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Archard Research File 
Archard, Arnold -- 1587 Colonist roster

Archard,  Joyce -- 1587 Colonist roster

Archard,  Thomas (boy)  -- 1587 Colonist roster 

Archard - Colonist Surname Demography and History

In order to better understand the colonists surnames and the geographies where they were found pre-industrial revolution, I used this National Trust surname tool at http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk/Surnames.aspx.  This site has info regarding the distribution of the population by surname for the 1881 and 1998 British census'.  The statistical information, where available, is a hard ranking by surname.  Surname information, when available, is the genesis or origin of the surname

This is the first information where the coloration in the maps is blue, green and yellow.  These maps are shaded from lesser to greater proportionally, but this could be deceptive because a "few" for Smith and Jones could numerically be more than the highest level for a rare surname.

The second grouping along with the detailed surname information is from Ancestry.com and is taken from the 1891 census.  Coloration is in yellows.  These numbers are actual ranges, not comparatively less to more.  http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx

Note that Ancestry has immigration and ports of departure, so while we may not be able to readily find families here who have tracked their lines back to England, we may be able to determine where a family who left England from a desired area went and track them in their destination location to current.

The third grouping is from Ireland, appropriately displayed in shades of green, taken from the 1848-1864 Primary Property Valuation records at http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/.

Instead of alphabetizing the colonists, I have left them in Hakluyt order, just in case there was some unknown order to the list.  This single name extraction is a portion of that list.

Surnames bolded with italics are those indicated by McMillan in 1888 as each having an oral history of being descended from the Lost Colonists.

Arnold Archard - solely English, occupation name, in 1881 9603rd most frequent surname and in 1998 11,146th

Ancestry - no surname history

UK

Scotland - none in Scotland

Ireland - nothing

Analysis by Andy Powell 1-19-2010:

A very focused Surname with Somerset and Devon connections. However this surname may also be very readily derived as ORCHARD and may also be related to TUCKER. This is because historically a Tucker was someone who worked in an Orchard ('Tucking apples into a cloth pouch worn around the waist in which to collect or 'tuck' the apples during harvest etc) There is a reference in the Elizabethan Archdeaconery Court Records of Barnstaple, that refers to a case involving a "Tucker also Orchard" meaning the individual was known by either name.

(Note - Andy transcribed entries from this book for the Yahoo Lost Colony group) Somerset and Devon were the primary Cider growing regions of England for centuries (and largely still are,) thus our ARCHARD family could very readily be 'Planters' (as termed in Hakluyt.)

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