https://boydhouse.com/alice/Southam/Carter%20Ancestors.html Joan died in 1637, Leaving a will: "In the name of God Amen I Joane Ward wife to Frauncis Ward late deceased and his executrixe and now being in good and perfect memory doe make this my last will and testament. First I bequeath my soule to Allmightie God which was my maker and then my body to the earth and for my worldly goods as followeth First I make my sonn Frauncis Ward my executor and I give unto my sonn Phelixe Ward foure pounds and tow sheep and I give to my sonn Thomas foure poundes and on ewe and lambe and all the rest of my goodes I leave to my sonn Frauncis. In wittnes hereof I have sett to my hand. Joane Ward her mark. Witnesses were John Chauncy Alies Allen Christofer Borman"
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Athelstan, king of Wessex and Mercia, formed the Kingdom of England.
Viking raiders from Scandinavia invaded England in 980. Years later in 991, the English government paid them 10,000 in hopes for peace. The Viking raiders, however, continued to force more money from England.
English: occupational name for a transporter of goods, from Middle English carter(e) ‘carter’ (Anglo-Norman French car(e)tier, Old French charetier, medieval Latin carettarius, carettator). The Old French word coalesced with the earlier Middle English word cart(e) ‘cart’, which is from either Old Norse kartr or Old English cræt, both of which, like the Late Latin word, were probably derived from Celtic. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Irish: shortened form of McCarter .
Americanized form of German Karter ‘carder’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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