Thank-you Tish and Joe for the Carew information
from Seary's Book .........Rowyn MacLean
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From: Patricia Byrne
Subject: [NF-ROOTS] Seary look-up Carew
Hi list members
From Seary's book the surname Carew.
CAREW,a surname of England and Ireland,from the Welsh place name Carew
(Pembrokeshire)(Spiegelhalter),or from the French surname Carron -
cartwright or wheelwright (MacLysaght),or for CAREY as Carew is sometimes
pronounced.
Guppy and Spiegelhalter traced Carew in Devon,MacLysaght in
Tipperary.
In Newfoundland:
Early instances:Patrick,of Musketta (now Bristols Hope),1779 (CO
199.18);Dennis,of St.John's,1779 (DPHW 26C);Anne,of Witless Bay,married at
Bay Bulls,1805 (Nfld.Archives BRC);Thomas Ca(i)rew,Kereu or Carrew,of King's
Cove,1816 (Nfld.Archives KCRC);Walter Carew,from Shillenall Parish
(unidentified)(Co.Tipperary),married at St.John's,1817 (Nfld.Archives
BRC);Thomas,of Harbour Grace Parish,1817 (Nfld.Archives HGRC);Judith
Cairew,of Ragged Harbour (now Melrose),1817 (Nfld.Archives KCRC);Michael,of
Catalina,1821 (Nfld.Archives K829 (Nfld.Archives KCRC);Martin Carew,of
Torbay,1836 (Nfld.Archives BRC);James,of Keels,1860 (Nfld.Archives
KCRC);Mary,of Knights Cove,1863 (Nfld.Archives KCRC);Grace,of Open Hall,1868
(Nfld.Archives KCRC);scattered in Lovell 1871.
Modern status:Widespread,especially at St.John's,Witless Bay
and in
the Ferryland district.
Tish
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