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Eckford History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables

Contemporary Notables Related Stories Citations

Eckford History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Scotland/England

The Eckford surname was no doubt derived from the lands of Eckford near Kelso, Roxburghshire.

Early Origins of the Eckford family

The surname Eckford was first found in Roxburghshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.

Early History of the Eckford family

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Eckford Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Eckford, Eckfoord, Exford, Ecksford and others.

Early Notables of the Eckford family

Notable amongst the family name during their early history was

Geoffrey Eckford of Eckford

Eckford migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Eckford Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Phillip Eckford who settled in Philadelphia in 1731
Henry Eckford, who arrived in New York city in 1791

Eckford Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Jacob Eckford, who landed in Mobile, Ala in 1860 1

Eckford migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Eckford Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Agnes Eckford, who settled in Canada in 1854
William Eckford, who was recorded in the Ontario census of 1871

Eckford migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Eckford Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Thomas Eckford, who landed in Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand in 1840
Thomas Eckford, aged 28, a gardener, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Bengal Merchant" in 1840 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Eckford (post 1700) +

Elizabeth Eckford (b. 1942), one of the African American students known as the Little Rock Nine
Q. O. Eckford, American politician, U.S. Consul in Kingston, 1897 3
Henry Eckford, American politician, Member of New York State Assembly from New York County, 1816-17 3
Henry Eckford (1775-1832), Scottish born naval architect, who designed ships used in the USA before moving to the Middle East
Eckford G. Pendleton, American Republican politician, Member of Connecticut State House of Representatives from Preston; Elected 1920

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)
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 26th March 2019). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 28) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html