Carlian History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Carlian

What does the name Carlian mean?

The distinguished name Carlian hails from Carylon or Curyghon, which was located near Truro, Cornwall, England which "for a long time in the possession of the family." 1 The held an "estate in Cornwall, in which the family have long been eminent." 2

Interestingly, the place name was "anciently Caer Lyghon [Cornish caer, a fort] - Caerleon (Monmouth) = the Fort of the Legion. Like Camelot, what place was ever yet renown’d? Where, as at Carlion, oft, he [Arthur] kept the; Table-round." 3

Pointing to the ancient Norman ancestry of this name, we found Carlehon as a place name in Bretagne, France. 4 We presume that the family emigrated from France to England after the Conquest.

Early Origins of the Carlian family

The surname Carlian was first found in Carylon or Curlyghon near Truro, for a long time in the possession of the family. There is still a place called Carlyon (D. Gilbert, Carlian) in Kea. The name may be from car-lagen, the rock or dwelling by the pond or pool. Hals thinks "the family of Cur-Lyon, by its name and arms, were descendants of Richard Curlyon, alias King Richard I." 1

Ironically since this noted authors words were written, the place name was lost, but Carlyon was one of four new civil parishes created on 1 April 2009 for the St Austell area of south Cornwall.

Early History of the Carlian family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Carlian research. Another 72 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1765, 1808, 1811, 1826, 1832, 1838, 1845, 1846, 1848, 1849, 1865, 1877, 1881, 1888, 1890, 1897 and 1926 are included under the topic Early Carlian History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Carlian Spelling Variations

Only recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Carlian has undergone many spelling variations, including Carlyon, Carlyen, Carlian, Curlyon and others.

Early Notables of the Carlian family

Rev. Thomas Carylon, Rector of St. Mary's Truro (1765-1826), progenitor of family. Thomas Alfred Carlyon, (b. 1865) Gentleman of Emmanuel Coll. Canterbury married in 1888, Gertrude Elizabeth Carlylon, (nee Mitchell), daughter of George William Mitchell. George William Mitchell, married Eliza Lilian Shapre, daughter of Rear-Admiral Robert Shapre of Porsea and had issue: Thomas Clement Winstandly Carlyon, (b. 1890), Gentleman; Agnes Cassandra Carlyon-Britton Eilen Gertrude Britton, son of Rev Edward Carlyon (1808-1897.) She was married 1st 1832 and had: Ann Helen Carlyon, (nee Harvey), daughter of Thomas Harvey of Overcross, Hereford; Gerald Winstanley Carlyon, (b...
Another 94 words (7 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Carlian Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Migration of the Carlian family

To escape the unstable social climate in England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Carlian were among those contributors:

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Charnock, Richard, Stephen, Ludus Patronymicus of The Etymology of Curious Surnames. London: Trubner & Co., 60 Paternoster Row, 1868. Print.
Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
Barber, Henry, British Family Names London: Elliot Stock, 62 Paternoster Row, 1894. Print.