Eckart History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Eckart is an ancient Anglo-Saxon surname that came from the Old French personal names Achart and Aquart. Achard was a personal name in the Domesday Book of 1086. 1

Early Origins of the Eckart family

The surname Eckart was first found in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 where Henry Achard, Huntingdonshire; and Richard Achard, Yorkshire were listed. Later the Yoprkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 listed Johannes Hachet, Mergareta Hachet, and Robertus Achard. 2

Early History of the Eckart family

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Eckart Spelling Variations

The English language only became standardized in the last few centuries; therefore,spelling variations are common among early Anglo-Saxon names. As the form of the English language changed, even the spelling of literate people's names evolved. Eckart has been recorded under many different variations, including Hatchard, Hachard, Atchard, Achard and others.

Early Notables of the Eckart family

Distinguished members of the family include John Eachard (1636?-1697), an English divine and satirist from Suffolk, twice Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University (in 1679 and 1695.) "He governed his college with the utmost care and fidelity, and to the general satisfaction of the whole university. He procured many donations...
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Eckart Ranking

In the United States, the name Eckart is the 14,344^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 3

Eckart migration to the United States +

For many English families, the political and religious disarray that shrouded England made the far away New World an attractive prospect. On cramped disease-ridden ships, thousands migrated to those British colonies that would eventually become Canada and the United States. Those hardy settlers that survived the journey often went on to make important contributions to the emerging nations in which they landed. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Eckart or a variant listed above:

Eckart Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Georg Wilhelm Eckart, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1743 4
Johan Jacob Eckart, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1749 4
Georg Adam Eckart, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1750 4
Adam Eckart, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1761 4
Jonathan Eckart, who arrived in New York in 1769 4
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Eckart Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Philipp Eckart, who landed in America in 1831 4
Sebastian Eckart, who landed in America in 1831 4
Jacob Eckart, aged 37, who arrived in Missouri in 1841 4
John Eckart, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1844 4
William Eckart, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1844 4
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Contemporary Notables of the name Eckart (post 1700) +

Dennis Edward Eckart (b. 1950), American lawyer and politician, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio (1983-1993)
Carl Henry Eckart (1902-1973), American physicist, physical oceanographer, geophysicist, and administrator who developed the Eckart conditions and co-developed the Wigner-Eckart theorem
Dennis Edward Eckart (b. 1950), American Democratic Party politician, Member of Ohio State House of Representatives, 1975-80; U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1981-93 5
Gabriele Eckart (b. 1954), German author
Anselm Eckart (1721-1809), German Jesuit missionary
Dietrich Eckart (1868-1923), German journalist and politician
William Eckart Lehman (1821-1895), American Democratic Party politician, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1st District, 1861-63 6
Eckart Dux (1926-2024), German actor and voice artist
Dr. Eckart Bomsdorf, Professor of Economics at the University to Cologne, Germany
Eckart Kehr (1902-1933), German historian

Citations +

Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 3) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html