Eckert History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The great European flow of migration to North America, which began in the middle of the 17th century and continued into the 20th century, was particularly attractive to those from Bavaria who wished to escape either poverty or religious persecution. For many Bavarian tenant farmers, the chance to own their own land was a major incentive. So the widespread colonization of the United States began in 1650, when many immigrants from Germany settled in pockets in Pennsylvania, Texas, New York, Illinois, and California. In Canada, German settlement centered in Ontario and the prairie Among those of this surname listed in various historical records were:

Eckert Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

• Henrich Eckert, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1732 3
• Gertrude Eckert, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1742 3
• Jurian William Eckert, aged 36, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1743 3
• Joseph Eckert, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1749 3
• Johan Peter Eckert, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1749 3
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Eckert Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

• Wilh Eckert, who landed in America in 1807 3
• Michel Eckert, who arrived in North America in 1832-1849 3
• John G Eckert, who landed in St Clair County, Illinois in 1843 3
• Ludwig Eckert, Jr., who arrived in Texas in 1846 aboard the ship "Dyle Soomes" 3
• William Eckert, aged 29, who arrived in Missouri in 1845 3
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Eckert Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

• James Eckert, who landed in Canada in 1831

• Allan Wesley Eckert (1931-2011), American historian, historical novelist, and naturalist from Buffalo, New York
• Thomas Thompson Eckert (1825-1910), American officer in the U.S. Army, Chief of the War Department Telegraph Staff (1862–1867), United States Assistant Secretary of War (1865–1867)
• Wallace John Eckert (1902-1971), American astronomer
• William Dole "Spike" Eckert (1909-1971), American Lieutenant General in the U.S. Air Force, and 4th commissioner of Major League Baseball (1965-1968)
• John Adam Presper "Pres" Eckert (1919-1995), American electrical engineer, inventor of early computers, inventor of the first general-purpose electronic digital computer (ENIAC) and designed the first commercial computer in the U.S., the UNIVAC
• Beverly Eckert (1952-2009), American 9/11 widow, member of 9/11 Family Steering Committee
• George Eckert, American Republican politician, Member of Connecticut State House of Representatives from Harwinton; Elected 1908 4
• Fred J. Eckert (b. 1941), American Republican politician, Member of New York State Senate 54th District, 1973-82; U.S. Ambassador to Fiji, 1982-84; Kiribati, 1982-84; Tonga, 1982-84; Tuvalu, 1982-84 4
• Denver M. Eckert, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1964 4
• Charles Richard Eckert (1868-1959), American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1935-39; Defeated, 1938 4
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• Eckert Record: Story of George Bernhardt Eckert and His Descendants, 1793-1957 by Estella Martmann.
• The Eckerts in the Flush, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Area: The Descendants of George Eckert and Barbara Ebenhoh, the Descendants of Barbara Eckert and John Weixelman by Anna Eckart Elbert.