Carres History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Carres

Carres is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived at the carr, or low lying meadow. 1

"The frequency with which such entries as Robert or William del Carr, or atte Carr, or Karr, or Kerr recur in Lancashire and Yorkshire records of the 13th and 14th centuries is explained by the fact that Carr or Kerr meant a low-lying meadow. It is still so used in all the northern counties. " 1

Alternatively, the surname is topographic in origin and is derived from the Old Norse word kjarr which eventually became kerr. The Old English translation is brushwood or wet ground. This surname was given to a person who resided near these physical features.

Early Origins of the Carres family

Early History of the Carres family

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Carres 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 Carres family name include Care, Kare, Carre, Karre and others.

Early Notables of the Carres family

Henry Care (1646-1688), an English political writer and journalist. After the Popish Plot of 1678, he wrote against the Church of England and its members. He...
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Migration of the Carres family

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, 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 Carres surname or a spelling variation of the name include: Elizabeth Care who arrived in Barbados in 1654 and Mary Care in Virginia in 1698.