Carfoot History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Carfoot family

The surname Carfoot was first found in Yorkshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when they held estates in that shire.

Early History of the Carfoot family

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Carfoot Spelling Variations

Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Carfoot have been found, including Keresforth, Kersforth, Caresforth, Carforth, Careforth, Kerforth, Kerford, Kereford, Kereforde, Keresford, Keresford, Kerfore and many more.

Early Notables of the Carfoot family

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Migration of the Carfoot family

Families began migrating abroad in enormous numbers because of the political and religious discontent in England. Often faced with persecution and starvation in England, the possibilities of the New World attracted many English people. Although the ocean trips took many lives, those who did get to North America were instrumental in building the necessary groundwork for what would become for new powerful nations. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America bore the name Carfoot, or a variant listed above: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..

Contemporary Notables of the name Carfoot (post 1700) +

Richard Carfoot, American Republican politician, Candidate for New York State Assembly from Richmond County 2nd District, 1932 1

Sources +

The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, December 9) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html