When Hercules Isgar was christened on 23 March 1628, in West Lavington, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Isgar, was 31 and his mother, Elizabeth Sainsbury, was 25. He married Christian Thomas on 12 October 1657, in Shepton Montague, Somerset, England.
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English (Somerset):
(of Norman origin) from the Middle English personal name Isger, from an Old French form of the ancient Germanic name Iseger (composed of īs ‘ice’ or īsen- ‘iron’ + gair ‘spear’).
perhaps also from the early Middle English personal name Esger, from the Old Norse name Ásgeirr, which is composed of the elements áss ‘god’ + geirr ‘spear’. See Asker .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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