C A R R A / C A R R A H   of   S T   M A R T I N   L O O E

CARRA/CARRAH The name Carrah or Carra origin does not seem to fit a Cornwall family. Some put 'Mac' or 'O'' in front of it and make it Scotish or Irish and carry its meaning back to the Old Norse 'Kjarr' and a 'byname' meaning 'spear'. Others make it Italian meaning narrow passage. Others corrupt it to the name Carrew or Carew and a Welsh or Cornish habitation surname. Our family of Cornwall should be interested in its cognate Cornish origins, which some tie back to the Irish version of O' Corrain. But as Welsh, which a number did settle in Cornwall, as our Hendower family did, one may look to the 'true' Carews of Wales and as a variant of Carey or Cary. I feel to look to the Celts rather than Italy.                                        St Martin by Looe

             Andrew Carra/Carrah/Carrew/Carrha    =    Grace Honycomb/Honycombe (dau Henry Honycombe)
             cb 30 Jan 1663                       |    cb 14 Dec 1665
               St Martin Looe                     |      Menheniot
             m 23 Apr 1691                        |
               St Martin Looe                     |
                                                  |    d  Mar 1738
                                                  |    bur 6 Mar 1738
                                                  |      St Martin Looe
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  |   Henry Carrah      Eliz/Elizabeth Carrah  Jn/John Carrah    Grace Carra       Mary Carroe
  |   cb 23 Aug 1691    cb 9 Jan 1693          cb 20 Mar 1695    cb 30 Jan 1698    cb 18 Mar 1700
  |     St Martin Looe    St Martin Looe         St Martin Looe    St Martin Looe    St Martin Looe
  |   d Apr 1692                                                 m 18 Dec 1720     
  |   bur 13 Apr 1692                                              St Martin Looe
  |     St Martin Looe                                           = John Sanders
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     Martha Carra        Anne Carra          Andrew Carray
     cb 9 Aug 1703       cb 26 Dec 1705      cb 28 Aug 1710
       St Martin Looe      St Martin Looe      St Martin Looe
     d Apr 1720          d Nov 1706
     bur 10 Apr 1720     bur 11 Nov 1706
       St Martin Looe      St Martin Looe
     (Martha CARREW)