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576:. A documented instance of the surname Carpenter being adopted by an Irish McIntyre in America is that of Ireland-born brothers Owen Patrick McIntyre of Placer County, California and Michael Carpenter of Ottawa County, Michigan as shown in McIntyre's last will & testament dated August 25, 1875 and filed September 11, 1875 naming his brother Michael to direct the education of his nephew and namesake Michael's son Owen Patrick Carpenter. 547:), and other related names, sometimes incorrectly as Freeman. Carpenter is not an Irish name in origin, but may have been adopted as a result of a 1465 law enacting that "every Irishman that dwells betwixt or amongst Englishmen in the County of Dublin, Myeth, Vriell, and Kildare ... shall take to him an English Surname of ... arte or science, as ... carpenter"; the surname was recorded there as early as 1636 and as late as 1890. In 128: 66: 25: 494:– from the French Norman Carpentier (le Carpentier, le Charpentier), a worker of wood, derived from the late Latin "carpentarius", a maker of wooden carriages. The surname Charpentier could be the source of other surnames due to the adventurousness of some early French bearers; for example, Francois Charpentier and Joseph Charpentier were 567:
rewarded with grants of land in Ireland. The 1659 census of County Limerick listed Carpenter as a family surname in Balliea townland, Small County Barony, and among the tituladoes (principal residents) in the barony of Cosmay in Limerick. In 1890, 10 entries for Carpenter were made in Ireland's
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birth indexes, with 8 in Leinster Province (County Dublin), and 1 each in Munster and Ulster provinces. Many of the MacIntyres of Northern Ireland are believed to be descended from the Scottish
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Special Report on Surnames in Ireland with Notes as to Numerical Strength, Derivation, Ethnology, and Distribution; Based on Information Extracted from the Indexes of the General Register Office
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in 1660, John Carpenter, Philip Carpenter, Capt. Phillip Carpenter, and Lt. Thomas Carpenter were among the "Forty-Nine (i.e, 1649) Officers" who supported the Royalist cause in the
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is a surname. Its use as a forename or middle name is rare. Within the United States, it ranked as the 231st-most common surname as of the 2010 census. The English meaning of
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Families of Co. Limerick Ireland from the Earliest Times to the 20th Century...Including English, Scots, & Anglo Norman Settlers and Settlements
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of 1066. The earliest attested use as a surname in English is from 1121, though its use as a secondary name or description in the
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Special Report on Surnames in Ireland, with Notes as to Numerical Strength, Derivation, Ethnology, and Distribution
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The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry When Cromwell Came to Ireland; A Supplement to Irish Pedigrees
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is the occupation of one who makes wooden objects and structures by shaping wood.
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not used directly for warfare in the community by women and others, plus
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Jacobites of Lowland Scotland, England, Ireland, France and Spain, 1745
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by the Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Md., 1982, p. 41.
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for carriage or cart, and is probably related to the Gaulish
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Irish Pedigrees; or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation
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names for woodworking names/professions related to the
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while in the French Service. Francois was a native of
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Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland, 1536–1810
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Gill & Son, Dublin, 1884, p. 377. 480:, from "wain wright" (a wooden wagon maker). 242: 467:Variants of the Carpenter surname include: 365:Common use of the Carpenter surname in the 53:Learn how and when to remove these messages 1055: 1041: 1033: 770:Combined from several sources including: 230:Learn how and when to remove this message 212:Learn how and when to remove this message 110:Learn how and when to remove this message 776:Concise Oxford Dictionary – 10th Edition 774:, 1996 by Barnes & Noble Books, and 543:, Carpenter (particularly in and around 297:worker or fixer of wood, builder of wood 745: 674:– carpenter in Dutch, a worker of wood. 414:– a wagon or carriage-maker equal to a 1399:English-language occupational surnames 401:All of these variations come from the 241: 766: 764: 762: 721:List of people with surname Carpenter 7: 830: 828: 826: 800: 798: 796: 150:adding citations to reliable sources 838:Dictionary of American Family Names 807:Dictionary of American Family Names 723:, for real and fictional Carpenters 14: 964:Families of County Kerry, Ireland 34:This article has multiple issues. 252: 126: 64: 23: 1022:California State Society, DAR: 945:Sir Robert E. 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/ˈkɑːrpəntər/
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