| ![Show Contents]() Eckerts History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Eckerts familyThe surname Eckerts was first found in Lincolnshire where the Latin entry Simon filius Echardi was listed in the Curia Regis Rolls of 1219. A few years later, Adam Ecard was listed the Hundredorum Rolls of 1275 for Norfolk. 1 The name denotes "descendant of Agihard (sword edge, brave)." 2 3 "The surname lasted for many centuries in Norfolk, and probably still exists there. " 4 William Echard was rector of Cley, Norfolk in 1515 and Thomas Echard was bailiff of Yarmouth, Norfolk. 5 Early History of the Eckerts familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Eckerts research. Another 75 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1455, 1487, 1670, 1678, 1707, 1720 and 1730 are included under the topic Early Eckerts History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Eckerts Spelling VariationsSound 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 Eckerts family name include Eckhard, Echard, Eckert, Eckett and others. Early Notables of the Eckerts familyLaurence Echard (c. 1670-1730) son of the Rev. Thomas Echard or Eachard of Barsham, Suffolk. He was a British historian, best known for his "The History of England: from the first entrance...
Another 31 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Eckerts Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Eckerts familyFor 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 Eckerts surname or a spelling variation of the name include: settlers, who arrived along the eastern seaboard, from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands.
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