CARTER means exactly what is says, a man who used his
cart to carry goods. The modern English word is derived from
the Late Latin carrum through the Norman French
cartier. There are other influences on cart such as
the Old English cr�t, which probably came from the Old
Norse, word kartr that would have been used in nothern
Britian.
Classical Latin has several words describing carts and their use,
such as <>carpentum, a covered carriage; carracutium, a
conveyence, and carrago, a fortification made of
wagons. All come from a Gaulish, or possibly Celtic word
qerpen meaning to twist or bind small
branches, the method by which any large box or crate was
originally made.
Richard Carter was sent to Australia with the First Fleet. Records
indicate that he died in 1792. (9) page 123.