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Origins - Scottish /
Irish
Motto
Late - But In Earnest
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Where did the Scottish Carr
family come from? What is the Scottish coat of
arms/family crest? When did the Carr family
first arrive in the United States? Where did
the various branches of the family go? What is
the history of the family name?
The frequent
translations of surnames from and into
Gaelic, accounts for the multitude of
spelling
variations, found in Scottish
surnames. Furthermore, the spelling of
surnames was rarely consistent because
medieval scribes and church officials
recorded names as they sounded, rather than
adhering to any specific spelling
rules.
The different versions of a surname, such as
the inclusion of the patronymic prefix "Mac",
frequently indicated a religious or clan
affiliation, or even a division of the family.
Moreover, a large number of foreign names were
brought into Scotland, accelerating
accentuating the alterations to various
surnames. The name Carr has also been spelled
Kerr, Car, Carr, Ker, Cearr (Gaelic) and many
more.
First found in
Lancashire where they were seated from
very early times and were granted lands
by Duke William of Normandy, their liege
Lord, for their distinguished assistance
at the Battle of Hastings in 1066
A.D.Some of the
first North American settlers with Carr
name or one of its variants: William Ker,
who settled in New Hampshire in 1718;
David Kerr arrived in Jamaica in 1775;
John Carr settled in Virginia in 1716;
Alexander, Andrew, Edward, Frank, Henry,
Horace, Hugh, James, John, Joseph,
Mathew, Robert, Samuel, Thomas and
William Kerr, all arrived in Philadelphia
between 1800 and
1860.
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