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For ancestry, genealogy research & heraldic merchandise, please visit: https://coadb.com/which-coat-of-arms-... Email: info@coadb.com Phone: 785-324-2529 11AM - 9PM (ET) SURNAME MEANING Irish surname derived from a shortened Anglicized form of Ó Carra, meaning “descendant of Carra”, a personal name from the adjective corr, meaning “pointed”, explained as meaning “spear”. An English and Scottish variant of the surname Kerr, a topographic name for someone who lived by a marsh or swampy woodland from the Middle English word kerr, meaning “brushwood wet ground” EARLY BEARERS Thomas Carr – Yorkshire – 1379 William att Karr – Yorkshire – 1379 John del Karr – Yorkshire – 1379 KNIGHTHOODS Sir George Carr, Secretary of State in Ireland – 1662 Sir Ralph Carr of Cockin, Member of Parliament – 1676 Sir Thomas Carr of Bedingham, Sheriff of Sussex – 1800 Sir John Carr of the Middle Temple - 1806 Sir Henry William Carr, Lieutenant Colonel – 1815 Sir William Ogle Carr, Chief Justice in Ceylon - 1854 NOBLE TITLES HELD Robert Carr (c. 1587-1645), politician and favorite of King James who was elevated to the Peerage as Viscount Rochester in 1611 and was further elevated as Earl of Somerset in 1613 The Carr Baronetcy of Sleaford in the County of Lincolnshire was title in the Baronetage of England created in 1611 for Sir Edward Carr who was Sheriff of Lincolnshire LANDED GENTRY Carre of Cavers Carre, co. Roxburgh, Scotland Carre of Stonehouse, co. Waterford, Ireland, formerly of Arnestown NOTABLES Emily Carr (1871-1945) was a Canadian artist and writer who was inspired by the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast Emma Perry Carr (1880-1972) was an American spectroscopist and chemical educator Benjamin Carr (1768-1831) was an American composer, singer, teacher, and music publisher Rear Admiral William James Carr, (1883-1966) was an Australian naval officer and physician, who served as the Royal Australian Navy's Director of Naval Medical Services from 1932 to 1946. Eugene Asa Niel Carr (1830-1910) was a soldier in the United States Army and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War who received the Medal of Honor EARLY SETTLERS John Carr – Virginia - 1626 George Carr – Massachusetts – 1633 Robert Carr – Massachusetts – 1635 Caleb Carr – Rhode Island – 1635 Francis Carr – Virginia – 1653 Anthony Carr – Virginia – 1653 Walter Carr – Maryland - 1662