Carbor History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Carbor

The ancient name of Carbor finds its origins with the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It comes from a name for a wood-carver or sculptor. The former occupation was more common than the latter. Chaucer describes a wood-carver in the late 13th century "Knight's Tale", writing, "Ne purteyour, ne kerver of images."

The surname Carbor is derived from the Old English word ceorfan, which means to cut or to carve. However, the surname Carbor may also be derived from the occupation of a ploughman. In this case, the surname Carbor is derived from the Old French words charuier and caruier, which both mean ploughman. 1

Early Origins of the Carbor family

Early History of the Carbor family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Carbor research. Another 137 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1203, 1275, 1290, 1490, 1505, 1567, 1576, 1607, 1608, 1620, 1621, 1710 and 1780 are included under the topic Early Carbor History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Carbor 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 Carbor family name include Carver, Carvere, Carvar, Carever, Carber, Kerver and many more.

Early Notables of the Carbor family

Robert Carver (1490-1567), Scottish Renaissance monk and composer of Christian sacred music. John Carver (c.1576-1621), was leader of the 'Pilgrim fathers,' an Englishman and agent of the English congregational church at Leyden in Holland. When he sailed in the Mayflower (1620) he was 'of good age,' father of several children, one daughter being aged 14. In his time the name of Carver, alias Calver, was common in the midland counties, and the best conjecture is that he came from Nottinghamshire. He was one of the...
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Migration of the Carbor family

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, 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 Carbor surname or a spelling variation of the name include : Richard Carver, who had sailed from Yarmouth in England in 1637; and who had lived at Scratby, in Norfolk, in England. He settled in Watertown in Massachusetts. In all, at this period, there were three settlers, Richard, Edward and Robert. Robert settled at Marshfield, Massachusetts in 1638.