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In the 12th & 13th Century AD, Migrations from Western France, North Italy and the Alps regions came to Sicily under the Normans and Swabian Rule. It is during this time that the origins of this paternal line became known.
Abela in his Malta Illustrata (1647) gave an interesting list of distinguished Maltese families who owed their origin to the Normans. Most of these families are extinct, either because they died out or because they returned to Sicily.
From Francesco Abela description of Malta written 1654 he places the arrival of "De Aschac/Axac/Asciak/Axiak" around this time 1283 - 1305 and he is also noted as being the Captain of the Sons of Sicily (Biskallin - Sons of Sicily) who landed in Malta via the inlet known today as Marsaxlokk, previously Mars SiKalli, Port of the Sicilians.
The list of extinct surnames shows the prevalence of the foreign settlers making their home in Malta, but a few surnames like Axac, (Axiaq, Asciak) amongst the distinguished Maltese families show that the pushful pre-Arabic families did compete with their foreign rulers for high-ranking posts in the administraion of the country.
Over the millennium, from the time of the Normans with the advent of surnames there has been many derivatives of the surname, here are a list of connected surnames:
Açac, Aaxak, Ajac, Ajaco, Aschac, Aschach, Asciach, Asciak, Asckiak, Ascq, Axac, Axach, Axacov, Axaiq, Axaq, Axeces, Axiach, Axiack, Axiak, Axaiq, Axiaq, De Aschac, De Aschach, De Ysac, Eçia, Eçija, Ghaxaq, Hasciach, Haxac, Haxach, Haxiach, Ysac
In the Malta Militia List of 1418-1420 - The Surname is noted as AXAC 21 Individuals. http://mhs.eu.pn/mh/19692.html
An early written record of the name is De Aschac, scribed in Latin Text under King Frederick IV the Simple 1372AD
In 1187 during the Crusades we find a Bernadus ASCIAE, commended by Corrado Monteferrato, King of Jerusalem for defending the City of TYRE from the siege of SALADIN.
Godefridus comes de Esch...” subscribed the charter dated to [1123 AD] under which “Wilhelmus comes de Lucemburgh...et filius meus Conradus” confirmed donations, made in 1183 by “patrem meum Conradum comitem...annuente matre mea Clementia et fratribus meis”, to the abbey of Luxembourg[92]. "Heinricus advocatus et filius eius Heinricus, Godefridus de Asca et comes de Dorbui Heinricus adhuc puer" subscribed the charter dated 1124 under which "Cuono…Stabulensis abbas" recounted the settlement reached over the church of Bra[93]. Albero Archbishop of Trier confirmed donations to Kloster St Thomas bei Andernach by charter dated 1138 witnessed by "Fridericus comes de Vienna, Godefridus de Asche, Gerlacus de Isenburg et frater eius Remboldus…"[94]. m (before 1124) as her second husband, ALIX de Grandpré, widow of GODEFROI Comte de Durbuy, daughter of HENRI [I] Comte de Grandpré & his wife Ermentrude de Joux [Grandson]. The Genealogiæ Scriptoris Fusniacensis names "Henricum et Adelidem" as children of "Henricus de Grandi-prato" & his wife, specifying that Adelidis married firstly "Godefrido de Durbuil, frater comitis de Namuco et comitis de Rupe" and secondly "Godefrido de Aissa
In a charter dated 1138 under which "Reinardus comitis de Ascha Gisleberti filius" renewed the right of the monks of Flône to take wood from his part of the forests "Clerimontis", granted previously by "pater eius et comes Lambertus" The father of "Reinardus comitis de Ascha Gisleberti filius" can be identified as "Gislebertus comes de Aska" who granted the right to take wood from his forests in "sus possessionis de Claromonte" to the monks of Flône, for the souls of "patris sui Fredelonis et matris suæ Ermengardis et uxoris sue Aelaidis et ipsius comitis Gisleberti", by charter dated 1131, after 18 Mar[68]. The fact that Lambert Comte de Montaigu and Giselbert Graf von Esch both shared rights in property in Clermont is best explained by the co-identity of the two persons named Ermengarde from whom they were both descended, and from whom they would have inherited these rights.
