Eckerle History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

The ancestors of the Eckerle surname lived among the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture. The name comes from when they lived in Buckinghamshire. The surname Eckerle derives from the Old English word Aker-leah, which means "acre meadow owner." 1

Early Origins of the Eckerle family

The surname Eckerle was first found in Buckinghamshire, where they held a family seat from ancient times. The name literally mane "dweller at the Acre-Lea, i.e., a common field divided into plots of various sizes. [Middle English aker, Old English aecer, a division of land +M.E. ley, Old English leah, a lea, field]." 2

Early History of the Eckerle family

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Eckerle Spelling Variations

Before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago, spelling variations of names were a common occurrence. Elements of Latin, French and other languages became incorporated into English through the Middle Ages, and name spellings changed even among the literate. The variations of the surname Eckerle include Ackerly, Ackerley, Acerly, Akerley, Akeley, Acle, Ackle, Acley, Acly and many more.

Early Notables of the Eckerle family

Distinguished members of the family include Roger Acherley (1665?-1740), Welsh lawyer, constitutional writer, and politician, the son and heir of John Acherley of Stanwardine, or Stottesden, Shropshire, where he was the representative of a long-established family. Roger was admitted a student of the Inner Temple on 6 March 1685, and called to the bar on 24 May 1691. For some years Acherley was engaged in disputing the will of Thomas Vernon, who died in 1721, by...
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Eckerle migration to the United States +

A great wave of immigration to the New World was the result of the enormous political and religious disarray that struck England at that time. Families left for the New World in extremely large numbers. The long journey was the end of many immigrants and many more arrived sick and starving. Still, those who made it were rewarded with an opportunity far greater than they had known at home in England. These emigrant families went on to make significant contributions to these emerging colonies in which they settled. Some of the first North American settlers carried this name or one of its variants:

Eckerle Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Ignatz Eckerle, who landed in St Clair County, Illinois in 1864 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Eckerle (post 1700) +

Richard Eckerle, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1972 4
Franz Eckerle, German fighter pilot and flying ace in the Luftwaffe, during World War II, credited with 59 aerial victories, awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Citations +

Surnames from the U.S.A. and Canada. Family Name Researchers, Inc., Toronto, 1975.
Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 28) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html