When Anthony Craven was born on 15 December 1541, in Appletreewick, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Sir Richard William Craven, was 29 and his mother, Lady Beatrix Hunter, was 28. He married Anne Croste about 1584, in England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 27 February 1625, in Hampsthwaite, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 83.
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Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Crabháin (County Galway) or Mac Crabháin (Louth, County Monaghan) ‘descendant (or ‘son’) of Crabhán’.
English (northern): habitational name from the district of Craven in Yorkshire, which is probably ‘garlic place’, from a British word, the ancestor of Welsh craf ‘garlic’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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