First found in Devon, where they settled after 1066. Radulfus Fochart was registered in Normandy in 1198.

To escape the political and religious persecution within England at the time, many English families left for the various British colonies abroad. The voyage was extremely difficult, though, and the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving. But for those who made it, the trip was most often worth it. Many of the families who arrived went on to make valuable contributions to the emerging nations of Canada and the United States. An inquiry into the early roots of North American families reveals a number of immigrants bearing the name Folkard or a variant listed above: Peter Folkert, who sailed to Maryland in 1825; Martin Folkert, who sailed to Maryland in 1819 and one Mr. Fouchard sailed to San Francisco in 1851.

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