Essig History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Essig family

The surname Essig was first found in Middlesex where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when they held estates in that shire.

Early History of the Essig family

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Essig Spelling Variations

Only recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Essig has undergone many spelling variations, including Essex, Essecks, Esecks, Esex, Essax, Essacks and others.

Early Notables of the Essig family

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Migration of the Essig family to Ireland

Some of the Essig family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 61 words (4 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Essig migration to the United States +

To escape the unstable social climate in England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Essig were among those contributors:

Essig Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Georg Abraham Essig, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1736 1
Hans Michael Essig, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1736 1
Rudolph Essig, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1736 1
Ludwig Essig, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1741 1
Anna Margretha Essig, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1743 1
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Essig Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

John George Essig, who arrived in Maryland in 1819 1
Christian Essig, who arrived in America in 1845 1
Christian Wilhelm Essig, who landed in America in 1854 1
Regina Wilhelmine Essig, who landed in America in 1854 1
Miss Essig, who landed in Brazil in 1861 1
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Contemporary Notables of the name Essig (post 1700) +

Edward H. Essig, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1948, 1952, 1956 2
Edward Oliver Essig (1884-1964), American entomologist who specialized in Hemiptera, professor at the University of California
Christian Essig (b. 1986), German footballer

Citations +

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 30) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html