Carmant is a name that was brought to England by the ancestors of the Carmant family when they migrated with the great wave that followed the Norman Conquest of 1066. Carmant is a name for a person who was known as the carman, or one who rented or let out vehicles. Often carmen were known as hostilers.
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Early Origins of the Carmant family
The surname Carmant was first found in Cumberland in the lands of Carman where they held a family seat from very ancient times before 1100 A.D.
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Early History of the Carmant family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Carmant research. Another 158 words (11 lines of text) covering the years 1066, 1086 and 1300 are included under the topic Early Carmant History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Carmant Spelling Variations
Before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago, spelling variations of names were a common occurrence. Elements of Latin, Norman French and other languages became incorporated into English throughout the Middle Ages, and name spellings changed even among the literate. The variations of the surname Carmant include Carman, Carmen, Carmine, Carmyn and others.
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Early Notables of the Carmant family
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Migration of the Carmant family
In England at this time, the uncertainty of the political and religious environment of the time caused many families to board ships for distant British colonies in the hopes of finding land and opportunity, and escaping persecution. The voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, though, and many arrived in North America sick, starved, and destitute. Those who did make it, however, were greeted with greater opportunities and freedoms that they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make important contributions to the young nations in which they settled. Early immigration records have shown some of the first Carmants to arrive on North American shores: Henry Carman aged 23; who settled in Virginia in 1620; the same year that the "Mayflower" arrived to the north in Massachusetts; John Carman settled in Boston Massachusetts in 1621 the year following the ".
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