General references for the entire Carver line are 14, 15 and 16.
The name is said to come from the trade of wood carver, and some of the work in cathedrals of East Anglia was done by skilled carvers of this family. The names of Adam le Kerver and Richard le Kerver are found on the Hundred Rolls. The name soon became Carver and they are spread all over England.
James Carver of Doncaster, Yorkshire, was a yeoman and owned considerable land in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.. He married Katherind __?__. They had at least two children |