Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Carew was born about 1524, in Devon, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Carew, was 31 and her mother, Elizabeth, was 33.
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Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Aileen, James Patrick, Kieran.
Welsh (Pembrokeshire): habitational name from any of various minor places in Wales, in particular one near Pembroke with a major castle, named from Welsh caer ‘fort’ + rhiw ‘hill, slope’. The surname was taken to Ireland soon after the Norman invasion of England and was Gaelicized as de Carrún. In the 16th century a family called Carew from Devon played an important part in establishing the Tudor administration in Ireland.
Cornish (Somerset and Devon): from the cognate Cornish word kerrow (plural of ker ‘fort’), which occurs seven times as a placename in Cornwall.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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