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acknowledge the source of any information used from these pages. Origin / History of the Carpenter Name This ancient and widespread name is of early medieval English origin, and is an occupational name for a worker in wood, a 'carpenter'. The surname derives from the Anglo-Norman French term 'carpentier', developed in England after the Conquest of 1066, and deriving from the Late Latin 'carpentarius', cartwright, from 'carpentum', cart, a word of Gaulish origin related to 'carrum' - cart or wagon. This surname has the rare distinction of retaining its original spelling of the 12th Century into modern English, and is one of a select group of occupational surnames developed from essential and skilled employment during the Middle Ages; other examples are Smith, Farrar, Cartwright, Miller, Tanner, and Tiler. Job-descriptive surnames originally denoted the actual occupation of the name bearer, and later became hereditary. Coat of Arms / Crest One of the earliest Coats of Arms granted to a family of the name depicts two lions, gold, rampant combatant, on a blue shield. Click on the Surname to go to the Family Sheet
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