Cardey History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Ireland

Cardey is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived in an inhospitable or barren area. Cardey is derived from an Old English word meaning dwellers of the rough ground.

Early Origins of the Cardey family

The surname Cardey was first found in Somerset. "The ancient and distinguished Somersetshire and Devonshire families of Cart apparently, in most cases, hailed from the Carys of Castle Cary, a knightly Somersetshire family of the 14th century. In the reign of Edward I. De Cari and De Cary were still Somersetshire names, and evidently their first representatives took the names of places in the county." 1

Apart from the aforementioned, Wiltshire was also home to the family as William Cart, was listed in the Pipe Rolls of Wiltshire in 1176. 2

Early History of the Cardey family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cardey research. Another 89 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1641, 1653, 1686, 1740 and 1754 are included under the topic Early Cardey History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Cardey Spelling Variations

Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Cardey family name include Cart, Carte, Carta and others.

Early Notables of the Cardey family

Distinguished members of the family include Samuel Carte (1653-1740), an English divine and antiquary, born at Coventry in 1653 and educated at the grammar school of that town and at Magdalen College, Oxford. Hi son, Thomas Carte (also John Carte) (1686-1754)...
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Migration of the Cardey family to Ireland

Some of the Cardey family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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Migration of the Cardey family

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Cardey surname or a spelling variation of the name include: William Cart, who settled in Virginia in 1654; as did Mary Cart in 1741; J.J. Carte, who came to New England in 1793 with his wife and two sons, and James Carte, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1848..

Citations +

Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)