Carming History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Carming

The name Carming was carried to England in the enormous movement of people that followed the Norman Conquest of 1066. Carming is a name for a person who was known as the carman, or one who rented or let out vehicles. Often carmen were known as hostilers.

Early Origins of the Carming family

Early History of the Carming family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Carming research. Another 158 words (11 lines of text) covering the years 1066, 1086 and 1300 are included under the topic Early Carming History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Carming Spelling Variations

A multitude of spelling variations characterize Norman surnames. Many variations occurred because Old and Middle English lacked any definite spelling rules. The introduction of Norman French to England also had a pronounced effect, as did the court languages of Latin and French. Therefore, one person was often referred to by several different spellings in a single lifetime. The various spellings include Carman, Carmen, Carmine, Carmyn and others.

Early Notables of the Carming family

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Migration of the Carming family

Many English families left England, to avoid the chaos of their homeland and migrated to the many British colonies abroad. Although the conditions on the ships were extremely cramped, and some travelers arrived diseased, starving, and destitute, once in the colonies, many of the families prospered and made valuable contributions to the cultures of what would become the United States and Canada. Research into the origins of individual families in North America has revealed records of the immigration of a number of people bearing the name Carming or a variant listed above: Henry Carman aged 23; who settled in Virginia in 1620; the same year that the "Mayflower" arrived to the north in Massachusetts; John Carman settled in Boston Massachusetts in 1621 the year following the ".