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Origin / History of the Edser Name

An unusual locational name of English origin from a place called High Edser, a hamlet in the parish of Ewhurst, Surrey.  The derivation of this surname is from an Old English personal name ‘Ecga’, with either ‘scearu’ a boundary, border or ridge, or ‘Scaga’ a copse, which is suggested by the spelling of the earliest recording of the name.  The name development is illustrated by the following examples, Robert Eggyshaw (Feet of Fines, Surrey); John Edsawe; Thomas Edsale (Musters Rolls of Surrey); and Robert Edsurs (1684 ibid).  One William Edser the infant son of Robert Edser was christened in April 1616 at Bramley, Surrey; and Jone Edser married Thomas Wheeller 1679 at Crawley, Surrey.  The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William de Egeshawe in ‘The Subsidy Rolls’, Surrey, 1332.

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