| ![Show Contents]() Schweickhart History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Etymology of SchweickhartWhat does the name Schweickhart mean? The roots of the German surname Schweickhart can be traced back to the former duchy of Swabia, now known as Baden-Wuerttemberg, where the name first emerged. The name is derived from the Lower Saxony personal name "swindger," which referred to a "skillful spear fighter." Early Origins of the Schweickhart familyThe surname Schweickhart was first found in the foothills of the northern Swiss mountains, in the town of Konstanz, where Heinrich Swigger, the earliest recorded bearer of the name, was living in 1255. Early History of the Schweickhart familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Schweickhart research. Another 112 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1302, 1358, 1468, 1500, 1600, 1746, 1786, 1788, 1790, 1796 and 1797 are included under the topic Early Schweickhart History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Schweickhart Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Schwickardt, Schweickert, Schweickhardt, Schweicker, Swickard, Schweickel and many more. Early Notables of the Schweickhart familyPaul Schwiech, a rector of Oppenheim in 1600; as well as the Schweickhardt family of Baden, who were ennobled when they were made barons of the Holy Roman Empire in 1790.
Heinrich Wilhelm Schweickhardt (1746-1797), was a German landscape-painter, who is believed to have been of Dutch descent, and was born in Brandenburg. "He studied at The Hague under Girolamo Lapis, an Italian painter, and resided there until the end of 1786, when troubles arose in the Low Countries...
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Schweickhart Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- J Georg Schweickhart, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1753 1
- 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)
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