Mr Thomas Carr

Thomas' occupation was Notes for THOMAS CARR: In the first centuries of the Norman rule in England, our family name took on various forms in writing, no doubt, largely due to the caprice of different members of the family, or the free and easy manner of writers in those days, who had very little regard for uniformity in such matters. From old documents we find that there were no less than ten different ways to express the name in writing, thus: Carre, Carr, Care, Car, Karre, Karr, Kar, Kerre, Kerr and Ker. Notwithstanding this marked difference in orthography, there was a general uniformity in the pronounciation of the name; the vowels a and e taking the quality of a in such words as far, mar, etc. .

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  • Just as various in writing the family name has been the colors of their arms and mottos. Although the original arms have always remained the same form olden times to the present--three mullets or etoiles on a chevron--the amplest play has been given to taste, fancy or ignorance of heroic patching with regard to colors. Also the crest, originally a hart's head, has in like manner been subjected to various changes. This distinguished family in its various branches possessed a great number of arms, many of them the author of this book has copied, but it would cost too much to produce them in this work.
    
    The dificulty of tracing the early families of Carrs in England centuries back in a definite and concise manner, is exceedingly perplexing and attended with many failures and disappointments. The records of the earliest Carrs who settled in this country, date back three centuries, to four brothers who were born in London. Their names were Benjamin, William, George and James Carr. The descendants of these brothers, are given in the following pages of the Carr Family Records in as complete a manner as could be obtained. "THE CARR FAMILY RECORDS"