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Where did the Scottish Marchant family come from? What is the Scottish Marchant family crest and coat of arms? When did the Marchant family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Marchant family history?
The surname Marchant was an occupational name for a merchant having derived from the Old French, Middle English word "marchant," which in turn came from the Late Latin "mercatans."
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- First settlers to North America
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Merchant, Merchand, Marchand, Mercator and others.First found in Buckinghamshire, where they held a family seat from early times and granted lands by King William for their assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D. They were originally from Normandy being tradesmen for Le Merchant. By 1180 they had been granted lands north of the border in Scotland when Rudolph Mercater held lands in Dunfermline.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Marchant. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Marchant Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- Walter Marchant settled in Maine in 1620
- William Marchant settled in Virginia in 1654
- Wm Marchant, who arrived in Virginia in 1663
- Thomazin Marchant, who landed in Maryland in 1680
- Thomas Marchant settled in Jamaica in 1684
Marchant Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Saridene Marchant, aged 32, landed in New Orleans, La in 1840
- F Marchant, who landed in San Francisco, Cal in 1850
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- Kenny Marchant (b. 1951), Republican member of US House of Representatives
- Stephen Marchant (1912-2003), Australian geologist and amateur ornithologist
- Tony Marchant (b. 1959), British playwright and television dramatist
- Sir William "Bill" Marchant, English World War II Code Breaker within Bletchley Park
- Trelawney Eston Marchant, Lawyer, Columbia, South Carolina
- Sir Herbert Marchant, K.C,.M.G. O.B.E
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The Marchant Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Marchant Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.
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