|
![Show Contents]() Caress History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
- Origins Available:
 England
The Caress name has descended through the generations from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture. Their name comes from having lived in a house which was situated by a marsh. Caress is a topographic surname, which is a type of surname that was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. However, Caress may also be a habitation surname derived from a pre-existing name for a town, village, parish, or farmstead. In this case, the eponymous settlement is Carhouse, in Yorkshire. Early Origins of the Caress familyThe surname Caress was first found in Lancashire, where they held a family seat from the Middle Ages. Early History of the Caress familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Caress research. Another 103 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1332, 1379, 1547, 1553, 1555, 1572, 1582, 1601, 1619, 1709 and 1808 are included under the topic Early Caress History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Caress Spelling VariationsOnly recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Caress has undergone many spelling variations, including Carus, Cariss, Carass, Cariss, Carass, Karhouses, Carrehuis, Carehuis, Carous, Charus and many more. Early Notables of the Caress familyAnother 50 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Caress Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Caress familyTo escape the unstable social climate in England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Caress were among those contributors: John Carus who arrived in Jamaica in 1684.
| Contemporary Notables of the name Caress (post 1700) | + |
- Irving Caress, American politician, Candidate for New York State Assembly from Kings County 18th District, 1936 1
|
