English and Scottish: habitational name from Carswell in south
Oxfordshire (formerly Berkshire) or from any of the places mentioned
at Creswell, all named with Old English cærse
‘(water)cress’ + well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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