Echard History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The tale of the name Echard begins with a family who lived in the old barony of Urquhart, which is located on Loch Ness in the county of Inverness.

Early Origins of the Echard family

The surname Echard was first found in Elginshire a former county in northeastern Scotland, in the present day Scottish Council Area of Moray, where Galleroch de Urchart "who lived temp. Alexander II" 1 was granted lands in Cromarty, and Inverness. He held a family seat at the Castle of Urquhart in 1214. "His descendants were "hereditary sheriffs of Cromarty." 1

Early History of the Echard family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Echard research. Another 177 words (13 lines of text) covering the years 1114, 1306, 1358, 1611, 1650, 1660 and 1759 are included under the topic Early Echard History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Echard Spelling Variations

Before the first dictionaries appeared in the last few hundred years, scribes spelled according to sound. spelling variations are common among Scottish names. Echard has been spelled Urquhart, Urquhard, Urchard, Orchard and many more.

Early Notables of the Echard family

Notable amongst the Clan at this time was Sir Thomas Urquhart (Urchard) of Cromarty (1611-c.1660), a Scottish writer and translator, most famous for his translation of Rabelais. Down in London, Thomas Urquhart (fl. 1650?), was a "noted violin-maker and was distinguished...
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Echard Ranking

In France, the name Echard is the 3,736^th most popular surname with an estimated 1,500 - 2,000 people with that name. 2

Migration of the Echard family to Ireland

Some of the Echard family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. More information about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Echard migration to the United States +

In those unstable times, many had no choice but to leave their beloved homelands. Sickness and poverty hounded travelers to North America, but those who made it were welcomed with land and opportunity. These settlers gave the young nations of Canada and the United States a strong backbone as they stood up for their beliefs as United Empire Loyalists and in the American War of Independence. In this century, the ancestors of these brave Scots have begun to recover their illustrious heritage through Clan societies and other heritage organizations. Early passenger and immigration lists reveal many Scottish settlers bearing the name Echard:

Echard Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Conrad Echard, who arrived in Maryland in 1743 3
Henrick Echard, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1763 3

Echard Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

George Echard, who landed in New York, NY in 1811 3
Albert Echard, aged 23, who arrived in America, in 1892

Echard Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Karl Echard, aged 29, who arrived in America from Germany, Lalubach, in 1909
Ernest Echard, aged 25, who arrived in America from Vatan, France, in 1912
Salome Echard, aged 63, who arrived in America, in 1923

Contemporary Notables of the name Echard (post 1700) +

Jacob H. Echard, American Democratic Party politician, Chair of Fayette County Democratic Party, 1937; Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1940 4
Capitaine Raoul Cesar Robert Pierre Echard (1883-1922), French World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories
Major-General Eugne-Raphal Echard (1880-1961), French General Officer Commanding Forces at the Sarre (1940) 5

Citations +

Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
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
Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2011, October 4) Eugne-Raphal Echard. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Echard/Eug%C3%A8ne-Rapha%C3%ABl/France.html