Custard History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Custard

What does the name Custard mean?

The name Custard is derived from the Middle English word "costard" which is "‘a prominently ribbed apple, a kind of large apple, but the word was evidently also known as a personal name." 1 Later, it defined a person who made a type of apple dumpling, a delicacy popular in early days. The final "d" from variants like Costard and Costerd was frequently dropped in later years.

In France the word "castor" literally translates as "beaver." And in this case as in the former, the name is understood to be an occupational name.

Early Origins of the Custard family

The surname Custard was first found in Lincolnshire where Alexander filius Costard was registered in the Pipe Rolls of 1203. In the Latin for, Roger Costardus was listed in Norfolk 1175-1186 and later Richard Costard was found in the Assize Rolls for Wiltshire in 1249. 1

The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 listed Reginald Costard, Gloucestershire; Emma Costard, Oxfordshire; and Richard Costard, Cambridgeshire and later the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 included an entry for Thomas Costard. 2

The source Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III had two entries for the family: John Costard, Lincolnshire; and Margery Costard, Lincolnshire.

Early History of the Custard family

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Custard Spelling Variations

Coster, Costar, Costard, Costerman

Early Notables of the Custard family

Robert Coster who married Grace Pendarves, daughter of Sir William Pendarves of St. Ives. Richard Caistor (d. 1420), was an English theologian, "said to have been born at Caistor, near Norwich, from...
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Custard Ranking

the United States, the name Custard is the 17,810^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 3

Custard migration to the United States +

Custard Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Hans Enert Custard, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1753 4
Morris Custard, who arrived in Mississippi in 1798 4

Sources +

Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)