First found in Herefordshire where they were seated from very ancient times, some say before the Norman Conquest in 1066.

Thousands of English families in this era began to emigrate the New World in search of land and freedom from religious and political persecution. Although the passage was expensive and the ships were dark, crowded, and unsafe, those who made the voyage safely were rewarded with opportunities unavailable to them in their homeland. Research into passenger and immigration lists has revealed some of the very first Culvers to arrive in North America: Edward Culver of Dedham, Massachusetts, was a wheelwright who settled there before 1640. He and his family moved to New London about 1653; W. B. Culver settled in San Francisco Cal. in 1850.

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