand settlers over the winter of 1641–42. Native Irish civilians were massacred in return. By 1642, native Irish were in de facto control of much of the island under a Confederate Ireland , with about a third under the control of the opposition. However, many Ulster-Scots Presbyterians joined with the Irish in rebellion and aided them in driving the English out. The Ulster Scots population in Ireland
627-502: The descendants of English settlers . For this reason, up until the 19th century, there was considerable disharmony between Dissenters and the ruling Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. With the enforcement of Queen Anne's 1703 Test Act , which caused further discrimination against all who did not participate in the established church , considerable numbers of Ulster-Scots migrated to the colonies in British America throughout
660-510: The first major influx of Lowland Scots and Border English Protestant settlers into Ulster came in the first two decades of the 17th century. Before the Plantation of Ulster (and even before the Flight of the Earls ), there was the 1606 independent Scottish settlement in east Down and Antrim . It was led by adventurers James Hamilton and Sir Hugh Montgomery , two Ayrshire lairds . Montgomery
693-581: The main beneficiary of this scheme. There was a generation of calm in Ireland until another war broke out in 1689, again due to political conflict closely aligned with ethnic and religious differences. The Williamite war in Ireland (1689–91) was fought between Jacobites who supported the restoration of the Catholic James II to the throne of England and Williamites who supported the Protestant William of Orange . The majority of
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#1732790433487726-564: The majority of whom were Presbyterian , gained numeric superiority in Ulster, though still a minority in Ireland as a whole. Along with Catholics , they were legally disadvantaged by the Penal Laws , which gave full rights only to members of the Church of Ireland (the Anglican state church ), who were mainly Anglo-Irish (themselves often absentee landlords ), native Irish converts or
759-597: The millennia. This group are found mostly in the province of Ulster, their ancestors were Protestant settlers who migrated from the Scottish Lowlands and Northern England during the Plantation of Ulster , which was a planned process of colonisation following the Tudor conquest of Ireland . The largest numbers came from Dumfries and Galloway , Lanarkshire , Renfrewshire , Ayrshire , Scottish Borders , Northumberland , Cumbria , Durham , Yorkshire and, to
792-527: The origins of this culture and language, and relates its manifestations in today's Ireland. The film's title refers to James Fenton's book, The Hamely Tongue: A personal record of Ulster-Scots in County Antrim . Most Ulster Scots speak Ulster English as a first language . Ulster Scots is the local dialect of the Lowland Scots language which has, since the 1980s, also been called "Ullans",
825-481: The ship Hopewell . William Aiken Jr. William Aiken Jr. (January 28, 1806 – September 6, 1887) was the 61st governor of South Carolina , serving from 1844 to 1846. He also served in the state legislature and the United States House of Representatives , running unsuccessfully for speaker of the House in 1856 in "the longest and most contentious Speaker election in House history." Aiken
858-554: The territory of New France , allowing many Ulster-Scots to migrate to these areas as well. These people are known as the Scotch-Irish Canadians . In the United States census of 2000, 4.3 million Americans (1.5% of the population of the United States) claimed Scotch-Irish ancestry. Author and former United States Senator Jim Webb suggests that the true number of people with some Scots-Irish heritage in
891-565: Was elected to represent his district in the Fortieth Congress , while the state was under a provisional governor, and he was not seated. In 1831 Aiken was married to Harriet Lowndes Aiken (1812–1892) and had a daughter with her named Henrietta Aiken Rhett (1836–1918). Following the Dred Scott decision, Aiken began traveling to more temperate Northern locations in the summer with some of his slaves, and became an early patron of
924-439: Was granted half of Lord of Upper Clandeboye Conn McNeill O'Neill's land, a significant Gaelic lordship in Ulster, as a reward for helping him escape from English captivity. Hamilton forced himself in on this deal when he discovered it and, after three years of bickering, the final settlement gave Hamilton and Montgomery each one-third of the land. Starting in 1609, Scots began arriving into state-sponsored settlements as part of
957-670: Was killed in a Charleston carriage accident and never saw his namesake town of Aiken, South Carolina . Aiken graduated from the College of South Carolina (now the University of South Carolina) at Columbia in 1825 and engaged in agriculture as a planter , entering politics in 1837. He was a member of the State House of Representatives 1838–1842, and served in the State Senate 1842–1844. His term as governor ran from 1844 to 1846. Subsequent to his service as governor, Aiken served in
990-428: Was of particular concern to James VI of Scotland when he became King of England, since he knew Scottish instability could jeopardise his chances of ruling both kingdoms effectively. During the Irish Rebellion of 1641 , the native Irish gentry attempted to extirpate the English and Scottish settlers in revenge for being driven off their ancestral land, resulting in severe violence, massacres and ultimately leading to
1023-415: Was one of the state's wealthiest citizens and a slave owner. He owned one of the largest rice plantation in the state—Jehossee Island—with over 700 enslaved black people on 1,500 acres under cultivation, almost twice the acreage of the next largest plantation. By 1860, Aiken owned the entire Jehossee Island, and the plantation produced 1.5 million pounds of rice in addition to sweet potatoes and corn. After
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1056-660: Was over, many of their soldiers settled permanently in eastern Ulster. Under the Act of Settlement 1652 , all Catholic-owned land was confiscated and the British Plantations in Ireland , which had been destroyed by the rebellion of 1641, were restored. However, due to the Scots' enmity to the English Parliament in the final stages of the English Civil War , English settlers rather than Scots were
1089-658: Was probably preserved from destruction during the subsequent Irish Confederate Wars , when a Scottish Covenanter army was landed in the province to protect the Ulster-Scottish settlers from native Irish landowners. The war itself, part of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms , ended in the 1650s, with the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland . At the head of the army, Oliver Cromwell conquered all of Ireland. Defeating
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