| ![Show Contents]() Hach History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Etymology of HachWhat does the name Hach mean? Hach is an ancient Anglo-Saxon surname that came from the baptismal name for the son of Haki, which was originally derived from the Scandinavian forename Haki or Hako. 1 This Christian name was popular among the Viking settlers who landed on the shores of England during the 10th and 11th centuries. Alternatively, the name could have been a Saxon name for hedge. "The word hack is still used in this sense in co. Lincoln." 2 Early Origins of the Hach familyThe surname Hach was first found in Devon and Cornwall where "a barton called Busvisiek [in the parish of Kenwyn], was for several generations the seat of the Hacche family." 3 The source "Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I." listed Geoffrey de la Hak, Devon 4 and the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 listed Henry Hak, Lincolnshire. 1 Over in Somerset, William Hack was the first listed there, 1 Edward III (during the first year of King Edward III's reign.) 5 Early History of the Hach familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hach research. Another 71 words (5 lines of text) covering the year 1299 is included under the topic Early Hach History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Hach Spelling VariationsThe 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. Hach has been recorded under many different variations, including Hack, Hache, Hach, Hacche and others. Early Notables of the Hach family
| Hach 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 Hach or a variant listed above:
Hach Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Andrew Hach, aged 37, who landed in Missouri in 1847 6
| Contemporary Notables of the name Hach (post 1700) | + |
- Irvin William Hach (1873-1936), American Major League Baseball second baseman and third baseman who played for the 1897 Louisville Colonels
- Heather Hach, American screenwriter, librettist and novelist, 1999 recipient of the Walt Disney Screenwriting Fellowship
- Kathryn "Kitty" Hach -Darrow (1922-1947), American co-founder of the Hach Chemical Company in 1947 with her first husband Clifford C. Hach
- Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
- Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
- Hutchins, Fortescue, The History of Cornwall, from the Earliest Records and Traditions to the Present Time. London: William Penaluna, 1824. Print
- Testa de Nevill or "Liber Feodorum" or "Book of Fees," thought to have been written by Ralph de Nevill, for King John (1199–1216)
- Dickinson, F.H., Kirby's Quest for Somerset of 16th of Edward the 3rd London: Harrison and Sons, Printers in Ordinary to Her Majesty, St, Martin's Lane, 1889. 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)
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