Albert of Aix records that "Godefridus dux regni Lotharingiæ…fraterque eius uterinus Baldewinus, Warnerus de Greis cognatus ipsius Ducis, Baldewinus pariter de Burch, Reinhardus comes de Tul, Petrus…frater ipsius, Dodo de Cons, Henricus de Ascha ac frater illius Godefridus" left for Jerusalem in Aug 1096[80]. William of Tyre names "Henricus de Ascha" among those who left on the First Crusade in 1096 with Robert Count of Flanders[81]. Albert of Aix records that "Hugonem Magnum fratrem regis Franciæ, Drogonem et Clareboldum" were held in chains in prison by the emperor at Constantinople but were released after the intervention of "Baldewinus Hainaucorum comes et Heinricus de Ascha" who were sent as envoys by Godefroi de Bouillon[82]. William of Tyre names "dominus Henricus de Ascha et Godefridus frater eius" as participating in the First Crusade[83]. Albert of Aix records that "Heinricus de Ascha, Hartmannus comes, unus de majoribus Alemanniæ" constructed a siege machine called "vulpem" (fox) which collapsed when they pushed it into action against the walls at the siege of Nikaia, dated to mid-1097 from the context[84]. Albert of Aix records "Petrus de Stadeneis, Reinardus de Tul frater eius, Warnerus de Greis, Henricus de Ascha, Reinardus de Hamersbach, Walterus de Domedart" as those who guarded Adhémar Bishop of Le Puy into the mountains towards the port of Simeon after finding the holy lance, dated to mid-1098 from the context[85]. Albert of Aix records the death of "Henricus de Ascha miles in castello Turbaisel" during an epidemic and his burial there.
http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/LOTHARINGIAN%20(UPPER)%20NOBILITY.htm
The reference to earlier ASCIAE is FRANKISH Origin and De ASCHA is of RHINE REGION ORIGIN(Frankish/German).
The Ydna testing will help to resolve our past story.
Current Ydna Testing of the administrator of this site, is Ydna Haplogroup G Sub group G-M406+PF3296+ Z6029+
The Axac family genealogy http://www.maltagenealogy.com/libro%20d'oro/axac.htm
If you would like to know more information please email your request to Stephen Asciak at sasciak@gmail.com
Abela in his Malta Illustrata (1647) gave an interesting list of distinguished Maltese families who owed their origin to the Normans. Most of these families are extinct, either because they died out or because they returned to Sicily.
From Francesco Abela description of Malta written 1654 he places the arrival of "De Aschac/Axac/Asciak/Axiak" around this time 1283 - 1305 and he is also noted as being the Captain of the Sons of Sicily (Biskallin - Sons of Sicily) who landed in Malta via the inlet known today as Marsaxlokk, previously Mars SiKalli, Port of the Sicilians.
The list of extinct surnames shows the prevalence of the foreign settlers making their home in Malta, but a few surnames like Axac, (Axiaq, Asciak) amongst the distinguished Maltese families show that the pushful pre-Arabic families did compete with their foreign rulers for high-ranking posts in the administraion of the country.
Over the millennium, from the time of the Normans with the advent of surnames there has been many derivatives of the surname, here are a list of connected surnames:
Açac, Aaxak, Ajac, Ajaco, Aschac, Aschach, Asciach, Asciak, Asckiak, Ascq, Axac, Axach, Axacov, Axaiq, Axaq, Axeces, Axiach, Axiack, Axiak, Axaiq, Axiaq, De Aschac, De Aschach, De Ysac, Eçia, Eçija, Ghaxaq, Hasciach, Haxac, Haxach, Haxiach, Ysac
In the Malta Militia List of 1418-1420 - The Surname is noted as AXAC 21 Individuals. http://mhs.eu.pn/mh/19692.html
An early written record of the name is De Aschac, scribed in Latin Text under King Frederick IV the Simple 1372AD
In 1187 during the Crusades we find a Bernadus ASCIAE, commended by Corrado Monteferrato, King of Jerusalem for defending the City of TYRE from the siege of SALADIN.
