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Marchman Family Crest
Marchman Family Crest
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Where did the Scottish Marchman family come from? What is the Scottish Marchman family crest and coat of arms? When did the Marchman family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Marchman family history?

The surname Marchman 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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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 web page shows only a small excerpt of our Marchman research. Another 305 words(22 lines of text) covering the year 1298 is included under the topic Early Marchman History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Jeffry Merchant, who arrived in Virginia in 1637; Captain Merchant, who came to North Carolina in 1674; George and Emmanuel Merchant settled in Barbados in 1685.

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