Marot History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The Marot surname is a habitational name derived from any of several places named with the Old French words "mareis" or "maresc", meaning "marsh".

Early Origins of the Marot family

The surname Marot was first found in Cambray, Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where ancestors of the family belonged to the house of Bousis. According to Arthurian legend, Sir Hector de Maris (or Ector de Maris), was a Knight of the Round Table, younger half-brother of Lancelot and the natural son of King Ban of Benwick and the Lady de Maris.

René Desmarais, son of Jean and Jeanne (née Brassard), travelled from Poitou, France to the New World in the 17th century. He married Jeanne Blondeau at Trois-Rivières, Quebec on 16th November 1671. 1

Early History of the Marot family

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Marot Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Desmarais, Demarais, Des Marais, Desmarets, Desmarés, Desmareys, Desmaray, Desmaraie, Desmarest, Desmaret, Desmarets, Démarais, Démarets, Démarey, Démareys, Démarés, Démarey, Démaré, Démarés, Démarée, Démarées, Démaraie, Démaray, Maret, Marest, Marais, Mareys, Marets, Marest, Mares, Marays, Marrey, Mareys, Marées, Des Marest, Des Maret, Des Marets, Des Marez, De Marest, Du Marest, Du Marais, Du Marrey, Du Mareys, Du Mares, Du Marays, Du Mareys, Du Marées and many more.

Early Notables of the Marot family

Notable amongst the family in this period was Baldwin I, Lord of Marets in the 11th century, as well as Hugues Maret, the first Priest at the Benedictine Abbey of Valbenoite, in 1108. Jean Desmarets (1595-1676), Sieur de (Lord of) Saint-Sorlin was the author of many volumes of poetry and critical works, as well as the first chancellor and co-founder of the Académie Française; Nicolas Desmarets, known as the Marquis de Maillebois (1648-1721)...
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Marot Ranking

In France, the name Marot is the 1,031^st most popular surname with an estimated 5,198 people with that name. 2

Marot migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Marot Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Jean Marot, who arrived in Virginia in 1700 3
Pierre Marot, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1733 3
Philip Marot, who settled in America in 1749
Peter Marot, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1779

Contemporary Notables of the name Marot (post 1700) +

Helen Marot (1865-1940), American writer, librarian, and labor organizer from Philadelphia, best remembered for her efforts to address child labor and improve the working conditions of women
Véronique Marot (b. 1955), French marathon runner
Péter Marót (b. 1945), Hungarian fencer
Marc Marot (b. 1959), English record executive from Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Károly Marót (1885-1963), Hungarian classical scholar and philologist
Irene Marot (b. 1951), British actress
Péter Marót (1945-2020), Hungarian silver medalist fencer at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Citations +

Olivier, Reginald L. Your Ancient Canadian Family Ties. Logan: The Everton Publishers, Inc., P.O. Box 368, 1972. Print
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)