Carrow

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Carrow Surname

Selected Counties of Maryland, North Carolina and Virginia

1.English: habitational name from either of two places: Carrow in Norfolk or Carraw in Northumberland. The first is thought to be named from Old English carr ‘rock’ (a Celtic loan word) + hoh ‘spur of a hill’, while the last may be named either from an Old British plural of carr, or from carr + Old English raw ‘row’.
2. Possibly in some cases a reduced form of the Cornish surname Nancarrow.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names by Patrick Hanks Oxford University Press

NAME	SPOUSE	DATE	PLACE
Carrow, Catherine	Hezekiah, Robertson	Aug 16, 1858	Franklin, Virginia
Carrow, Jordan S.	Nancy, Cratch	Aug 5, 1823	Craven, North Carolina
Carrow, Julia Ann	Edward G., Morse	Jun 1, 1860	Craven, North Carolina
Carrow, Nancy	Henry, Troy	Dec 21, 1829	Surry, North Carolina
Carrow, Rev. Sylvester J.	Susan, Rustull	Apr 11, 1855	Carteret, North Carolina

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