Godefridus comes de Esch...” subscribed the charter dated to [1123 AD] under which “Wilhelmus comes de Lucemburgh...et filius meus Conradus” confirmed donations, made in 1183 by “patrem meum Conradum comitem...annuente matre mea Clementia et fratribus meis”, to the abbey of Luxembourg[92]. "Heinricus advocatus et filius eius Heinricus, Godefridus de Asca et comes de Dorbui Heinricus adhuc puer" subscribed the charter dated 1124 under which "Cuono…Stabulensis abbas" recounted the settlement reached over the church of Bra[93]. Albero Archbishop of Trier confirmed donations to Kloster St Thomas bei Andernach by charter dated 1138 witnessed by "Fridericus comes de Vienna, Godefridus de Asche, Gerlacus de Isenburg et frater eius Remboldus…"[94]. m (before 1124) as her second husband, ALIX de Grandpré, widow of GODEFROI Comte de Durbuy, daughter of HENRI [I] Comte de Grandpré & his wife Ermentrude de Joux [Grandson]. The Genealogiæ Scriptoris Fusniacensis names "Henricum et Adelidem" as children of "Henricus de Grandi-prato" & his wife, specifying that Adelidis married firstly "Godefrido de Durbuil, frater comitis de Namuco et comitis de Rupe" and secondly "Godefrido de Aissa
In a charter dated 1138 under which "Reinardus comitis de Ascha Gisleberti filius" renewed the right of the monks of Flône to take wood from his part of the forests "Clerimontis", granted previously by "pater eius et comes Lambertus" The father of "Reinardus comitis de Ascha Gisleberti filius" can be identified as "Gislebertus comes de Aska" who granted the right to take wood from his forests in "sus possessionis de Claromonte" to the monks of Flône, for the souls of "patris sui Fredelonis et matris suæ Ermengardis et uxoris sue Aelaidis et ipsius comitis Gisleberti", by charter dated 1131, after 18 Mar[68]. The fact that Lambert Comte de Montaigu and Giselbert Graf von Esch both shared rights in property in Clermont is best explained by the co-identity of the two persons named Ermengarde from whom they were both descended, and from whom they would have inherited these rights.
Albert of Aix records that "Godefridus dux regni Lotharingiæ…fraterque eius uterinus Baldewinus, Warnerus de Greis cognatus ipsius Ducis, Baldewinus pariter de Burch, Reinhardus comes de Tul, Petrus…frater ipsius, Dodo de Cons, Henricus de Ascha ac frater illius Godefridus" left for Jerusalem in Aug 1096[80]. William of Tyre names "Henricus de Ascha" among those who left on the First Crusade in 1096 with Robert Count of Flanders[81]. Albert of Aix records that "Hugonem Magnum fratrem regis Franciæ, Drogonem et Clareboldum" were held in chains in prison by the emperor at Constantinople but were released after the intervention of "Baldewinus Hainaucorum comes et Heinricus de Ascha" who were sent as envoys by Godefroi de Bouillon[82]. William of Tyre names "dominus Henricus de Ascha et Godefridus frater eius" as participating in the First Crusade[83]. Albert of Aix records that "Heinricus de Ascha, Hartmannus comes, unus de majoribus Alemanniæ" constructed a siege machine called "vulpem" (fox) which collapsed when they pushed it into action against the walls at the siege of Nikaia, dated to mid-1097 from the context[84]. Albert of Aix records "Petrus de Stadeneis, Reinardus de Tul frater eius, Warnerus de Greis, Henricus de Ascha, Reinardus de Hamersbach, Walterus de Domedart" as those who guarded Adhémar Bishop of Le Puy into the mountains towards the port of Simeon after finding the holy lance, dated to mid-1098 from the context[85]. Albert of Aix records the death of "Henricus de Ascha miles in castello Turbaisel" during an epidemic and his burial there.
http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/LOTHARINGIAN%20(UPPER)%20NOBILITY.htm
The reference to earlier ASCIAE is FRANKISH Origin and De ASCHA is of RHINE REGION ORIGIN(Frankish/German).
The Ydna testing will help to resolve our past story.
Current Ydna Testing of the administrator of this site, is Ydna Haplogroup G Sub group G-M406+PF3296+ Z6029+
The Axac family genealogy http://www.maltagenealogy.com/libro%20d'oro/axac.htm
If you would like to know more information please email your request to Stephen Asciak at sasciak@gmail.com