Becht History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Becht family
The surname Becht was first found in Hessen, where the family contributed greatly to the development of an emerging nation. The earliest bearers of this name to be mentioned in ancient chronicles were Bechtold of Fulda in 1387, Bechtold Suleffel of Frankfurt in 1442, and Tibertius Bechtolf of Frankfurt in 1568. Bachtel is a mountain of the Zurich Upperland, Swiss Prealps in the canton of Zurich. Atop of the mountain is Bachtel Tower, a 60 m (200 ft) tall radio tower.
Early History of the Becht family
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Becht Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Bechtold, Bechtolt, Bechtoldt, Becktolt, Beckholt, Beckholdt, Becktold, Becktoldt, Bechthold, Beckthold, Bechtholdt, Becktholdt, Bechtolf, Bechtolff, Bechetold, Becketold, Becketoldt, Bechtle, Bechtel and many more.
Early Notables of the Becht family
Prominent figures of the time who bore the name Becht were
- Phillip Christoph Bechtold, who was a distinguished calvary captain in the regiment of Count Kavanagh of Austria...
Becht migration to the United States +
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Becht Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
- Johannes Becht, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1740 1
- Jacob Becht, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1750 1
Becht Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
- Georg Wilh Becht, who arrived in America in 1852 1
- Heinr Becht, who landed in America in 1854 1
- Simon Becht, who arrived in Arkansas in 1890 1
Contemporary Notables of the name Becht (post 1700) +
- John Becht (b. 1886), American cyclist at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Anthony G. Becht (b. 1977), former American NFL football tight end who played from 2000 to 2011
- Leonard Becht, American politician, Representative from New York 41st District, 1936 2
- Alexander Becht (b. 1986), German actor, known for his role as Lenny Cöster in the soap opera Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten
- Hermann Becht (1939-2009), German Grammy Award winning operatic bass-baritone, known for his 1993 recording of Richard Wagner's The Ring Cycle
- Lambertus Johannes Hermanus "Bart" Becht (b. 1956), Dutch businessman, former CEO of Reckitt Benckiser
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 13) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html