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Carberry History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables Ranking

Contemporary Notables Related Stories Citations

Carberry History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Scotland
Ireland

Scottish history reveals Carberry was first used as a surname by the Strathclyde-Briton people. It was a name for someone who lived in the parish of Inveresk, Lothian, which was first recorded in the form Crebarrin, from the words Gaelic craobhm meaning "tree," and barran, meaning "hedge."

Early Origins of the Carberry family

The surname CarBerry was first found in Midlothian, from the lands of Carberry in the parish of Inveresk. "Johannes de Crebarrin filius Gilleberti de Crebarrin made two grants of lands from his territory of Crebarrin, c. 1230, and about the same period Adam filius Patricii de Crebarrin gifted four bovates of his land of Crebarrin to the Abbey of Dunfermelin. Alexander Crabarri, juror on forfeited estates in Lothian, 1312. William Carbery, M.A., petitioned for a canonry of Aberdeen, 1406." [1]

Carberry Tower is a historic house in East Lothian, Scotland. King David I of Scotland granted "Caerbairin" (Carberry) to the monks of Dunfermline Abbey. The first landowner or lessee was John de Crebarrie. Carberry Hill, part of the Carberry Estate was the site where Mary, Queen of Scots facing an army assembled by a confederation of her lords, surrendered.

While most of the family hails from Scotland, there is another possible origin; that of Ireland. There the name "is derived from a geographical locality, 'of Carberry,' a parish in County Kildare, Ireland. As this surname looks very English, I insert it to prevent any misapprehension." [2]

"The Carbury or Carbery baronies in Longford and Sligo were so called from Cairbre, one of the sons of Niall of the Nine Hostages, King of Ireland from A.D. 379 to 405." [3] [4]

Early History of the Carberry family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Carberry research. Another 131 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1230, 1743, 1792, 1806 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Carberry History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Carberry Spelling Variations

It is only in the last few hundred years that rules have developed and the process of spelling according to sound has been abandoned. Scottish names from before that time tend to appear under many different spelling variations. Carberry has been spelled Carberry, Carbarry, Carbery, Carbray, Carbury, Carbrey, Carbry, Carby, Crebarin and many more.

Early Notables of the Carberry family

Notable amongst the family at this time was

John Carberry of Kilbride

Carberry Ranking

In the United States, the name Carberry is the 13,565^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. [5] However, in Newfoundland, Canada, the name Carberry is ranked the 767^th most popular surname with an estimated 55 people with that name. [6]

Migration of the Carberry family to Ireland

Some of the Carberry family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 57 words (4 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

CarBerry migration to the United States +

Unwelcome in their beloved homeland, many Scots sailed for the colonies of North America. There, they found land and freedom, and even the opportunity to make a new nation in the American War of Independence. These Scottish settlers played essential roles in the founding of the United States, and the shaping of contemporary North America. Among them:

Carberry Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Hugh Carberry, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1745 [7]

Carberry Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

James Carberry, aged 22, who landed in America in 1821 [7]
John Carberry, aged 48, who arrived in New York in 1854 [7]
Ellen Carberry, aged 19, who arrived in New York in 1854 [7]
Edward, James, John, Patrick, William Carberry, who arrived in Philadelphia between 1840 and 1855

Carberry migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Carberry Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. Francis Carberry, British convict who was convicted in Gibraltar for 7 years, transported aboard the "Asia" on 29th September 1831, settling in New South Wales, Australia [8]
Mr. Michael Carberry, British convict who was convicted in Gibraltar for 7 years, transported aboard the "Asia" on 29th September 1831, settling in New South Wales, Australia [8]
Rose Carberry, aged 26, a servant, who arrived in South Australia in 1855 aboard the ship "Rodney" [9]

Contemporary Notables of the name CarBerry (post 1700) +

James F. Carberry, American journalist
Joseph Eugene Carberry (1887-1961), American pioneer aviator
Matthew C. Carberry (1911-1986), Sheriff of the City and County of San Francisco from 1956-1972
John Joseph Cardinal Carberry (1904-1998), American Roman Catholic bishop and Cardinal
Michael Carberry, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912 [10]
Joseph Carberry, American Democratic Party politician, Member of Wisconsin State Assembly from Fond du Lac County 1st District, 1903-04 [10]
John P. Carberry, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for New Hampshire Governor's Council 2nd District, 1940, 1948 [10]
James F. Carberry, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for Mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts, 1914 [10]
Glenn Carberry, American Republican politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1988 [10]
Robert Carberry (b. 1931), former Scottish footballer
... (Another 6 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Citations +

Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
MacLysaght, Edward, More Irish Families. Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1982. Print. (ISBN 0-7165-0126-0)
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
The order of Common Surnames in 1955 in Newfoundland retrieved on 20th October 2021 (retrieved from Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland by E.R. Seary corrected edition ISBN 0-7735-1782-0)
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 12th January 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/asia/1831
South Australian Register Wednesday 21st February 1855. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) Rodney 1855. Retrieved http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/rodney1855.shtml
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 23) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html