When Rhoda Carver was born after 9 January 1774, in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, her father, Oliver Carver, was 8248 and her mother, Mary Perkins, was 8249. She married Pardon Potter on 30 November 1795, in Foster, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 3 daughters. She died after 8 August 1817, in Winfield, Herkimer, New York, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1791: Herkimer, New York, United States
English: occupational name from Middle English kerver ‘one who cuts or carves (something)’, especially wood, hence ‘carpenter’ but within that trade more specifically and commonly ‘sculptor of wooden images’; perhaps occasionally ‘sculptor in stone’.
Americanized form of German Garber , Gerber , or Körber (see Koerber ).
History: John Carver (c. 1576–1621), one of the Mayflower Pilgrims, was the first governor of Plymouth Plantation. He was born in Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire, England. Emigrating to the Netherlands in 1609, he joined the Pilgrims at Leyden.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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