heritage. The name comes from when a family lived in the region of
a parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Carneby research.
Another 108 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1552, 1407, 1404, 1541, 1595, 1645, 1624, 1628, 1629, 1640, 1640 and 1642 are included under the topic Early Carneby History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. 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 Carneby have been found, including Carnaby, Carnabey and others.
Notables of the family at this time include Sir William Carnaby (died 1407), English politician, Member of Parliament for
Northumberland in 1404; Leonard Cornaby,
High Sheriff of Northumberland...
Another 27 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Carneby Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.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 Carneby, or a variant listed above: Elizabeth Carnaby who settled in Virginia in 1741.