Agard History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

At this time, the shores of the New World beckoned many English families that felt that the social climate in England was oppressive and lacked opportunity for change. Thousands left England at great expense in ships that were overcrowded and full of disease. A great portion of these settlers never survived the journey and even a greater number arrived sick, starving, and without a penny. The survivors, however, were often greeted with greater opportunity than they could have experienced back home. These English settlers made significant contributions to those colonies that would eventually become the United States and Canada. An examination of early immigration records and passenger ship lists revealed that people bearing the name Agard arrived in North America very early:

Agard Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

• Edward Agard, who settled in Virginia in 1640
• Edward Agard was one of the earliest settlers in the New World, being recorded in Virginia in the year 1640
• Edward Agard, who arrived in Virginia in 1640 1

• David A. Agard Ph.D., American Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco, Member, National Academy of Sciences (USA, 2007)
• Kieran Ricardo Agard (b. 1989), English footballer who plays for Bristol City
• Robert Mason Agard, American Librarian of the Library of Congress and Author
• John Agard (b. 1949), Afro-Guyanese playwright, poet, and children's writer from Guyana, awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 2012
• Ernesto Agard (b. 1937), Panamanian basketball player at the 1968 Summer Olympics
• Henry Agard Wallace (1888-1965), American politician, Candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1944; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1945-46; Progressive Candidate for President of the United States, 1948 2