Cheker History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Cheker

The ancient name of Cheker finds its origins with the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It comes from a name for a maker of chessboards, or an accountant to a king which is derived from the Old English word cheker, from the Anglo-French word escheker, which was the word for a chess board. Originally, it denoted a maker of chess boards. Later, escheker became the word for a table of accounts. More specifically, it meant the king's table of accounts, the Court of the Exchequer. The name Cheker is related to the word exchequer, which indicated a person who worked as a clerk in the Court of the Exchequer.

Early Origins of the Cheker family

Early History of the Cheker family

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Cheker 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 Cheker family name include Checker, Cheker, Le Cheker, Chequer and others.

Early Notables of the Cheker family

• Gilbert le Cheker, a prominent 14th century landholder in Yorkshire

Migration of the Cheker family

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, 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 Cheker surname or a spelling variation of the name include : William Chequer, who came to America in 1766.