Culbert Families in Ireland

I am conducting a one-name study of the surname Culbert, hosted by the Guild of One-Name Studies.  My primary reason for initiating this study is to collaborate with others interested in or connected to this surname.  My immigrant ancestor, Moses Culbert/Cuthbert, emigrated from Ireland in 1828 destined for the USA, and today nothing is known about the family he left behind.  Moses reported in his naturalization papers that he was born in 1804 in "Letterkenny town," however no Culberts have ever been found living there at that time.  They can only be in some of the surrounding parishes and townlands in Co. Donegal.

Where did the Culberts come from?  This is clearly not an Irish surname, regardless of what some of the surname experts have written.  My research has found that the oldest Culbert records are from the 1500s in Scotland and England, so perhaps the Culberts came to Ireland with the establishment of the Plantations of Ulster in the 1700s.

The data I have collected to date can be found at my website, here:  culbert.one-name.net

I wecome contact with anyone descended from a Culbert or otherwise interested in this subject.  Maybe someday I'll even discover something about by Ireland Culbert family.

Jim Culbert, Oregon, USA