Leppard History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Leppard family

The surname Leppard was first found in Sussex 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 lands.

Early History of the Leppard family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Leppard research. Another 70 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1455 and 1487 are included under the topic Early Leppard History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Leppard Spelling Variations

Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Leppard family name include Leppard, Leopard, Leppert, Leppart, Lippard, Lepper, Leopper, Leopart, Lippart, Lippard, Lippert, Lepard and many more.

Early Notables of the Leppard family

Distinguished members of the family include

the Leppard family of Sussex

Leppard migration to the United States +

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Leppard surname or a spelling variation of the name include:

Leppard Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

James Leppard, aged 29, who arrived in Maine in 1812 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Leppard (post 1700) +

James Ernest Leppard Jr., American politician, Member of South Carolina State Senate from Chesterfield County, 1951-58 2
James Ernest Leppard, American politician, Member of South Carolina State Senate from Chesterfield County, 1943-46 2
Edward McIver Leppard, American politician, Member of South Carolina State Senate from Chesterfield County, 1963-66 2
Ben Tillman Leppard, American Democratic Party politician, South Carolina Democratic State Chair, 1937; Member of South Carolina State Senate from Greenville County, 1937-40 2
Mrs. Ben T. Leppard, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1948 2
Tom Leppard (1936-2016), born Tom Wooldridge, British soldier considered by the Guinness World Records to be the world's most tattooed man
Raymond John Leppard (b. 1927), British musician, one of the foremost conductors of the twentieth century
David Leppard, British journalist and former editor of The Sunday Times investigative unit, the Insight team

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, November 3) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html