Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived by a prominent ash
tree, Middle Dutch ess(che), or a habitational name for someone
from any of various places named Es or Ten Es(sche), from this
word.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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