Carress History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Etymology of Carress

What does the name Carress mean?

Carress is a name whose history is connected to the ancient Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name is derived from when the Carress family once lived in a house which was situated by a marsh. Carress is a topographic surname, which is a type of surname that was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. However, Carress may also be a habitation surname derived from a pre-existing name for a town, village, parish, or farmstead. In this case, the eponymous settlement is Carhouse, in Yorkshire.

Early Origins of the Carress family

The surname Carress was first found in Lancashire, where they held a family seat from the Middle Ages.

Early History of the Carress family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Carress research. Another 103 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1332, 1379, 1547, 1553, 1555, 1572, 1582, 1601, 1619, 1709 and 1808 are included under the topic Early Carress History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Carress 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 Carress family name include Carus, Cariss, Carass, Cariss, Carass, Karhouses, Carrehuis, Carehuis, Carous, Charus and many more.

Early Notables of the Carress family

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Migration of the Carress 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 Carress surname or a spelling variation of the name include: John Carus who arrived in Jamaica in 1684.